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An exciting full-time and part time opportunity has risen within our Revenues Team. This is a challenging opportunity for an organised and self-motivated person willing to join a strong team responsible for delivering the Council Tax and Business Rates Service.

The successful candidates will be working in a high-pressure target based environment and will need to work well with others to achieve team targets as well as individual targets.   We need highly motivated and committed people, with outstanding customer care skills. This post will be dealing with all aspects of the administration of Council Tax and Business Rates.

You will need to demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills and have the ability to interpret and explain complex issues to all members of the community. You must also be able to prioritise your own workload and work quickly and accurately under pressure. In addition, the successful candidate will need:

• Experience of using an on-line computer system such as Northgate Revenues & Benefits
• The ability to work as part of a team
• The ability to work with minimum supervision These posts are link-graded Scale 6 / SO1

In return we will offer a range of benefits which includes a flexible working environment and 1 day working from home once you have successfully completed your 6-month probation period. f you think that you have what it takes to meet these challenging requirements and are interested in becoming part of our service, we are keen to hear from you. Appointments will be based on experience and aptitude as tested at interview based on the specification.

Closing date: 22 December 2019 at 23.59pm

Interview : Week beginning 20 January 2020

For an informal discussion about this post please contact Iain Barritt on 020 7527 2510 or iain.barritt@islington.gov.uk

Islington Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expects all staff, and volunteers to share this commitment. 

Islington Council is also committed to flexible working and will consider requests where possible. 

Islington also operates random drug or alcohol testing for safety critical roles or for where there maybe just cause.

To apply for this position please use the online application process below. Please note that the council only accepts on-line applications, no CV’s or alternative forms of applications are accepted. If you are unable to use the online process please contact the Recruitment team on 020 7527 2155 or e-mail recruitment@islington.gov.uk