This is an exciting time to join our Revenues and Benefits team! We are a new local authority, created in April 2021.
We are on our journey of shaping what the Revenues and Benefits team looks like at West Northants Council, so there is plenty of opportunity to develop processes, and shape our offering so we can provide the best possible service to our residents and businesses.
Our benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits to our employees, these include:
What will you be doing?
Reporting to the Assistant Director for Revenues and Benefits you will be the Council’s main specialist in Benefits and will lead, manage, and develop the Housing Benefits Assessment, Discretionary Housing Payments, and Appeals teams.
You will make recommendations on the strategic direction of the service supporting the redesign and transformation of the service.
About you
We are looking for a Benefits professional with excellent knowledge of legislation and best practice with regards to Housing Benefit.
You will have significant experience of leadership and managing and motivating a team at a senior level in a Benefits environment as well as effective performance management and proven experience of managing high performing teams.
You will have excellent communication skills with the ability to support and negotiate with stakeholders
Working as part of West Northants Council’s Finance Directorate, this is a brilliant opportunity to be part of a team leading in the transformation of the service.
About us
At West Northants Council, it’s about our people. People who thrive with ambition, bubble with new ideas, demand better ways of working, caring about every detail, and who never shy away from a challenge. Our culture is a gateway for new experiences. A place to forge new opportunities. To empower you in your career and unite you with like-minded people.
Our vision is ‘to make West Northants a great place to live, work, visit and thrive’. We truly stand by this and work hard every day to make this a reality. Our corporate values, THRIVE, stand for: Trust, High Performance, Respect, Innovate and Empower, they underpin everything we do and how we deliver services.
Hear more from our Chief Executive, Anna Earnshaw, about what it's like to work at West Northants Council https://youtu.be/lV0EfeUF4aU
We are committed to ensuring diversity, equality, equity, and inclusion is woven into the fabric of WNC and everything we do, to enable all colleagues to develop and maximize their full potential. We are a disability confident employer, a member of the Armed Forces Covenant, and a Care Leaver Covenant partner
The following film was created by us to communicate our intentions - watch WNC colleagues explain what DEI means to us.
If you need additional support or reasonable adjustments during the application process, including needing the job description in another format or language, please email careers@westnorthants.gov.uk for support.
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