Council Tax Officer

Salary: £25,584 - £27,269

This is a Permanent Full Time position

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to join our Council Tax team.

Choose a career with great benefits and flexible working. Agile working allows employees to work flexibly to balance their home and work needs with a minimum of one day in the office per week.

We are based in the beautiful Brocks Hill country park in Oadby and this part of Leicestershire is a great place to live, work and visit. Our council is a great organisation to work for, we offer a competitive salary and fantastic benefits including great holiday, flexi-time and the generous local government pension scheme. You can find more information about our benefits here https://www.oadby-wigston.gov.uk/pages/employee_benefits

The Council Tax Team are responsible for administering Council Tax, ensuring the accurate and prompt billing, collection and recovery of accounts.

The Council Tax Officer will undertake responsibilities including obtaining and assessing information to determine Council Tax liability in accordance with legislation. This includes determination and allowance of discounts, reliefs and exemptions.

If you have experience of working with customers, have excellent communication skills and can prioritise your own workload to meet set targets and deadlines, we would love to hear from you. You can find out more by viewing the job description and person specification.

At Oadby and Wigston Borough Council, we are proud of our diversity and recognise the value this brings. We are fair and inclusive and welcome applications from people with different backgrounds.

We guarantee an interview with anyone who either has a disability or is a reservist/ veteran and meets the criteria for this role.

Please contact recruitment@oadby-wigston.gov.uk for any informal enquiries or Rita Patel (Revenues and Recovery Team Leader) at rita.patel@oadby-wigston.gov.uk for an informal discussion about the role.

There may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

To apply for this role you must complete our online application form https://myaccount.oadby-wigston.gov.uk/service/OWBC_Job_Application_Form (CVs will not be accepted)

If you have not heard from us within 14 days of closing date, please assume your application has not been successful on this occasion.

Feedback will not be provided at this stage of the recruitment process.

Closing date: Monday, 13 January 2025