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Would you like to join a hardworking, high performing, friendly team in a great organisation?

If yes, we have the perfect role for you!

Our Property Accounts Team is looking to recruit a Property Accounts Officer to join our amazing team and help play a key role in this central service. 

About the team

You will be joining a high performing and friendly team that support each other to make sure we provide the very best service. Full training and support will be provided to enable you to succeed in the role. 

About the role

This is an interesting and varied role within a small team, dealing with service charges for Wandsworth Council Leaseholders. 

The role will give you significant exposure to our service charge calculations for our 16,000 Wandsworth Council’s leaseholders. This will include supporting with the annual billing exercise including capital works for both in-house, managed properties and Coop & Resident Management Organisations.

You will also be preparing information for those that wish to buy their Council property and providing information for solicitors when leasehold properties are sold.  

No direct experience is required but, ideally you will have some knowledge and experience of,

• Good IT skills, especially Excel.
• Experience of organising your own work and working towards tight deadlines.
• Able to undertake financial calculations.
• Great communications skills especially when dealing with our Leaseholder customers and related enquiries.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Pavan Seth on 020 871 5867 or  email pavan.seth@richmondandwandsworth.gov.uk 

Agile working

At Richmond and Wandsworth Councils, we care more about how you work and what you achieve, rather than where you work on any given day. The difference you can make to our local communities is what really matters most to us, service delivery must always come first. We have carefully considered agile ways of working to provide the best experience for residents, stakeholders and our staff. Our agile working strategy actively supports and encourages a dynamic work environment and daily working experience. Agile working helps put the needs of our staff at the centre of everything we do, so if specific flexible working arrangements helps you with this, feel free to let us know. 

Your wellbeing and the flexible way in which you can work is and will remain a key priority for Richmond and Wandsworth Councils. We want you to thrive and feel empowered in your work!

Benefits

We recognise the importance of a good balance between work and home life so we do everything we can to accommodate flexible working including, working from home, compressed hours, term time only, job shares and other arrangements. Please just let us know in your application or at any stage throughout the process (and beyond) if these are options you’d like to explore. We also offer a generous holiday allowance of 40 paid days (pro rata) including bank holidays and a wide range of learning and development opportunities. 

In addition, we offer a comprehensive range of staff benefits such as membership of the Local Government pension scheme, childcare vouchers, new technology scheme, interest-free loans on annual travel cards, discounts with many leisure activities, restaurants, shops and other establishments.

Indicative Recruitment Timeline

Closing Date: 4^th October 2023 

Shortlisting Date: 5^th October 2023 

Interview Date: 11^th October 2023 (there will be a test as part of the interview)

Useful Information:

The closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. We strongly advise you to complete your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Equality

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services. 

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer.

The application process for this campaign will be anonymised.

Important Information:

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils