Job Details
Location – Trafford Town Hall, Talbot Road, Stretford, Manchester, M32 0TH with Hybrid working (e.g. at home, on site etc.)
Salary range – Band 10: £45,441- £47,420
Trafford council is a Living Wage Employer.
Working Pattern – Full Time
Working hours – 36.25 hours per week
We will offer flexibility where we can – if you are interested in a role, please speak to the recruiting manager about what flexibility they might consider.
Many of our colleagues can work from home for one or more days a week and/or they flex the hours they work. We call this SMART working, and it gives you the option to flex your days and hours so you can fit your work around your life and life around your work.
Contract type – Permanent
Application deadline – 29th September 2024
About the Role
Trafford’s Licensing Team have a new vacancy for a Team Leader to join the Department and lead a team of professional Licensing Officers, under the direction of the Regulatory Services Manager.
The primary role of the Licensing Team is to carry out a range of regulatory 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 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 and home working.
About you
You will have:
- Educated to degree level or equivalent professional qualification and experience in a relevant discipline.
- Professional Licensing Practitioners Qualification or a willingness to undertake this qualification.
- Evidence of continuous personal and professional development
- 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).
- Evidence of delivering effective major project-based work and policy development with demonstrable outcomes within Licensing.
- 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.
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 thrive.
Trafford is a lively, prosperous place to put down roots and build a career. The council and Trafford schools employ around 8,000 people, who are central to making the area great. In return for their commitment, the council offers its employees development opportunities, as well as a fair and flexible workplace. The council is a Living Wage Employer.
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, as will as willing 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.
About the benefits
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-centered 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.
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OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION
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