Local Land Charges Officer

Our benefits

Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.

You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!

Why choose us?

We offer a vibrant working environment with:

• a competitive salary
• a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
• lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
• generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
• hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.

About the role

An opportunity has arisen to join our busy Local Land Charges Team providing a professional customer focused Service on behalf of the Council. As a Local Land Charges Officer, you will be responsible for processing and providing accurate and timely local authority searches. If you thrive on working in a busy environment, providing excellent customer service and are used to working to tight deadlines we would love to hear from you.

The role will be based at Municipal Offices, Bowling Green Road, Kettering and then Haylock House, Kettering.

For an informal discussion about the role or to find out more information, please contact jane.smart@northnorthants.gov.uk. 

What will you be doing?

• You will deliver a customer-focused and reliable Local Land Charges Service processing official and personal searches by interrogating systems, documents and plans, and updating records as required. 
• You will respond to enquiries received by email and telephone in relation to the service you provide. 
• You will update and maintain the Local Land Charges Register in accordance with the Local Land Charges Act 1975 and the Local Land Charges Rules 1977. 
• There will be the opportunity to take part in projects both Council wide and at service level to improve and develop the services offered.  

About you

Successful applicants will have excellent communication and IT skills. You will have an analytical approach to work with the ability to interpret maps and work well under pressure to meet tight deadlines whilst maintaining attention to detail and have strong organisational skills. You will be an effective team player, but capable of working on your own initiative and be able to develop and maintain good working relationships with a wide range of customers and stakeholders.

Previous experience of working within a Local Land Charges team would be desirable but not essential as comprehensive training will be provided.  

About us

Our Values and Behaviours

Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:

Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy

Our Key Commitments

Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.

We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.

North Northamptonshire Council re-signed the Armed Forces Covenant in June 2024 which highlights the Council’s pledge to support the Armed Forces community. The council obtained the silver status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) and we are now currently working towards achieving Gold status.

Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)