Licensing Assistant (Maternity Cover)

About the role: Horsham District Council is looking for a Licensing Assistant (Maternity Cover) to join our Licensing team, a small but busy service dealing with the effective and efficient discharge of licensing functions. As a Licensing Assistant, you will issue licences and permits in addition to carrying out routine activities in connection with the licensing of premises, persons, and specialist function/s of the Licensing and Environmental Health service. You will support the Licensing Officers and report to the Principal Licensing Officer. Your work will include being the first point of contact for service and will involve dealing with a variety of enquiries, applications, complaints, and project work. Day-to-day activities will be centred around, but not limited to, the Licensing Act 2003, Gambling Act 2005, pavement licensing, scrap metal, and legislation regulating the licensing of private hire and hackney carriage drivers, vehicles, and operators. This is a maternity cover post, initially to 31st December 2025 or on return of the postholder. About you: To succeed as a Licensing Assistant, you will be hardworking and dedicated, possess experience of office administration including the ability to use IT equipment and associated packages. You will have great customer service skills and be able to build a good working rapport with internal and external contacts. You will also have a good working knowledge and understanding of the various legislative frameworks we work within (or a strong willingness to learn). For an informal discussion about this role, please call Charlene Ellis, Principal Licensing Officer on 01403 215638. About us: We have a friendly and supportive working environment and being a smaller Council, you can really get to know everybody. We encourage and support our employees to have a healthy work-life balance by offering 28 days’ (207.2 hours) annual leave plus bank holidays (pro-rata), and flexible/hybrid working options where applicable. We offer a generous benefits package including an online platform offering discounts from online retailers and access to a car lease scheme. Staff are also eligible to join the

Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) , where the Council contributes circa 20% of pensionable salary. To support employees’ professional development, the Council provides reimbursement for professional subscriptions and a number of training opportunities, including extensive in-house learning resources, short courses, Apprenticeships, and qualifications such as Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM) and Master of Business Administration (MBA). Visit our

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Our employment commitments . To apply: If you would like to apply for the role, we highly recommend you show clearly within the ‘Experience Section’ of the application form how you meet the essential criteria detailed within the Role Profile when applying. If you do not make this clear, it is unlikely you will be shortlisted for interview. Internal applicants, if you would like to apply for the role, please submit an expression of interest to

HR@horsham.gov.uk

explaining clearly how you meet the criteria and what you feel you can bring to the role.

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