Licensing Manager

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About the role

Following a decision of the Licensing Manager to reduce their working hours, a new opportunity has arisen for a fixed term job-share post to cover the remaining 2 days of the role until at least 31st March 2026.

Following the creation of the council in 2021, there is a need for the post holder to be involved in service redesign, database migration work and policy formation. This is therefore an exciting opportunity to lead change and improvement work across the Licensing and Service Support teams.

What will you be doing?

The post holder will manage the Licensing team which covers a wide range of licensing functions including Licensing Act 2003, gambling, taxi and Environmental Health licensing. In addition the post holder is also responsible for managing the Environmental Health Service Support team.

The post offers flexibility in terms of hybrid working at home and in the office.

About you

We are looking for an experienced operational leader with an extensive knowledge and understanding of local authority Licensing services, with experience of working at a senior level.

Demonstrable experience in delivering on targets and performance management is also required.

You will have a Degree or Diploma in a relevant discipline such as Environmental Health or relevant equivalent experience..

For an informal discussion please contact Amanda Wilcox, Head of Environmental Health, email: Amanda.Wilcox@northnorthants.gov.uk

Our benefits

Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we're transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.

You'll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising that you think!

Why choose us?

We offer a vibrant working environment with:

• a competitive salary
• a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
• lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
• generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
• hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.

About us

Our Values and Behaviours

Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:

Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy

Our Key Commitments

Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.

We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.

North Northamptonshire Council re-signed the Armed Forces Covenant in June 2024 which highlights the Council's pledge to support the Armed Forces community. The council obtained the silver status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) and we are now currently working towards achieving Gold status.

We aim to be a carbon neutral Council by 2030.

Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)