Local Land Charges Officer

Local Land Charges Officer

Pay: £13.47 per hour

Working hours: Monday -Friday, 20 hours per week

Location: Thrapston, NN14 4LZ, Hybrid (post training)

Length: 3 months

Opus People Solutions are recruiting on behalf of North Northamptonshire Council for a Local Land Charges Officer to join their Regulatory Services. As a Local Land Charges Officer, you will play a vital role in delivering a professional, customer‑focused Local Land Charges (LLC) service and provide support with a range of administrative tasks.

Your typical duties will be:

• Receiving, validating, and processing official and personal Local Land Charge searches accurately and within required timeframes
• responding to customer inquiries.
• Calculating search fees and ensuring correct charges are applied.
• Supporting the transfer of the register to HM Land Registry and ensuring compliance with statutory requirements.
• Maintaining databases and filing systems and managing queries received via the shared email mailbox, ensuring timely resolution
• Supporting the Local Land Charges Programme, including data discovery, data cleansing and digitisation activities.
• Playing a key role in service improvement, innovation, and identifying opportunities to enhance the customer experience.

The perfect candidate will:

• Have experience working in a busy office environment and delivering customer‑facing services.
• Be organised, accurate and able to work to tight deadlines.
• Be confident using IT systems and able to quickly learn new software.
• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Enjoy working as part of a supportive team.
• Be able to build positive working relationships with customers, stakeholders and partners.
• Be flexible, proactive, and committed to delivering high‑quality work.

Desirable:

• Knowledge of local land charges, planning or conveyancing processes.

We are looking for mid-April 2026 start with interviews being held online.

If you are looking for your next role, which will provide you with broad invaluable range of further skills and experience within a highly respected public sector organisation, don't hesitate to apply today!