Revenue & Benefits Assistant/Officer
Teignbridge District Council
Job id 4868

South Wales and South West
Salary £23,656 - £27,711 Depending on experience, FY 25/26 pay award pending

Closing Date 15th of June 2025

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Revenue & Benefits Assistant/Officer

 

Permanent

37 hours per week

£23,656 - £27,711 per annum (depending on experience)*

 

*FY 25/26 pay award pending

 

Do you have a naturally investigative mind, enjoy a variety of tasks, and respond well to demanding situations? If the answer is yes, we’d love to hear from you!

 

We do things well and keep developing.

We are looking for a dedicated and motivated Revenue & Benefits Assistant/Officer, depending on the skills, knowledge and experience you have.

Working at the Council enables you to be part of an organisation which is proud to deliver high-quality, customer focused services that make a difference to peoples' lives.

The role includes maintaining and updating customers' Council Tax liabilities, calculating awards in accordance with our local working age Council Tax Reduction scheme, and recovering outstanding Council Tax and Housing Benefit Overpayments.

 

We’re better together.

You will enjoy working together as part of a team to deliver on our vision of making Teignbridge a healthy and desirable place where people want to live, work and visit.

We are an equal opportunities employer committed to a diverse and inclusive organisation. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender/sex, gender reassignment/trans status, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation and socio-economic status. We also welcome applications from military veterans and their families.

 

We can offer:

• Generous Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Hybrid and flexible working – Part office based, and part home based.
• Free car parking (we also have close access to a mainline train station).
• A recently refurbished modern low carbon office space.

• Generous annual leave and wellbeing package.

• Heavily discounted membership at Teignbridge District Council Leisure Centres.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.

• Opportunities for career and self-development.

• 24/7 employee discount access and employee assistance support.

 

  You are a Teignbridge District Council fit if you:

• Have a good standard of numeracy and English literacy skills.
• Work well under pressure.
• Have good organisation and time managements skills.
• Have great communication skills both verbally and in writing, with the ability to adapt to any given audience.
• Have experience of using Microsoft based products and are able to learn and adapt to new systems.
• Are able to deal with enquiries, perform tasks accurately.
• Having a basic understanding of Revenue and Benefit functions would be advantageous but is not essential as full training would be provided.

 

It is vital to read the job description and person specification for this role - it will help you understand whether your knowledge, skills and experience match the job requirements. In your supporting statement please tell us how you meet each of the essential criteria we ask for in the person specification.

 

Closing Date:    Sunday 15th June 2025 @ midnight

Interview Date: Tuesday 24th and Wednesday 25th June 2025 in person

 

For the job description and person specification, and to apply, please use the following link - https://jobs.teignbridge.gov.uk/itlivetdc_webrecruitment/wrd/run/etrec179gf.open?WVID=3455862gMN&LANG=USA&VACANCY_ID=2847034oVl

We reserve the right to close vacancies early if a high volume of applications is received and therefore would encourage a prompt application if you are interested in this position.

For more information about the role please contact Bethan Francis, Council Tax Team Leader on 01626 215511 or bethan.francis@teignbridge.gov.uk

No agencies please.