Job Description
To provide information and guidance principally concerning the operation of the Licensing (Scotland) Act, the Civic Government (Scotland) Act, The Civic Government (Scotland) Act (Licensing of Short Term Lets) Order, The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (Scotland) Regulations, The Gambling Act, Smoking Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act and The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations. To supervise the compliance by licence holders of licence conditions and other requirements, to provide guidance in relation to all aspects of licensing legislation, to provide mediation services for the purpose of avoiding or resolving disputes and to undertake appropriate enforcement action as required.
Requirements
The duties of this post requires access to the public sector network and therefore the successful applicant must complete a basic Disclosure Scotland application. A formal offer of employment with East Ayrshire Council will only be made once satisfactory clearance has been received. Any information that is disclosed on a basic disclosure will require to be discussed before a formal offer of employment is made.
Responsibilities
We follow the national guidance in relation to pre-employment checks namely “Safer Recruitment Through Better Recruitment”. With regards to requests for references and in line with this guidance, during your application process you should provide details of a minimum of two appropriate and relevant references, one of which should be from your current or most recent employer. It is also a requirement that the reference from your current or most recent employer is from an appropriate senior manager and it is not a reference from a former peer operating at the same level. If you apply for this post, please add the following email address to your safe sender list to ensure that any MyJobScotland related e-mails go directly to your inbox - .
The Individual
This is a permanent full time post based within Council Headquarters, London Road, Kilmarnock. The hours of work are 35 hours per week to be worked Monday-Thursday 9.00am - 5.00pm and Friday 9.00am - 4.00pm. The workstyle for this post is ‘Flexible’ - 50% -79% of your time in an office location/ multiple work locations. You will work at your administrative base or another agreed office location between 2.5 to 4 days per week and only occasionally from home.It is the expectation that all office-based employees (with the exception of those working in schools) will work to the higher end of their allocated workstyle in terms of time spent in the office or at other work locations.” The full time salary of the post is between £40, - £44, per annum. If you require further information please contact Patricia Duncan at East Ayrshire Council is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcomes applications from all members of the community. We encourage applicants from underrepresented groups including Black and Minority Ethnic people, disabled people and LGBT people. We are also keen to decrease occupational segregation and so encourage women to apply for managerial posts and/or roles in which they are underrepresented. East Ayrshire Council is a Disability Confident employer and a Recruit with Conviction Ambassador.