Responsible for the strategic direction the Council Tax, Business Rates, and Inspections service, ensuring that legislation, strategies, policies, objectives, and procedures are implemented and kept under review in respect of all functions within the Revenues service, to respond to elected member and MP enquiries as required.
Monitor and evaluate the service provision to ensure service performance standards are met, collection rates are maximised, and the team delivers effectively and efficiently and to work with Finance colleagues to ensure accurate and timely completion of statutory returns.
Acting as the Council's main specialist on all Council Tax and Business Rates issues ensuring the effective administration of Revenue services, advising on all legislation, maximising income to the Council through growth in the Council Tax base and rating list by identifying new domestic and commercial property and ensuring tax base is accurate. To ensure the effective administration of Council Tax and Business Rates accounts to maximise income to the Council from collection of Council Tax and Business Rates including liaison with the Valuation Office Agency and Enforcement Agents and to take action under delegated authority to ensure prompt collection.
Manage a team, ensuring performance is managed to deliver a high-quality service, establishing clear quality and practice standards for and ensure these are consistently achieved. Provide expert and pragmatic advice to ensure decisions taken by Team Leaders are well informed regarding risk.
Responsible for a delegated budget within area of responsibility. To manage resources efficiently and effectively within service area, ensuring there are sufficient financial, human and other resources available to deliver effective services.
To manage the implementation of Business Rates revaluations on a five-yearly basis., ensuring that the Rating List remains balanced with Valuation office records at all times ensuring the timely completion of government returns
To take an active role in annual billing and Housing Benefit/Council tax/NDR financial year end with support from Managers and Team Leaders
To maximise personal productivity, minimise duplication and errors; and manage our information efficiently and securely to reduce risk, though effective use of Office 365 and our internal IT systems and applications.
Actively challenge and seek to eliminate any directly or indirectly discriminatory practice or behaviours.
Demonstrate awareness and understanding of other people's behavioural, physical, social and welfare needs and ensure that reasonable care is taken at all times for the health, safety and welfare of yourself and other persons.If you are interested in this role please send your updated CV in the first instance