Licensing Practitioner

£24,000 - £26,100 plus great benefits (Work Level 6B)

Manchester City Centre, hybrid working 

We’re looking for a Licensing Practitioner to join our Licensing team. In this role you’ll work in a hybrid way splitting your time between home and the office (find out more about our hybrid working policy at colleagues.coop.co.uk/hybrid-working-policy).

You’ll play an important role in making sure our Co-op Food stores meet all legal standards for selling regulated items, like alcohol. You’ll collaborate with internal and external teams to make sure we are compliant and contribute to our reputation for excellent services. This is a great opportunity to develop your skills and to gain great exposure in an important area of our business.

What you’ll do

• Independently manage a diverse workload, aligning with team goals and key performance indicators (KPIs) 
• Handle the submission and administration of invoices and licensing applications
• Utilise your expertise to advise and tackle complex queries
• Stay up to date with legislation, making sure Co-op continues to be compliant
• Participate and support on various exciting business-wide projects requiring licensing support
• Liaise with a variety of internal and external partners acting as a representative of Co-op for the licensing team
• Maintain data integrity, adhering to best GDPR practices
• Drive compliance and legal adherence utilising effective reporting and analysis
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, focusing on services and processes

This role would suit people who have

• Knowledge about UK Licensing laws and trends, or a willingness to learn
• Experience working with IT systems with the ability to learn new systems and analyse data
• Exceptional organisational and administrative skills, with the ability to manage shifting priorities within a dynamic environment
• Proactive problem-solver committed to upholding service excellence.
• Effective communicator, comfortable interacting across various levels.

Why Co-op? 

If you have the skills that we need, we can offer you a competitive salary and great benefits package which includes 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores (as well as other discounts on Co-op products and services).

• An annual bonus (based on personal and business performance)
• 28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidays 
• A pension with up to 10% employer contributions
• Access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ)
• Coaching and training to support your career development
• Wagestream app – giving you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn
• YuLife app – rewarding you for exercising with discounts and vouchers for your favourite brands

At Co-op, we’re proud to do things a different way. As one of the world’s largest co-operatives, owned by millions of members, community is at the heart of what we do. Since our Co-op was founded in 1844, we’ve had a clear social purpose, and everything we do as a business helps to build a fairer world for our members, customers, colleagues, and communities. 

Building a diverse environment

We’re actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.

We'll ask whether you’d like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply.

If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we’ll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.

You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process

You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme and all our commitments to diversity and inclusion at colleagues.coop.co.uk/diversity-inclusion-and-wellbeing

Please note that we may close applications for this role early. 

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