Do you want to make a difference?

We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic individual to join our Benefits team.

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, flexitime 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.

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 supportive of flexible working arrangements where possible and encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process.

The Benefits Team are responsible for delivering all aspects of our Housing Benefit, Council Tax Support and Discretionary Payments Service.

The Benefits Assessor will work as part of a small team, being a key contact for technical queries and make decisions on entitlements to Housing Benefit, Council Tax Support and Discretionary Payments.

If you have recent experience of working as a Benefits Assessor and experience of using MRI Revenue & Benefits Systems to process claims for housing benefit and council tax support, are performance driven to process claims promptly, are able to organise and prioritise workloads and have used an electronic document management system to assess claims, we would love to hear from you.  You can find out more by viewing the job description and person specification.

A DBS check is required for this post.

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 if you apply under our guaranteed interview scheme.

Please contact Julie Nicolas, Benefits and Subsidy Team Leader on (0116) 2572 684 or julie.nicholas@oadby-wigston.gov.uk for further information.

Closing Date: 3rd June 2025

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://www.oadby-wigston.gov.uk/pages/job_vacancies (CVs will not be accepted)

If you have not heard from us within 14 days of the 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.