Local Land Charges Officer

About the role

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our very busy Local Land Charges Team, delivering a professional, customer-focused service on behalf of the Council. You will support the delivery of accurate and timely local authority searches, maintain the Local Land Charges Register and respond to customer enquiries. You will also contribute to the ongoing transfer of the register to HM Land Registry. This role requires strong attention to detail, the ability to work well under pressure, and a commitment to excellent customer service.

The position will be based at Municipal Offices, Kettering and Deene House, Corby before relocating to Haylock House, Kettering.

This position is Part Time (22.2 hours per week), Two-Year Fixed Term Contract

For further information or an informal discussion, please contact tracy.james@northnorthants.gov.uk.

What will you be doing?

You will

• Check completeness of search requests to include address, plan and fees.
• Enter data accurately into the Idox TLC system including drawing accurate spatial data.
• Interrogate multiple IT systems, read and interpret documents and plans to identify relevant information for your search response.
• Produce and return search responses within the Council’s published turnaround times.
• Respond to email and telephone enquiries promptly and professionally.
• Maintain the Local Land Charges Register in compliance with the Local Land Charges Act 1975 and Local Land Charges Rules 1977 both textually and spatially.
• Be part of the team involved in the transfer of the register to HM Land Registry to include data cleansing and digitisation within agreed timescales.

About you

You will have strong communication skills and be able to demonstrate experience of working with a range of IT systems, and have an analytical approach to work with the ability to interpret maps and documents accurately. You will be well organised, able to manage competing priorities, and comfortable working to tight deadlines whilst maintaining accuracy.

You will be a proactive team player who can also work independently and build effective relationships with customers and stakeholders.

As the service operates across multiple sites, some flexibility to travel may be required.

Previous experience in a Local Land Charges team is desirable but not essential, as full training will be provided.

Our Benefits

Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.

You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!

Why choose us?

We offer a vibrant working environment with:

• a competitive salary
• a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
• lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
• generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
• hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.

About us

Our Values and Behaviours

Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:

Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy

Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.

Disability Confident Employer

We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.

Our Employment and Disability Service provides bespoke support to individuals facing barriers to employment, helping them work towards their goals to start, stay and succeed in employment. For further information please click here The Employment and Disability Service (EADS) | North Northamptonshire Council

Armed Forces Community

The council obtained the Gold status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS).

Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)