Property Information Officer - West Sussex County Council : Job Details

Salary: £27,334 to £29,777 per annum

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Pattern: Full-time (37 hours per week)

Location: County Hall, West Street, Chichester, PO19 1RQ (Hybrid and Flexible Working) This role offers hybrid working arrangements and will require you to work from county council office buildings as well as the flexibility of home working as appropriate. Final arrangements to be confirmed with successful candidate.

Interview Date: week commencing 15 April 2024

You will need to be able to travel independently around the county, including to areas that may not be easily accessible by public transport. Pool cars and pool bikes available.

All West Sussex County Council (WSCC) employees have a WSCC location as their contractual work location, however we do operate a 'Smarter working' approach, this is something that you agree locally with your manager, for what works best for you, your role, and your team. More details will be shared once you start working.

The Opportunity

As a Property Information Officer, you will thrive as a subject matter expert and provide an efficient and effective management and information service including, collating, maintaining, analysing, interpreting, and presenting a diverse range of data and information for various internal and external customers.

You will carry out in-depth interrogation, analysis and interpretation of complex legal documents, external sources and log information on various relevant database systems including mapping and CAD.

In this role, you will identify problems with property ownership data and provide solutions to customer enquiries. You will need to communicate appropriately with a wide range of customers, for example the general public, Members, managers and colleagues from across the County Council, IT software providers, Legal Services, His Majesty's Land Registry, Solicitors representing customers.

Through joining our motivated, public value-focussed, specialist Property Information Team, you can enjoy a purposeful career and contribute to the delivery of vital services to West Sussex's residents.

About You

We're looking for someone who has excellent attention to detail. Strong communication and problem-solving abilities are a must, as you'll be the go-to person for resolving any issues that may rise.

You will be able to demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills, communicating on several different levels with multiple stakeholders and adapting your style accordingly.

The ideal candidate will be adept at collating information from numerous sources, both paper-based and digital, ensuring accuracy. You will demonstrate good IT skills for word processing, data processing, maintaining computer databases and production of statistical data, including mapping and map interpretation.

You will be comfortable working independently and be at ease in this fast-paced, agile environment with rapidly changing deadlines, workloads, and priorities.

If you thrive on becoming a subject matter expert and using your skills to deliver better and cost-effective transformational outcomes, then this is the perfect role for you!

For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the Job Description attached.

Rewards and Benefits

As an employer we recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive and dynamic working environment where employees can achieve their full potential, achieve a healthy work-life balance and are rewarded for the work they do.

Along with a generous holiday entitlement of 25 days plus opportunity to buy additional leave).

Upon joining us you will have access to a range of benefits including the following:

• A excellent local government pension scheme
• A range of flexible working options, depending on your job role
• Maternity, paternity, dependency and adoption leave
• volunteering opportunities
• Training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring
• A range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers; groceries, travel, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities, high street retailers and the opportunity to save over £1,000 a year through our West Sussex Choices benefits platform (see our Staff discounts page if you are a business looking to offer a discount)
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and Voluntary Health Cash Plans.

Further Information

The reference number for this role is EIE01264.

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Equity, inclusion and accessibility is very important to West Sussex County Council. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, as this helps us build a diverse and talented workforce, that reflects the communities we serve. We ensure our approach to recruitment is flexible and supportive to enable all applicants to be at their best and to ensure they have the best possible chance of success.