Job Title – Team Leader (Licensing Enforcement)

Employer – Trafford Council

Location – Trafford Town Hall, Talbot Road, Stretford, Manchester, M32 0TH with Hybrid working (e.g. at home, on site etc.)

Salary range – Band 9, £41,418 - £44,428

Working Pattern – Full Time

Working hours – 36 hours 15 mins per week Monday – Friday (flexible working available) Unsocial hours/weekend work will be required on a rota system – working 14.5 hours in each four-week period outside of core hours (after 7pm on Mondays to Fridays, or anytime on a Saturday, Sunday, or Bank Holiday). These hours count towards contracted hours of 36.25 per week.

Contract type – Permanent

Application deadline – Sunday 5th May 2024

Interview date – TBC

Interview type – In person

About the Role

Trafford’s Licensing Enforcement Team have a new vacancy for a Team Leader to join the Department and lead a team of Licensing Enforcement Officers.

The primary role of the Licensing Enforcement Team is to carry out a range of regulatory and enforcement functions in the areas of licensing and registration, including taxi and private hire vehicles, alcohol and entertainment, gambling, street trading, charitable collections and scrap metal dealers.

The Licensing Enforcement Team are crucial to the Council meeting its statutory requirements in the above areas and the team provide specialist knowledge and advice on these topics. The work undertaken by the team directly contributes to the Council’s corporate priority of reducing health inequalities.

This role offers the flexibility of hot desking/home working together with field-based work.

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About you

You will have:

• A degree level or equivalent professional qualification and experience in a relevant discipline         
• Professional Licensing Practitioners Qualification or a willingness to undertake this qualification         
• The ability to prioritise work and manage a busy workload and deliver to tight deadlines with a passion and pride in your work         
• Ability to remain focused and work well managing conflicting demands         
• Excellent written and communication skills         
• Substantial specialist knowledge and experience relevant to specific areas work (e.g. current issues, risks and legislation and guidance relating to licensing and registration, including taxi and private hire vehicles, alcohol and entertainment, gambling, street trading, charitable collections and scrap metal dealers)

Your style and approach will reflect our values and behaviours: you will be committed to continually learning & improving the way you do things to ensure effective outcomes; valuing and respecting others’ contribution, you will work together to deliver an excellent service; you will take ownership of your actions and strive to getting things right first time, learning from when things do go wrong; you will enjoy taking personal responsibility to resolve issues and change what you do and how you do it to make a difference.

About us

Trafford Council and its partners in the public, private and third sectors have a vision which sees us working together to close inequality gaps and maximise Trafford’s huge potential.

Our vision: Trafford – where all our residents, businesses and communities prosper.

Trafford really is a great place to work. We’re keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.

We recognise that having a diverse workforce is essential to bringing fresh ideas and perspectives to our Council, so we particularly welcome applications from minority, marginalised and diverse groups, and we in turn promise a fair and unbiased recruitment process.

Additional Information

You will have flexibility in terms of hybrid working at home and in the office.

Unsocial hours/weekend work will be required on a rota system – working 14.5 hours in each four-week period outside of core hours (after 7pm on Mondays to Fridays, or anytime on a Saturday, Sunday, or Bank Holiday). These hours count towards contracted hours of 36.25 per week.

You will be required to drive in this role and have a serviceable car available for use. You will need to be able to travel to and work at different sites across the borough of Trafford.

CONTACT DETAILS

For an informal chat or to find out more about this role, please contact Clare Whittle, Regulatory Services Manager clare.whittle@trafford.gov.uk or call 0161 912 4242.

COUNCIL DETAILS

You will be welcomed into a friendly environment where your personal and professional development will be encouraged. You will have the opportunity to work and grow in a people-centred and values based organisation that promotes a positive permission culture. Your opinions matter so you will have the opportunity to shape how we do things here at Trafford. 

To learn more about Trafford as a place to live and work, please visit: https://greater.jobs/content/10496/welcome-to-trafford

OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION

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