Building Safety Levy & Contributions Officer - 05831

Are you looking for a role where you can make a genuine difference to local communities while developing valuable professional skills?

West Berkshire Council is seeking a Building Safety Levy & Contributions Officer to join our Developer Contributions Team. This is an exciting opportunity to work at the heart of planning, infrastructure delivery and building safety during a period of significant change within the development industry.

Whether you are beginning your career, recently graduated or seeking a new challenge, this position offers the opportunity to gain specialist experience in a growing and important area of local government.

The role
As a Building Safety Levy & Contributions Officer, you will play a key role in implementing, developing and managing the new Building Safety Levy while supporting wider developer contribution functions.

You will:
• Work with developers, agents, solicitors and building control providers.
• Monitor housing developments and infrastructure contributions.
• Issue notices, invoices and correspondence.
• Maintain accurate records and databases.
• Provide advice and guidance to customers and stakeholders.
• Support compliance monitoring and auditing activities.
• Assist with reporting, analysis and service improvement projects.

This is a fixed term role (Funding limited project) until 31/03/2028

We are ideally looking to offer the successful candidate the full number of hours advertised above. We may however consider offering less hours than advertised providing they meet the requirements of the role and service which will be determined by the recruiting manager.

The ideal candidate would have the following qualifications, skills and attributes:

Essential
• GCSEs (or equivalent), including English and Maths at Grade 4/C or above.
• Good organisational skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Confidence using Microsoft Office and digital systems.
• Excellent communication skills.
• A positive and professional approach to customer service.
• The ability to manage your workload and meet deadlines.
• A willingness to learn and develop new skills.

Desirable:
• A-Levels.
• Experience in planning and/or local government.
• Knowledge of planning or building control processes.
• Experience working with databases or specialist software

West Berkshire Council offer excellent employment benefits such as:

• Flexible working wherever possible between the hours of 07.00-21.00
• Hybrid working wherever possible working 40% in the office
• Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities
• Generous Local Government pension scheme
• Family friendly policies
• A range of local discounts
• Wellbeing Programme including Employee Assistance Programme and employee benefits
• You will also be entitled to a generous annual leave entitlement starting at 28 days per annum (plus public holidays) Rising by an additional 5 days after 5 years’ service. (Pro rata for FTC)

Please note that the closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

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For an informal discussion about the role, please contact:
Lee Goodall, Planning Support, Enforcement & Developer Contributions Manager on 01635 503017 or by email at lee.goodall@westberks.gov.uk

Equal Opportunities

The Council supports Equal Opportunity of employment and positively encourages applications from people who fall within any of the nine protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.

How to apply

Please now complete a short online application form. You will then be able to upload your CV.

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