The role plays a key part in ensuring London Borough of Bexley meets its obligations under the Building Safety Levy and contributes to the wider goals of improving building safety and help keep our residents safe. The postholder will support continuous improvement through feedback, collaboration, and process refinement.
The Levy Collection Officer will make use of the Building Safety (England) Regulations 2025 to support the administration of Building Safety Levy processes, including determining levy chargeability and liability, issuing levy determination notices, arranging spot checks, receiving payments and issuing payment certificates, dealing with requests for reviews from developers and Quarterly Management Information & revenue transfer to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).
The role involves collaboration with internal teams (e.g. Finance, Planning, Building Control) and external stakeholders (e.g. the Building Safety Regulator, Registered Building Control Approvers, developers), ensuring clear communication in line with Local Authority procedures.
This role contributes to timely and accurate levy collection in accordance with relevant regulations and financial protocols.
Please refer to the Job Description attached for more information.
Candidate Profile
Essential Experience & Knowledge
- Experience in administrative roles (preferably within a local authority or public sector setting although not essential)
- Familiarity with financial processes such as invoicing, payment tracking, and reconciliation.
- Understanding of planning or building control procedures and regulatory frameworks.
- Awareness of data protection and confidentiality standards.
- Experience in stakeholder engagement, including internal departments and external partners.
For the full list of essential and desirable criteria for this role then please refer to the Person Specification within the Job Description attached.
Please upload your personal statement under the Relevant Experience and Skills section and ensure this fully aligns to the role criteria. This should not be more than two sides of A4.
Interviews are scheduled to be held between July 27th and July 31st, 2026.
Bexley is a vibrant and diverse outer London Borough nestled in the Thames Gateway between London and Kent which means it combines the perfect blend of city vibe and the tranquillity of Kent. It's got award-winning parks, open spaces, and heritage sites. The borough has excellent transport connections, including the Elizabeth Line and proximity to the M25. Bexley offers fantastic amenities such as libraries, leisure centres, and shopping areas. Our borough is also home to numerous primary and secondary schools, as well as further education institutions.
Our Offer to you
We will offer you in return a package that includes a competitive salary, coaching and mentoring programmes, an excellent pension scheme and generous annual leave plus bank holidays. For more information on the benefits package on offer please refer to the Candidate Information document attached.
Recruitment Information
As a disability confident employer Bexley welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including hidden disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to your disability, please contact us on [email protected]
This role may be available as a development opportunity through secondment for the Council’s existing employees. The Council’s Secondment Scheme can be found here. If this option is of interest, please contact the recruiting manager.
We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date.
