Vacancy Summary

Employer: West Berkshire Council

Salary: From £25,878 to £32,020 per annum (Grade G)

Location: Theale Gateway

Contract: Permanent

Working Pattern: Full Time

Hours: 37 hours per week.

DBS Check: No

Closing Date: 07/03/2023 at 23:59

Reference: V5045

Vacancy Description

Public Protection Partnership (PPP) is a shared environmental heath, licensing and trading standards service for Bracknell Forest and West Berkshire in Berkshire.

The priority of Licensing is very high on the agenda within PPP and in the respective Councils. To this end vacancies have become available across the team to replace existing team members and vacancies so that we can, so that we can continue the great work we do and expand on other work areas.

The team will be dealing with Licensing Applications across the wide remit of Licensing, which includes: alcohol and entertainment; gambling premises; taxi and private hire trades; and animal licences. As well as other licence regimes and permits, premises inspections, enforcement and reactive work across the two areas to support the licence trade. We work closely with partners both internally and externally.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Processing of applications
• Inspections of premises across the licenced regime
• Respond to complaints
• Preparation and execution of enforcement work.

Qualification and Experience

Relevant qualification or experience for the Applications Lead Officer and Licensing Enforcement Officer or a willingness to undertake it are required.

A Level or equivalent science based qualification

You must also have recent suitable experience of:

• Experience of working in a fast-moving customer focused environment.
• Previous experience in licensing, Trading Standards or Environmental Health applications processing would be desirable for all roles.
• Experience of dealing with customer enquiries.
• Good communication skill and the ability to prioritise workloads and work to tight timescales.
• Working with computers and an understanding of information technology.

What PPP offers

We offer a unique and dynamic working environment across Boroughs. The work and structure of PPP is based on the National Intelligence Model and we operate under a number of multidisciplinary functional areas to achieve the approved priorities. This means there are plenty of exciting opportunities to experience a wide range of cases and projects. In addition there is the variety of work that comes with operating across Boroughs.

You will benefit from a commitment to your professional and personal development, a generous leave entitlement, the opportunity to work flexibly. In return we expect you to be have an eye for detail and be comfortable working under pressure, be organised, flexible and enthusiastic, with good communication skills and able to work on your own initiative.

The post offers a free working environment across the PPP areas and will be based in Theale, West Berkshire or Bracknell.

For an informal chat please contact Julia O’Brien, Principal Officer Licensing on 01635 519849;

Equal Opportunities
The Council supports Equal Opportunity of employment, and positively encourages applications from people who fall within any of the nine protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.

How to apply

Please visit the website: https://ats-westberkshire-internal.jgp.co.uk/vacancies/228347-licensing-officer-x2?ga_client_id=187e5ffa-3d70-4591-afb8-8dcacb134e68&source=195452-institute-of-licensing