Licensing Manager

Licensing Manager - Rochford District Council 

Full Time (37 hours) - Permanent 

£47,754 - £50,788 per annum 

Location: Rochford 

Closing Date for accepting applications: 11th February 2025   

(Starting salary dependent upon skills and qualifications, progression subject to satisfactory performance)   

 

Rochford is a unique place with its historic towns, parishes and villages, wonderful countryside and coastline, as well as having London’s fourth airport. There are few local authorities that can boast such an array of opportunities that should make growing up, living, working, or moving to the district a wonderful experience. 

Our new Corporate Plan will help us ensure this remains the case by focusing on those things that matter most to our residents. We will seek to preserve the natural beauty of our District, promote and protect tourism and wildlife sites, enhance leisure opportunities and ensure everyone can soak up our local history from the Windmill at Rayleigh, our Dutch Cottage and the wreck of The Beagle in the estuary, to name but a few places. At the same time, we will use our influence to ensure our local economy is robust and grows in a sustainable way that benefits everyone. 

Rochford District Council and Brentwood Borough Council created a strategic partnership in January 2022. By working in partnership, both councils believe that they can achieve more together than would be possible by acting alone. Both Council’s remain sovereign with a joint Chief Executive and Management Team. 

Our values:  

• Belong 

• Innovate 

• Nurture 

• Trust 

The Opportunity 

The postholder will oversee the Licensing functions of the council and to lead, develop, manage, and prioritise the work of the Council's Licensing Service. 

This is a great opportunity to be able to make a difference to use your expertise in a wide range of licensing matters including the statutory control of Liquor, Gambling, Animal, Hackney and Private Hire Licences plus miscellaneous and other associated regulatory duties. This will include the management of the case work of the team incorporating proactive inspections, investigations arising from complaints received. The postholder will need to be prepared to undertake the full range of enforcement responsibilities to ensure that Hackney and Private Hire operators and drivers meet their statutory responsibilities and comply with the council’s additional requirements. 

Full details of the role can be found in the job description.  

For an informal chat about the role, please contact paul.brace@brentwood.rochford.gov.uk  

Rochford Council is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.  People with disabilities will be offered an interview where they meet the Essential Criteria on the Person Specification.