Revenues and Benefits Telephony Officer in Pershore

Malvern Hills and Wychavon District Councils,

Revenues And Benefits Telephony Officer

Permanent - 37 hours per week (Full Time)

£27,274 - £29,071 per annum

The South Worcestershire Partnership, hosted by Malvern Hills District Council, provides a Revenues and Benefits service for Malvern Hills, Worcester City and Wychavon Councils from our offices in Pershore.

We are responsible for the billing and collection of Council Tax and Business Rates and for the effective processing claims for Housing Benefit / Council Tax Reduction.

We are recruiting a Contact Centre Officer to deliver information and guidance on all Council Tax, Housing Benefits and Council Tax Support, Business Rates and Recovery services for the three partner Councils. You will be dealing with telephone calls, our Live Chat service, written and face to face enquiries.

These are versatile, busy and demanding roles which requires an in-depth knowledge and experience of Benefits and Revenues. Although experience is desirable, a comprehensive training plan will be delivered.

With experience of working in a customer services environment, you must be able to empathise and problem solve on behalf of customers, work in a busy environment, have the ability to understand and relay information and be willing to 'go the extra mile' for our customers.

If you are passionate about delivering results as we are, and if you want a challenging yet rewarding role delivering the highest levels of customer service, this is the job for you.

About You

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with a strong customer focus
• Ability to learn, interpret, apply and explain all legislation and guidance appropriate to the post
• Good word processing and IT skills, including an ability to use an on-line computer system to interrogate and update data
• Be able to deal with difficult situations
• Self-motivated, enthusiastic, and be able to deal with a varied workload
• Be able to demonstrate commitment to delivering the Council's values of great customer service, openness and accountability, innovation and improvement and fairness and respect.
• Responsible for championing and demonstrating the Council's Leadership Behaviour Framework by inspiring, communicating, collaborating and empowering self and others and leading by example.

What We Can Offer

• Excellent pension scheme with employer contributions
• Generous annual leave entitlement with options to purchase additional annual leave
• Committed training programme and development opportunities
• Onsite nursery with 20% staff discount
• Discounted Gym and swim membership
• Health and Wellbeing support and a Free Employee Assistance scheme including access to counselling services
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Employee Discounts with a range of companies including EE and the Kaarp discount scheme.

We are an employer that values face to face communication, collaboration and connection, therefore all our roles have an office-based requirement with the possibility of some agile working as part of the role after the probation period.

Malvern Hills District Council does not currently offer sponsorship for candidates without the Right to Work in the UK.

Closing date: Sunday 18 October 2026

Interview date: Thursday 22 October 2026

If we experience a high intake of applications, we may close the role and interview for the position sooner than advertised.

Attached documents

Malvern Hills District Council plan

Job Description

Employee Benefits

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