Section
Business Rates
Location
Town Hall
Salary
£23,656 to £24,027 per annum
Fixed Term
Post Type
Full Time
Contract Type
Fixed Term - 24 Months
Closing Date
23.59 hours BST on Wednesday 06 August 2025
Reference
CORV03012
Revenues Apprentice (Business Rates)
Full Time – 37 hrs per week
Fixed term of 24 months
Grade 1 - £23,656 - £24,027 per annum
**As the Council is a Foundation Living wage employer, you will be paid at Foundation Living Wage as a minimum, currently £24,309 per annum (Hourly Rate: £12.60)**
Lancaster City Council & Preston City Council operate as a shared service for the provision of revenues and benefit functions, and as part of this provision we administer and collect Business Rates on behalf of the two Councils.
We are looking to recruit to an Apprentice Revenues Officer post within the Business Rates team. The post will be based at the Town Hall, Preston. This is a high performing team, whose responsibility for the billing and collection of Business Rates promptly and efficiently is crucial to the Council.
Duties include:
Dealing with Business Rates customers by phone, correspondence and sometimes in person to establish their needs and take appropriate steps to meet those needs.
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Deal with information from various other sources affecting liability, recovery, data input, administration, daily report work in line with process and maintain/update online computerised systems
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Work as part of a team administering, billing, collection, recovery and the application of discounts and reliefs for non-domestic properties.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated applicant who can demonstrate an ability to deal with customers and work as a member of a team and on their own.
The apprenticeship is via the Institute of Revenues, Rating and Valuation (IRRV), with competence based course units which align to the Level 4 Revenues and Welfare Benefits Practitioner Apprenticeship Standard (Revenues Pathway). A Job Outline and Employee Specification is attached. If you are interested in being considered for this post, please complete an online application form.
