Are you an experienced administrator with a good eye for detail? Are you looking for a home-based role which will allow you to apply your current skills and experience with opportunities to learn and develop? If this sounds like you then you might be the perfect fit for our business rates team!

Here at Capita Local Government Services part of our duties are to provide visits and inspections to various local authorities across London alongside this we have a team of administrators who ensure that the information gathered by those visiting officers is updated on the relevant systems, shared with the wider council team and is maintained in the most accurate way possible.

This is a rewarding and interesting role supported by a friendly and knowledgeable team with scope to progress within the business.

Job title:

Business Rates Officer (home based)

Job Description:

What you’ll be doing:

• Gather data from the Business Rates Visiting Officers

• Input data into the relevant system ensuring accuracy at all times

• Produce reports for council teams using data from the system

• Work with the wider team to ensure that our systems are maintained with the most up to date information

• Liaise with internal council teams to ensure that the relevant information is shared with the right people

What we’re looking for:

• A track record in an administrative role

• A high level of attention to detail

• Great customer focus

• The ability to manage and prioritise your own workload

• The ability to work independently or as part of a team

About us: Capita Public Service – LGS

Our world class Local Government Services team supports local councils to improve outcomes and focus on what matters in their communities. Managing tax and other revenue collection, benefits payments, building control support, IT networks, accounting and much more – we make it easier for council teams to concentrate on front line services.

Utilizing your Revenues knowledge, you will champion learning and development within our back offices, ensuring all aspects of employee development from new starter and upskill training through to ongoing support development.

What’s in it for you?

• a salary of £22,000

• 23 days’ holiday (rising to 27) with the opportunity to buy extra leave

• A fully home based role

• company matched pension, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks’ fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay of two weeks…and plenty more

• voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle – from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology

• the opportunity to take a paid day out of the office, volunteering for our charity partners or a cause of your choice

• access to our Employee Network Groups, which represent every strand of diversity and allow colleagues to connect and learn from each other on an open, inclusive platform

What we hope you’ll do next:

Choose ‘Apply now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

We’re an equal opportunity and Disability Confident employer, which means we recruit and develop people based on their merit and passion. We’re committed to providing an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment process and working environment for everyone. If you need the job description or application form in an alternative format (such as large print or audio), or if you’d like to discuss other changes or support you might need going forward, please email reasonableadjustments@capita.com or call 07784 237318 and we’ll get back to you. For more information about equal opportunities and process adjustments, please visit the Capita Careers website.

Location:

London

,

United Kingdom

Time Type:

Full time

Contract Type:

Permanent