Licensing Standards Officer

Job Description

Based at Angus House, Orchardbank Business Park, Forfar.

This job is workstyle 5 - Hybrid

You will have the opportunity to benefit from our flexible and agile working practices. This means you will work from home for part of your week and spend some time in council buildings to best suit your work, meetings and collaboration.

You will provide information and guidance principally concerning the operation of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005, the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982, The Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (Licensing of Short Term Lets) Order, and The Gambling Act 2005. You will supervise the compliance by licence holders of licence conditions and other requirements, to provide guidance in relation to all aspects of licensing legislation. You will also provide mediation services for the purpose of avoiding or resolving disputes and to undertake appropriate enforcement action as required.

Please note interviews will be held on Friday, 10 April 2026

Requirements

You must have the ability to become a member of the PVG Scheme.

Please refer to job outline and person specification for further details and requirements for this job.

About Angus Council

In addition, please refer to the "applicant guidance" document when completing your application form and to the "welcome to Angus" document and our website https://www.angus.gov.uk/jobs_and_training/working_for_angus_council for more information about working for Angus Council.

The Individual

We are happy to discuss flexible working during the recruitment process for this position. This means we are open to a conversation about working patterns and the flexibility that is available for this role whilst managing the workload.

We offer a guaranteed job interview to the following people who meet the essential criteria on application for a job:

Those with disabilities, recognised caring responsibilities, care experienced young people and ex-armed forces personnel. This also applies to our own employees with caring responsibilities, young people on apprenticeships and placements who meet the essential criteria for the job.