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Interim Benefit Assessment Officers/Admin x 2 – Housing
Job Ref: NNC (HQ) 18190
Pay Rate: Up to £20.77 per hour PAYE depending on experience
Hours per week: 37 Monday - Friday, normal working hours
Role Length: This opening assignment is for 5-6 months
City: Kettering
Hybrid working - Working from Home or Hybrid at Corby or Kettering offices.
Pay rate negotiable for the right candidate
The purpose of the role is to administer the Housing and Council Tax Benefit Scheme in accordance with Legislation and Council Policy.
Key Responsibilities:
Processes and maintains all types of Benefit Claims received using the Document Imaging Processing System.
Deals with Rent Officer referrals and Pre-Tenancy Determinations.
Identifies cases where discretion is required to be exercised and refers to the Senior Benefit Assistant for a decision.
Identifies cases where there is suspicion of fraud and refers such cases to the Fraud section for action.
Calculates amount of weekly benefit savings and notifies Benefit Enquiry Officer of result.
Issues and instigates Interventions.
To undertake monitoring of benefit transactions in accordance with legislation.
To report to the Benefits Manager with the results of monitoring exercises using computer technology.
Monitor performance in order to complete returns to government agencies relating to performance.
Keeping up to date with legislation.
Ensure Benefit claims are assessed accurately to ensure subsidy is maximised for residents of the Borough.
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If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, we cannot, unfortunately, respond to all applications. If, therefore, you have not heard from us within 3 days please make a working assumption that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles.
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Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:
Unless the DBS requirement stated above is for a Basic Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.
Qualifications:
5 GCSE’s or equivalent, including Maths and English.
Skills & Experience:
Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role, or context and ideally within a public sector organisation.
Ability to undertake complex calculations.
Good communication skills.
Experience of revenue collection.
Experience of Housing and Council tax benefits.
Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite).
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Job Ref: NNC (HQ) 18190
Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
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