Our Licensing & Information Services team is often the first point of contact for our organization. They provide information and assistance to our licensed businesses and consumers on their rights, responsibilities, and options under the laws that we are responsible for.
Here is a day in the life of a Licensing and Information Officer:
Today’s an in-office day, so you enter our Victoria office, grab a cup of coffee and have a quick chat with your coworkers before settling in for a new day of meaningful work. Looking at your Outlook calendar, today you will be responding to consumers who are experiencing a variety of issues with businesses in BC. You will be collecting information, creating complaint files, and referring to other organizations to try and help consumers resolve their complaints. Next, you have a morning meeting with your Licensing and Information team to discuss the new online licensing platform. At lunch, you join some of your other co-workers for a game of online Pictionary. Later this afternoon, you’re scheduled to renew debt collector licences and review their new applications.
In between your scheduled work and meetings, you’re regularly responding to licensee emails, following up on complaints, and processing payments. Towards the end of the day, you make a note to follow-up with the Business Practices team about a licensee who has not submitted their annual financial statements.
As you close your laptop, you’re grateful that a day in the life of a Licensing & Information Officer is never the same as the day before. Being involved in projects that require you to obtain, review and process specific information is of a great value to our organization. You appreciate the ability to be involved with other departments and you are grateful for the opportunity to learn something new every single day.
Think you might want to join our team?
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