Licensing Support Officer (Safeguarding)

Grade 7, SCP 12-17, £24,496 to £26,845 per annum

Hybrid Working - 37 hours per week

We are looking for a dynamic individual who has a keen eye for detail and isn’t afraid to ask questions to help us deliver an outstanding Licensing Service in Shropshire.

Shropshire Council’s Licensing Team is responsible for managing nearly 10,000 licenses for Shropshire businesses including pubs and clubs, gambling premises, taxis, tattooists and skin piercers, animal breeders and sex shops to name a few.

Would you like to be part of the journey to transform the way in which Shropshire Council delivers the Licensing Service? Have you got what it takes to protect the safety and wellbeing of Shropshire residents, support economic growth and help to create vibrant communities?

Licensing Support Officer (Safeguarding)

The post is a support role based in Shrewsbury in a highly demand led environment.  The post holder will proactively engage with businesses, trade representatives, licence applicants and licence holders for the purposes of protecting the safety and welfare of the public who live, work and visit in Shropshire.

The Licensing Team supports the protection of children, young persons and adults with care and support needs, working with professionals across Children and Adult Services and with external partners.

The Business and Consumer Protection Service works directly alongside Regulatory Services and together they are key services within the Council whose vision is ‘Shropshire Living the Best Life’. Our key priorities are:-

• Healthy people
• Healthy economy
• Healthy environment
• Healthy organisation

An understanding of and commitment to customer care and safety is essential, you must be willing to work co-operatively with others as you will be joining a team working environment. In return, you will be offered training, flexible hours and a positive working environment.

Further information:

If you wish to discuss the above role and what it will involve in practice, please contact Mandy Beever on 01743 251702 or mandy.beever@shropshire.gov.uk

Closing date: Sunday 29 January 2023  

Interview Date: Week commencing 6 February 2023

To apply and for more information please follow the link: Safeguarding Compliance Officer – Shropshire Council