We are working closely alongside a Local Authority in Lewisham to assist with the appointment of a Revenues & Benefits Control Manager, on a 5-month contract, highly likely to be extended at clients discretion. Please apply with your CV for immediate consideration.

Rate of Pay: £26.89 - £34.84 per Hour

Responsibilities:

• Ensure the Control Team is managed, organised and coordinated to deliver the service in accordance with; legislative requirements, the divisions Service Plan, policy requirements and those determined by the Business Rates Support & Development Manager.
• Manage the team to ensure all staff carryout their duties and responsibilities as defined by their job description. Update the Business Rates Support & Development Manager on all system related issues pertaining to Council Tax, Housing Benefit (including subsidy) and Business Rates performance on a regular basis.
• Manage the continual development of staff in conjunction with the Revenues and Benefit Management team, ensuring appropriate levels of training and development takes places across the service. Be responsible for the performance management of the team including Appraisals and managing employee relations etc.
• In conjunction with the Business Rates Support & Development Manager, oversee the management of the Councils IT providers, ensuring batch jobs (CTax, HB, Brates) subsidy reporting, direct debits, integrity errors etc. are scheduled and run on time. And the document imaging system is operational.
• Be responsible for system testing and provide training on new software and releases as required.

Qualifications:

• High level knowledge of Council Tax and/or Business Rates IT Systems
• High level knowledge of monitoring contracts measuring performance
• Experience of Managing, motivating and developing staff within a Revenues, Benefits or similar environment

Please note:

• You should be available to work immediately or at a short notice.
• You should have right to work in U.K

Disclaimer: Brackenberry Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. We are committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Unless otherwise stated all of our roles are temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.

Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary. Incase the role requires an enhanced DBS, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.

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