Revenues Apprentice (Business Rates)
Preston City Council
Job id 4922

North Wales and North West
Salary £24,309

Closing Date 6th of August 2025

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Revenues Apprentice (Business Rates)

Business Rates

Location:	Town Hall
Salary:	£24,309 per annum
	Fixed Term
Post Type:	Full Time
Contract Type:	Fixed Term - 24 Months
Closing Date:	6th August 2025
Reference:	CURV03012

 

Lancaster City Council & Preston City Council operate as a shared service for the provision of revenues and benefit functions, and as part of this provision we administer and collect Business Rates on behalf of the two Councils.

We are looking to recruit to a Revenues Apprentice, within Business Rates Team, based at the Town Hall in Preston.  This is a high performing team, whose responsibility for the billing and collection of Business rates promptly and efficiently is crucial to the council..  

 

Duties include:

•  Dealing with Business Rates customers, by phone, correspondence and sometimes in person to establish their needs and take appropriate steps to meet those needs. 
• Deal with information from various other sources affecting liability, recovery, data input, administration, daily report work in line with process and maintain/update online computerised systems.
• Work as part of a team administering, billing, collection, recovery and the application of discounts and reliefs for non-domestic properties.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated applicant who can demonstrate an ability to deal with customers and work as a member of a team and on their own.

The apprenticeship is via the Institute of Revenues, Rating and Valuation (IRRV), with competence based course units which align to the Level 4 Revenues and Welfare Benefits Practitioner Apprenticeship Standard (Revenues Pathway)

To apply, please visit the Council's webiste - CORV03012 Revenues Apprentice (Business Rates) - Job Opportunities at Preston City Council