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- £55,640 - £59,035 a year
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Senior Procurement Officer
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Corporate Debt Recovery Officer
Folkestone & Hythe District Council —Folkestone
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Planning & Development Business Manager (2 Years Fixed Term)
Folkestone & Hythe District Council —Folkestone
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Council Tax & Benefits Officer x 3

Folkestone & Hythe District Council -
Folkestone

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Job details

Permanent | Full-time
£26,844 - £32,747 a year
2 days ago

Benefits

Free parking
Cycle to work scheme
Annual leave
Company pension
Employee assistance programme
Employee discount
Gym membership
Transport links

Qualifications

Organisational skills
Tax experience

Full job description

Employer:

Folkestone & Hythe District Council

Salary:

£26,844 - £32,747 (Grade C/D) depending on skills and experience

Location:

Folkestone / Hybrid

Contract:

Permanent

Working Pattern:

Full Time

Hours:

37 hours.

DBS Check:

Yes

Closing Date:

13/07/2026 at 23:59

Reference:

GF01/26/340707

We are looking for 3 motivated and customer-focused individuals to join our Council Tax, Benefits & Welfare team as a Council Tax & Benefits Officer.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with experience in revenues, benefits, or a similar environment, or for someone with strong transferable skills who is looking to develop their career in a varied and rewarding role.

This is a hybrid role, which requires a minimum office presence of one day per week in our Civic Centre offices in Folkestone. The successful applicant will be provided with full training, which will require an increased office presence in the training period.

This role will include short-term project work in collaboration with the Business Rates, Debt and Transactional Services team to primarily focus on proactively contacting taxpayers to collect payments. Subsequently, there is also an opportunity to apply to join the Business Rates, Debt and Transactional Services Team through their vacancy on our website.

About the role

You’ll play a key part in delivering an efficient and supportive service to our residents; helping to ensure accurate processing, collection and recovery of Council Tax, and ensuring prompt and accurate processing of Housing Benefit and Council Tax reduction applications.

A significant part of this role involves acting as a first point of contact for customers, including handling telephone enquiries as part of a team rota. You’ll be confident managing calls, resolving queries, collecting payments and providing clear, empathetic advice on often sensitive matters.

We are particularly interested in to hear from candidates who bring;

Experience in Council Tax, Benefits, welfare support or a similar customer-facing role
Are confident handling busy telephone workloads and delivering excellent service over the phone
Can communicate clearly and professionally across multiple channels (phone, email, online and face-to-face)
Have strong organisational skills and attention to detail
Are comfortable working with legislation, guidance and complex information (training will be provided)
Enjoy working as part of a team and supporting colleagues through shared responsibilities such as phone cover

Why Join Folkestone & Hythe District Council?

We offer a comprehensive, people focused rewards package designed to support your wellbeing, development and work-life balance.
Flexible, agile and hybrid working arrangements.
Generous annual leave: up to 31 days + bank holidays, plus birthday leave and Christmas office closure.
Flexi-time scheme.
Local Government Pension Scheme
Health & wellbeing initiatives, including an Employee Assistance Programme.
Reimbursement of professional membership subscriptions
Salary sacrifice schemes: cycle to work and lease car options.
Corporate discount schemes for shopping, entertainment, gym memberships, days out and more.
Great location: centrally based, close to transport links and free office parking.

Our Values

We’re proud of our positive workplace culture built around four core values:

Customer First, One Team, Thinking Ahead and Performance Counts.

We’re committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, and welcome applications from all backgrounds, including disabled applicants and the Armed Forces community

Please note: This vacancy may close earlier than the advertised closing date if we receive a high volume of applications. Subject to a high volume of applications, an additional shortlisting exercise may be used.

Advert closing date: 23:59 on Monday 13th July 2026.

Interviews are due to be held in the weeks commencing 27th July & 6th August 2026.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Andrew Hatcher, Council Tax, Benefits & Welfare Manager: [email protected]

How to apply

Please apply online via the link provided below. Please note that we do not accept CV's without a fully completed application form.

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