Assistant Licensing Officer
30 hours per week
This is a site-based role at County Hall, Newport, Isle of Wight, with agile and flexible work practices and locations within the community.
Licensing is a small but extremely busy team, and we are now looking to recruit an Assistant Licensing Officer.
This is a varied role working within multiple legislative frameworks. Your primary responsibilities will be to effectively administer all aspects of the licensed vehicle trade, to include hackney carriage and private hire vehicles, new driver applications, driver renewals, operator licences, pleasure boat licences and boatmen. You will ensure that policy and legislative requirements are met in relation to both regimes.
You will also process street collection permits and lottery registrations. You’ll be able to provide advice and assist applicants through the application process, and deal with enquiries from the trade as well as external and internal agencies as well as dealing with low level complaints.
You must be organised and a strong communicator as you will be required to liaise with members of the licensed trade as well as businesses and other agencies both inside the council and externally.
You will also be required to be competent in the use of ICT and in particular applications such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Teams and Outlook.
Full training will be provided in house by shadowing officers until competency is achieved. You will also be required to complete a number of online training courses provided by the Institute of Licensing.
Applicants should have:
- A full driving licence and use of a car.
- GCSE level qualifications or equivalent pass at 4-9 / C-A* (or equivalent) including Maths and English language
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 Andrea.Bull@iow.gov.uk.
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)
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The Isle of Wight Council currently does not have a license to sponsor overseas workers.
We actively promote the diversity of our workforce, and provide flexible working options (where appropriate) to support the different needs of our employees. We are an equal opportunities employer, proud to encourage applications from all cultures, backgrounds and abilities to better reflect the diversity within our local community.
We are 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.
The Isle of Wight Council protects its employees from discrimination, and this is supported by;
our values, culture and inclusivity
The Isle of Wight Council’s Terms & Conditions of employment are available upon request. Please contact our recruitment team via adverts@iow.gov.uk if you would like to receive a copy.
The Isle of Wight Council reserve the right to close vacancies earlier than stated, if required. To ensure your application is considered, it is recommended to submit your application promptly.
This vacancy is open to all employees and agency workers working for the Council. Please view information pack and complete your job application online at https://wightnet.iow.gov.uk/jobvacancies
For support completing your online application or for further information on how to apply, phone 01983 823134 or email callcentre@iow.gov.uk. Only applications submitted online by the closing date will be accepted.
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.