Section Leader - Licensing 

Salary - £41,418 - £46,464 (Grade 7)

Hours - 37 hours per week

Contract type - fixed term

Closing date - 28 Mar 2024

Reference - WLV/TP/154/143

City of Wolverhampton Council are seeking to recruit 2 Fixed Term (1 Year) Section Leaders within the Council's City Environment Directorate.

This is an exciting and excellent opportunity to lead a licensing team working on a range of issues primarily dealing with Hackney Carriage & Private Hire Licensing. You will have day to day responsibility for the management, operation, financial control, co-ordination and development on an area of the Council’s licensing function.

We are seeking candidates with significant Licensing experience together with an in-depth knowledge of the law and licensing regulation. You will have experience of leading on delivery of service improvements, interacting with Elected Members and delivering reports to Committees.

We are seeking a flexible and committed individual with an ability to manage high and competing workload, who has good communication and customer service skills. You will be process driven, ensuring the evidence chain is maintained and records are properly and consistently recorded. You will have delivered on high profile workstreams and have a proven record of professional achievements.

Competency with information technology systems is essential as is a high level of personal and professional motivation.

We are at the forefront of licensing, using state-of-the-art technology to ensure public safety through checks on drivers, vehicles and operators.

We work to develop people through professional apprenticeship schemes, where you can learn a new qualification, such as:

• Level 6 Chartered Management Degree Apprenticeship
• Level 7 Senior Leaders Degree Apprenticeship

Support is available along the way, with access the West Midlands Coaching Pool for professional coaches and mentors, which is in addition to guaranteed professional conversations each quarter to help your development.

Whatever your interests, we can guarantee that no two days are the same and that you’ll be making a valuable contribution to your local community by protecting the public from people who should not be transporting fare-paying passengers around.

In addition, you’ll be able to access our internal job vacancies. We have no issue with attracting talented employees for them to progress elsewhere within the organisation – we want the best people in the city working at the Council!

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