Trainee Assistant Licensing Officer

Job Posted: 16 December 2024

• Contract Term: Permanent
• Location: Newport, Isle of Wight
• Contract Type: Full time
• Salary: Career Grade 7-9, £27,711.00 to £36,325.00 per annum + Standby allowance
• Industries: Administration General Office Public Sector

37 hours per week

Licensing is a small but extremely busy team, and we are now looking to recruit an Assistant Licensing/Licensing Officer.

This is an extremely varied role working within many legislative frameworks.  You will learn how to administer a range of licences and authorisations/permits and ensure compliance across a range of statutory functions and licensing activities.

As part of the team, you will initially support and assist with receiving and processing applications for a wide range of licences and consents, ensuring that policy and legislative requirements are met.  You will provide advice and assist applicants through the application process and will deal with enquiries from outside agencies and businesses as well as dealing with low level complaints.

Once you have a good understanding of the different functions that we carry out, you will progress to ensuring compliance across a range of authorisations by carrying out inspections, providing advice and taking any   necessary and appropriate enforcement action.  Over time you will advance to dealing with more complex complaints and applications and carry out investigations which may lead to enforcement action being taken.  You will also produce committee reports and attend committee hearings as and when required when applications need to be determined in this way.

You must be a strong communicator as you will be required to liaise with businesses and other agencies both inside the council and externally and demonstrate the ability to meet the training and achieve the competency needs of the role. The training will be provided internally with the assessments being undertaken by service managers. In addition, the successful candidate maybe enrolled on the Level 4 Regulatory Compliance Officer apprenticeship scheme which lasts for 24 months plus any end point assessments which could be an additional 3 months.

This is a career progression role with certain operational competencies required to enable the successful candidate to progress through the pay scales. The completion of the apprenticeship will not lead to automatic progression through the pay scales. This can only be achieved through the internal competency assessments.

We operate flexible working arrangements where agile working is encouraged and supported which includes some working from home.

For further information or an informal discussion, please contact Andrea Bull at [email protected]

Join #TeamIWC and you'll receive our staff benefits package, including:

• Annual leave entitlement of 32 days p/a PLUS public holidays!
• Local Government pension scheme
• Discounted Solent ferry travel
• Island bus network discount
• Cycle to work scheme
• Staff parking permit scheme
• Discounted island sports & leisure gym membership
• National and local discounts & benefits schemes
• Relocation scheme of up to £8,000 may be available for some roles (subject to criteria)
• Travel allowance may be available if commuting from the mainland (subject to criteria)

Find out more about working for the Isle of Wight Council and living on the Island here.

The Isle of Wight Council currently does not have a license to sponsor overseas workers.

The Isle of Wight Council protects its employees from discrimination and this is supported by the Unacceptable Behaviour Policy, Employee Code of Conduct and Behaviours Framework. We actively promote the diversity of our workforce, and we provide flexible working options (where appropriate) to support the different needs of our employees.

The Isle of Wight Council’s Terms & Conditions of employment are available upon request. Please contact our recruitment team via [email protected] if you would like to receive a copy.

The Isle of Wight Council is an equal opportunities employer. We are proud to encourage applications from all cultures, backgrounds and abilities to better reflect the diversity within our local community. We are also a Disability Confident Employer. Along with a number of commitments, this means, providing you meet the basic essential requirements of the advertised role and have declared yourself as disabled, you will be offered an opportunity for an interview within the council.

If you have difficulty completing your online application or need further information about how to apply, phone 01983 823134 or email [email protected]  Only applications submitted online by the closing date will be accepted.

We often receive a high volume of applicants for our vacancies. If you do not hear from the recruiting manager within three weeks of the closing date, we regret that your application will not have been successful on this occasion. Please revisit our job page for alternate posts that may be suitable.