Tax base Support Officer

Working on behalf of a Local Authority, Aatom Recruitment has a new opportunity for a Tax Base Support Officer on a 3 months contract with a possibility of further extension.

Key responsibilities:

• Assist with all duties in relation to Revenues and Technical Services.
• Use all systems available to trace absconders and assist in improving in year collection by ensuring the prompt registration of the liable charge-payer whilst assisting to keep arrears to a minimum by promptly establishing forward addresses for absconders.
• Tracing Council Tax and Business Rates non-payers from details supplied via various internal and external sources, to maximise collection and recovery action.
• Establish and maintain contacts with internal and external services, agents and partners to gather information to improve the tracing of customers.
• Accurately assess and review processes in accordance with the work allocated by the team’s Manager and/or Technical Officers
• Access and update the various computer systems available on the team, including extracting relevant information in relation to inspection and tracing matters.

Requirements:

• GCSE Maths and English or equivalent
• Experience of working in administration
• A general knowledge of the regulations pertaining to Council Tax, Business Rates.
• Ability to use a wide range of IT systems related to Council Tax including Microsoft Office.
• Numerate in order to provide/compile simple statistical information taken from reports.
• Ability to input data accurately onto the systems available to the Service and to check documents for accuracy
• Working Knowledge of the implications of General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) including System Security

If you are interested in finding out more information about this, please apply or contact Pocholo.