Local Land Charges Assistant

Bexley is an outer London Borough with the best of both worlds, located between the hustle and bustle of London and the Garden of England, Kent. Within the borough we have award winning parks, open spaces and listed heritage sites.

Working with the Local Land Charges Officer, the role of Local Land Charges Assistant will play a crucial role delivering the Council’s Local Land Charges Service. We have a proven track record for providing a prompt and efficient service and you will be key in helping maintain those standards.

Duties include the efficient and expedient updating of the Council’s Local Land Charges Register, assisting with the processing and response to CON29 Search requests and dealing with Land Charges related enquiries.

You will also assist with other tasks relating to our Street Naming & Numbering, Pre Application Administration and Local Land & Property Gazetteer work
Please refer to the Job Description attached for more information.
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Steve Hobdell, Development Management Admin & Systems Manager, on 020 3045 5740, or by email at steve.hobdell@bexley.gov.uk

We will offer you in return a package that includes a competitive salary, an excellent pension scheme and generous annual leave plus bank holidays. For more information on the benefits package on offer please refer to the Candidate Information document attached.

We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date.

The successful candidate would ideally be someone with relevant related Land Charges experience but more importantly you will have good administrative skills, attention to detail, and be able to effectively use Microsoft IT package throughout your day-to-day work.

You will be ambitious for new opportunities and want to work as part of a dynamic and friendly team to meet the Borough’s ambitions.

For the full list of essential and desirable criteria for this role then please refer to the Person Specification within the Job Description attached.
This post is considered by the authority to be a customer-facing position; as such it falls within scope of the Code of Practice on English language requirement for public sector workers. The council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the JD/Person Specification. These will be applied during the recruitment/selection and probationary stages.

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Anticipated Interview Date: 22nd April 2024

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Additional Information

As a disability confident employer Bexley welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including hidden disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to your disability, please contact us on recruitment@bexley.gov.uk.

This role may be available as a development opportunity through secondment for the Council’s existing employees. The Council’s Secondment Scheme can be found attached. If this option is of interest, please contact the recruiting manager.