Business Partner - Supportive Collection
Bury Council
Bury
Full Time
Fixed
Expires 01/08/2025
About the Role
Team: Corporate Collection and Support
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an 18-month temporary Business Partner role within Corporate Collection and Support service.
The Business Partner for Supportive Collection will provide direct operational team management to the successful administration and delivery of Corporate Collection and Support services.
The postholder will work with and support the Business Manager for Supportive Collection in the development and maintenance of efficient, effective and equitable collection and recovery pathways for Housing Rents, Council Tax, Accounts Receivable, Business Rates and Housing Benefit Overpayments.
Alongside this, the postholder will provide day to day operational oversight to the development and maintenance of a holistic, pro-active and preventative borough-wide Welfare Rights and Support offer, ensuring Welfare Support is embedded within collection stream processes through our Supportive Collection Pathway to enable effective financial inclusion for the borough’s vulnerable residents.
The role represents a fantastic opportunity to help support in shaping the future of our revenue collection and safeguard the council’s financial position, as well as being a brilliant development opportunity for the right candidate.
Normal hours of work are 37 hours per week based around the usual business working week. Dependent on service requirements, you may be required to work on a rota basis.
About Bury
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare or children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.
As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver considers our care experienced young people, promotes their life chances empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way
Benefits of working for Bury Council
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We support employees to work with agility, where appropriate for the post and service requirements.
We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.
Next steps
For an informal chat regarding the role please contact Jennifer Beales at [emailprotected] or Abbie Smith at [emailprotected]
Interviews will be held week commencing 4th August 2025
Knowsley Street, Bury, BL9 0SW, United Kingdom
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