Technical Officer (Licensing)

Salary: Grade: 4 £27,651 to £32,662 per annum

Location: Cambourne/Hybrid

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: Full time 37 hours per week

Closing date: 9:00am Monday 31 October 2022

Interview date: To be confirmed

South Cambridgeshire District Council is an ambitious Council with an exciting green agenda for the future. We want to improve the quality of life for our residents, develop sustainable communities, and drive economic growth and prosperity. We’re proud of what we’ve achieved so far and we’re committed to doing even better in the future. 

We are now looking for a Licensing Technical Officer within the Waste and Environment team to help deliver and modernise our licensing service. The role will be both interesting and varied and will deal the full range of licensing functions the authority has to offer. The officer should be enthusiastic and eager to roll up their sleeves, in order to make things happen.

We will offer you a friendly and fun environment, where we face challenges as a team, and celebrate successes together. 

The Council operates a hybrid working policy, where teams determine their own working arrangements to fit their individual and team needs. Within the licensing team we are primarily working from home, with an expectation to attend in person monthly team meetings and occasional additional meetings and training as required.

From January 2023 until March 2023 the Council will be taking part in a four-day working week trial. A four-day week is when full-time staff work one less day per week (four days instead of five) but still get paid the same salary. It is not the same as compressed hours, which is working the traditional 37-hour week over four long days. A four-day week for a full-time employee at the Council will consist of 30 hours. For part time staff, the amount of hours reduced would be calculated via a pro-rata reduction. A helpful way of explaining this arrangement is that staff will need to get 100% of their work done, in 80% of the time, for 100% of their salary. The purpose of this trial is to better support the health and wellbeing of our colleagues, while still delivering an excellent service to our residents. For more information please visit our website.

For an informal discussion about the role please call Rachel Jackson – Principal Licensing Officer on Tel 07849 309198 or Jon Hall – Service Manager (Commercial and Licensing) on 07708784997