Licensing & Regulatory Services Officer

To work in Partnership with other agencies to enable Neighbourhood Policing Teams to prevent harm relating to Licensed and Regulated premises. To provide an efficient administrative support for all matters appertaining to licensed premises on an LPU.

***Please note that if this advert gains significant interest, we will be closing it earlier than stated*****

Previous applicants who have not previously been successful for this role in the last 6 months are not eligible to apply on this occasion.

Specific Role Responsibilities

To receive, process, and risk assess as required, applications for personal licenses, premises licenses, variations, club premises certificates, temporary event notices and miscellaneous license requests.
Identify and implement opportunities to prevent harm and reduce demand from new applications and existing licenses.
To negotiate, influence and effect changes to licensing conditions, operating procedures and operational running of venues to prevent occurrence and re-occurrence of harm.
Maintain and update relevant records including the licensing database.
Co-ordinate, guide and monitor NHT pro-active interventions according to risk to ensure licensed premises observe the licensing objectives.
Collate and submit intelligence to disseminate to other departments through WMP systems.
Produce briefings for Night time economy area policing plans.
Provide expertise, guidance and understanding of licensing matters to other departments.
Obtain a sufficient degree of knowledge of regulatory services and other partners to enable work in an integrated multi-agency environment to support the Next Generation Local Policing model. Services include, but are not limited to:
Trading Standards
Environmental Health
Food Standards Agency
Immigration
Share information and co-ordinate neighbourhood policing activity with partners.
To develop a degree of knowledge and understanding of other roles within the Partnerships team to provide resilience.
Gather, collate and provide evidence of all aspects of personal performance in support of personal development review processes, and maintain knowledge of up to date licensing practices through Continuous Professional Development.

Knowledge & Experience

Essential:

Must be able to demonstrate knowledge of the Vision and Values of West Midlands Police and the Next Generation Local Policing ambition.
Staff in this role must achieve and maintain the PALO qualification.
Be able to use all Microsoft office packages effectively
Be able to actively participate in meetings.
Experience working effectively as a member of a team and individually
Experience working under minimal supervision
An understanding of the National Decision Making Model

Desirable:

Experience in guiding and influencing partners in matters pertaining to your area of business.
Experience of third sector providers of services local to the NPU.

Hours

Core hours between Mon-Fri 0800 and 1800. Must be able to work in a multi-agency environment. There may be a requirement to work outside normal working hours, including bank holidays and weekends, by exception. There may also be a requirement to attend duty at short notice and work across the Force area.

The post will be based in the NPU partnerships office. There will be frequent need to travel across the Local Authority area and occasional need to travel across the Force area both within WMP locations and partner agency premises.

Prospective officers and staff must be held to a higher standard of behaviour and accountability than members of the public, and that therefore their right to privacy can be fettered in certain circumstances. This is to ensure that members of the police are fully aware and accountable for the unique powers entrusted to them and the standards of professional behaviour they swear to uphold.

Vetting

Successful applicants will be required to pass Recruitment Vetting and Counter Terrorism Clearance scrutiny prior to commencing their role, this will include a full background & financial disclosure as part of the vetting process.

Medical

Appointment to this role will be dependent upon successfully completing medical checks, which may include a drugs test and if required a fitness test.

Interviews

Interviews are likely to take place week commencing 4th August 2025.

By choosing to join West Midlands Police you will receive an enhanced benefits package including:

Fair remuneration with progression opportunities and access to a very competitive pension scheme.
Enhanced annual leave in addition to public holiday entitlements.
Discounts across travel, parking, daily costs of living and leisure activities.
A comprehensive wellbeing package including 24/7 support, free eye tests and flu jabs.

Probationary Policy (current WMP staff only):

Under the Probation Policy, if you are currently in your probation period, “during your probationary period you will not be permitted to apply for alternative police staff roles within the Force unless there are exceptional circumstances. In such cases, you would require the support of your line manager prior to applying for alternative roles, and if successful, your probationary period will start over.”-Policies - Probation Period (Police Staff) (wmpad.local)

West Midlands Police is a Disability Confident Leader - the highest level an organisation can achieve under the scheme run by the Department of Work and Pensions. As part of our commitment we operate a ‘Disability Confident Interview Scheme’ - all candidates who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be offered an interview.

It is important to note that there may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people who meet the essential criteria for the job. For example: in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. In these circumstances, the employer could select the candidates who best meet the essential criteria for the job, as they would do for non-disabled applicants.

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