Local Land Charges Assistant

Starting salary: £27,058
Job Level: Level 2, Zone 1
Work Location: 5 Pancras Square, London
Hours per week: 36, Full-time
Contract type: 12 Months Fixed-Term Contract
Closing date: Wednesday, 16th November 2022 at 23.59pm
Interviews to be held: TBC
Alternative flexible working options available / open to discussion 

Anonymised Application – in keeping with Camden’s commitment to inclusion the recruitment to this role is anonymised and supports the objective of reducing the impact of unconscious bias.

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About us
In Camden we are committed to working together to make our borough the best place to live, work, study, and visit. Partnership with our communities is central to the way we work, so that everyone can access opportunities, and nobody gets left behind. Here’s where you can help decide a better future for us all.

The role

This role involves working as part of a team assisting the Senior Local Land Charges Officer/Local Land Charges Manager, in ensuring the delivery of an effective and efficient provision of the Local Land Charges service, to anyone who wishes to search on land/property within the London Borough of Camden.

The ideal post holder will be able to assist with maintaining and updating the Local Land Charges Statutory Register in accordance with existing, amended or new legislation, internal audit requirements and filing and achieving systems. To input and conduct Official Searches of the Statutory Register and enquiry functions using the Local Land Charges Computer Systems and manual card index system, including assisting members of the public or personal search companies.

About you

We are looking for someone that has knowledge of Local Land Charges including knowledge of the relevant legislation (Local Land Chares Act 1975 and associated legislation).

The ideal post holder will have the ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing with people at different levels both within and outside the Council and must have the ability to understand, analyse, evaluate and extract information from documents, map-based data and to assimilate new information quickly. Being able to work in a methodically, accurately and with close attention to detail, is a significant part of this role. Experience of using windows-based computer systems to input data and retrieve data would be of an advantage and being able to communicate effectively verbally and in writing with people at different levels both within and outside the Council.

To find out more about what it is like to work at Camden, meet some of our People by clicking HERE

Working for Camden

We’re ready to welcome your ideas, your views, and your rebellious spirit. Help us redefine how we’re supporting our communities, and we’ll redefine what a career can be. If that sounds good to you, we’d love to talk.

At Camden, you’ll receive a host of benefits as well as joining a flexible working employer. Click HERE to see full details of our benefits.

Additional information

To view the Job Profile, please click HERE

To apply for this job please follow the "Apply" link. In the ‘Why you?’ section of the application you will be required to demonstrate how you meet the role criteria noted in the Job Profile under the “About You” section.

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Inclusion and Diversity
We want Camden Council to be a great place to work and to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equalities and justice remains at the heart of everything we do.

To discover more about Camden and our commitment towards diversity, equality and safeguarding, please visit our recruitment website

Asking for Adjustments

Camden is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please contact us on 020 7974 6655, at resourcing@camden.gov.uk or post to 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG.