Senior Licensing AssistantCouncil

Are you an enthusiastic, positive, and motivated individual committed to high standards and delivering good outcomes?

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Licensing Team, who administer and issue licences and regulatory functions, for alcohol, regulated entertainment, late night refreshment, gambling, taxis, street trading, as well as others. 

The role is predominantly attached to our Taxi Licensing Section.

The successful candidate will require proven administration / decision making skills and be an excellent communicator as you will be required to provide advice on licensing matters (verbal, electronic and written) to customers, businesses and the general public.

You will need the ability to work in a fast paced environment and a good knowledge of IT systems (including databases) including Microsoft Office  applications.  

This post is suitable as a job sharing position. 

The duties of this post require the postholder to undertake a basic Criminal Record check (unspent convictions only) via the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Hybrid working arrangements are available for this role. Each role at CYC is different and your working arrangements will be determined based on the requirements of the role and in collaboration with you and your needs as part of the recruitment process. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team.

As this role is public facing, applicants will need to demonstrate, at interview, their competency to converse and provide advice and guidance to members of the public, in spoken English to CEFR level C2: Can express themselves spontaneously at length with a natural conversational flow, avoiding or backtracking around any difficulty so smoothly that the person with whom they are conversing is hardly aware of it.

For further information or an informal discussion please contact David Cowley (Taxi Licensing Manager) at [email protected] or on 01904 552422.

Closing date: Monday 21 September 2026 at 12 midnight

Interview date: Thursday 8 October 2026