Levy Collection Support Officer - Planning Policy Team

37 Hours per week - Full Time – Fixed term for 23 months

Are you organised, detail-oriented and looking for an opportunity to develop your career within planning, infrastructure and local government?

We're looking for a Levy Collection Support Officer to join our Planning Policy team, supporting the administration and collection of statutory development levies, including the new Building Safety Levy.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in an evolving area of local government, helping to ensure developments contribute towards the infrastructure and services needed by our communities.

We seek the best talent from the widest pool of people as diversity and inclusion is the key to our success. Reading Borough Council is a Disability Confident Employer and is committed to the recruitment and continued employment of people with disabilities.

We support hybrid working, it’s important to us that working arrangements are designed to enable our employees to excel and within this role you’ll have the opportunity to work in a way that suits your lifestyle.

About The Role

As a Levy Collection Support Officer, you will provide technical, administrative and financial support across the levy collection process.

Working closely with colleagues across Planning, Building Control and Finance, you'll help ensure levy processes are administered accurately, timely and in line with legislation and Council procedures.

Your responsibilities will include

Supporting the implementation and ongoing administration of statutory development levies, including the Building Safety Levy.

Determining levy liability and chargeability, issuing notices and maintaining accurate records.

Recording payments, processing financial information and producing payment certificates.

Carrying out checks on levy submissions, calculations and exemptions.

Supporting review and refund processes where required.

Preparing management information returns and revenue reports.

Liaising with developers, agents, government bodies and internal stakeholders.

Maintaining accurate electronic and financial records in line with data protection requirements.

About You

We are looking for someone with excellent administrative and organisational skills who enjoys working with data, financial information and legislation-driven processes.

You will ideally have

Experience in an administrative role, preferably within a local authority or public sector environment.

Experience of financial processes such as invoicing, reconciliations, fee calculations or payment recording.

Strong attention to detail and the ability to produce accurate work to deadlines.

Good written and verbal communication skills.

Confidence using Microsoft Office applications, particularly spreadsheets and databases.

Good numeracy skills and the ability to work with calculations and financial data.

The ability to interpret plans and measurements

A proactive approach and the ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.