The role
The Revenue Service Charge Manager leads a small team responsible for the analysis of revenue spending on housing in order to construct revenue service charges, undertaking statutory consultation where required and liaising with service providers and with homeowners.
You will assist in developing robust systems, processes and practices to ensure that charges are accurate and reasonable, applying a keen eye for detail and your knowledge of housing services, accountancy principles and leasehold legislation to lead a team that is dedicated to making improvements.
You will have excellent communications skills to develop and maintain effective relationships with other Homeownership managers, service providers, stakeholders and the wider community in order to facilitate the delivery of high quality services that meet user needs.
This is a small team with responsibility for analysis of a wide range of costs. We aspire to improve our construction of charges through better use of technology and better liaison with the service providers who incur costs. You will be keen to contribute towards these through proactively identifying solutions and through effective liaison with colleagues across the council.
About You:
We are looking for a highly motivated individual with great attention to detail and excellent IT and data analysis/ manipulation skills. You will have extensive working knowledge of Service Charge construction in a local authority setting and be familiar with the legislation governing service charge construction and billing.
About Southwark:
We are the largest local authority social landlord in London, managing 55,000 homes lived in by 40% of Southwark’s residents. We are home to over 18,300 businesses including iconic London venues and social enterprises and we have a young, diverse and growing population.
At Southwark we are committed to making our borough just and fair and are taking positive action to tackle inequalities. Our residents and communities are our greatest asset and the passion we have for Southwark is shared by millions of Londoners who enjoy our outstanding cultural offer, use our hospitals and attend our universities. Our refreshed borough plan and focus on Southwark Stands Together, (which is our work with Southwark’s communities and the council’s staff to tackle racism, injustice and inequality) underpins all that we do.
Additional details
We will only consider applications from internal candidates, that are current employees or agency workers on an active assignment.
Benefits and more information:
In your role, we want you to feel supported, challenged and rewarded. You will benefit from our family-friendly policies including flexible working, home working, and a local government pension scheme, plus many other staff benefits. You will join a motivated, driven and supportive team that strives for excellence and values its members. You will also be part of a successful and high-achieving development team that is making a real difference to the lives of residents in the borough. For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit our Staff Benefits page.
Guaranteed Interview Scheme:
As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:
• Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
• Are currently in care, or have previously been in care
• If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition
Recruitment timetable
Closing Date: 04/06/2024 at 23:59
Interview Date: 13/06/2024
SWCINT
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together programme. We particularly welcome applications from members of the Black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
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