Land Charges Assistant

Job Description

Huntingdonshire District Council (HDC) is passionate about providing high quality services to our communities, residents and businesses. This means we need to employ and retain the most talented and dedicated people.Situated within the heart of the Cambridge-Peterborough Growth Area, Huntingdonshire is a beautiful district that boasts thriving market towns and many attractive villages, each with its own identity. We are an innovative and forward-thinking local authoritywhose residents are at the heart of our decision making.We are seeking a confident and well organised individual to assist in our Local Land Charges (LLC) service providing search responses to the conveyancing sector part of the house buying process. You will assist with the maintenance of the Local Land ChargesRegister, answering enquiries and providing searches and certificates for Local Land Charges and Local Authority (Con29) enquiries.You may already be working within this service or have experience of working in a planning or housing department or an interest in developing a career in this area and have solid administrative and database inputting skills, strong attention to detail andbe able to carry out research work on your own initiative.You will need the ability to analyse and interpret data (including spatial mapping data) to provide answers to questions contained in search requests and you will need to be confident in using IT databases (any experience of Idox TLC or Uniform is advantageousbut not essential).We are looking for someone who is highly organised, has good communication skills and is adept at managing their own workload in meeting demanding deadlines.The successful candidate will need to work well as part of a small team and have the ability to build and maintain good working relationships with colleagues in other council departments and external organisations.The post holder should have the ability to work flexibly, working from home primarily whilst we continue with the hybrid working arrangements. However, there will also be a requirement to undertake office-based activities within the role as required andyou should therefore be within commutable distance to our offices in Huntingdon.Should you have any additional questions regarding submitting an application, please contact our Recruitment Business Partner whos details can be found on our website.We anticipate that interviews will be held the week commencing 26 January 2022. To apply a full job description along with details on how to apply can be downloaded from our website - search for Current Vacancies at Huntingdonshire District Council. The closing date is 12pm 17 January 2022Please note that the official closing date is as above and will be the correct date. Some third party websites may have different dates so please always refer to the HDC website for the official closing date to ensure you do not miss out on applying.We want to employ staff who embody our icare values (Inspiring, Collaborative, Accountable, Respectful, Enterprising) all of which support our ultimate purpose of putting our customers first.We are currently working full remotely for the foreseeable future when we anticipate returning to the office on a flexible basis which will still include work from home and flexi time opportunities but candidates should be within commutable distance of ouroffices in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire or able to attend meetings as required if further afield.At HDC we seek to employ candidates from a range of backgrounds in order to bring diversity of thought and make our organisation more innovative. We are seeking candidates who are looking for their next permanent opportunity on a full time, part time orcondensed hours basis. We will consider any flexible arrangements and are a supportive employer enabling our staff to work in an environment that produces high standards of work in an employee led environment. We also offer a highly competitive Local GovernmentPension Scheme and provide an array of services, networks and training to support your health and wellbeing as well as generous holiday entitlement dependent upon length of service.Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of our recruitment and along with our values we are committed to creating an inclusive working environment, where diversity is valued and there is equality of opportunity. We therefore welcome applicationsfrom all sections of the community and we offer a range of benefits including flexitime to encourage a work life balance.

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ConveyancingCustomer ServiceLocal AuthorityProperty