Licensing Technician

Salary: £26,072 - £28,515

Develop your Licensing Skills!

Our Licensing Hub processes over 360 applications per month for 4 Licensing Authorities 

Our administrative team is expanding, and, in this role, you’ll be responsible for processing applications, offering advice and maintaining the licensing database.

Day to day you’ll be answering phone queries, handling mail (mostly electronic), responding to general enquiries, and processing applications for licences/permits and registration under all areas of licensing legislation. If you have experience working in a busy call centre, then you’ll know what it takes – being able to process high volumes of work accurately as well as providing concise and informative advice to telephone queries.

In our team, you’ll have the opportunity to with an experienced group of licensing professionals who will be on hand to answer all your queries and help enhance your knowledge of the various licensing regimes.

Ideally, you’ll have knowledge of licensing or experience using our licensing database (Idox) Uniform but training will be given and this is not essential.

So if you can inject fresh ideas into the team and drive forward the success of the Licensing Partnership, then we would love to hear from you.

Please note this role will be based at our Council Offices, Argyle Road, Sevenoaks Kent TN13 1HG. We currently operate a hybrid working model for the majority of our roles where your working time will be divided between the office (2-3 days) and home working (2-3 days).

Do you want to know more about the role?

For an informal discussion about this post, please contact Michael Moss, Licensing Partnership Manager at michael.moss@sevenoaks.gov.uk

Agency enquiries should contact the HR team on 01732 227383 or human.resources@sevenoaks.gov.uk

Do you want to ensure you have the best chance of being shortlisted?

Read the Job Description and Personal Specification attached to the role and ensure that your supporting statement explains how you meet the essential requirements as your application will be judged against these criteria.

Closing date:  22^nd January 2023

Interviews:  Week Commencing 30 January 2023