About the job

Job summary

OCTOBER START DATE

• As part of our vision to be a dynamic, diverse, and connected organisation we are upgrading our application system.  This will have an impact on timelines and successful candidates may not be offered a start date until October 2024.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Are you looking to kick start your career within Scottish Government?

 

This is an exciting opportunity for a Modern Apprentice to join Rent Service Scotland, as part of the Rent Adjudication Team.

 

The Rent Adjudication Team is an operational delivery team, they administer applications from tenants who have received a rent increase notice from their landlord which they believe is an excessive increase. They carry out rental valuations, desk based and property inspections, for rent adjudication applications received under the Rent Adjudication (Temporary Modifications) (Scotland) Regulations 2024.

 

This role offers a great opportunity to develop your skills with a variety of learning and development opportunities whilst completing your Modern Apprenticeship.

Job description

• Receipt, review and input rent adjudication applications for tenants served with a rent increase notice by their landlord under the newly modified Rent Adjudication Regulations 2024
• Input applications for Local Authority Housing Benefit subsidy purposes.
• Provide administrative support including scanning applications and supporting documents, photocopying, answering routine enquiries and other relevant duties as required.
• Undertake other duties consistent with the post as directed by supervisors.
• Support the identifying and collecting of suitable rental market evidence from letting and estate agents and landlords and recording it in various formats.

Person specification

There are no specific qualifications required.

 

Essential Criteria

(provide evidence of these in your application)

1. Excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workloads with competing priorities to meet tight deadlines while maintaining a high level of accuracy.
2. Strong written and oral communication skills and confidence in engaging with a range of people at all levels.
3. Good working knowledge of corporate systems as well as IT packages, such as Outlook, Word and Excel.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £25,235, Scottish Government contributes £6,813 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

Please apply via the link provided

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.