Application Support Officer

We are looking for a motivated and detail-oriented Application Support Officer to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for maintaining and managing the Local Land and Property Gazetteer (LLPG), ensuring data accuracy, compliance, and efficiency within our systems. You will play a crucial role in enhancing the quality and accessibility of property data that supports various operations across the Council.What will you be doing? Ensure that local and national conventions and standards are fully adhered to in the LLPG maintenance process. Maintain the LLPG Improvement Schedule, as agreed with GeoPlace, to guarantee continuous improvement in data quality and completeness. Resolve conflicting issues, de-duplicate records, and maintain cross-references with other data sources such as Council Tax, the Electoral Roll, the Local Street Gazetteer (LSG), and Non-Domestic Rates (NNDR).

You possess an inquisitive mind and enjoy problem-solving. You are detail-oriented and capable of completing repetitive tasks with a high degree of accuracy. A good understanding of data standards is essential, and any experience with BS 7666 and GIS tools would be advantageous, however training will be given if required. We value flexible working and promote work-life balance, offering opportunities to work from home when possible. However, you will also be required to provide support for systems throughout the authority and may need to travel across North Northamptonshire. Therefore, having the ability to travel between sites is important.

We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups., Our Values and Behaviours Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are: Customer-focused Respectful Efficient Supportive Trustworthy Our Key Commitments Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most. We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role. North Northamptonshire Council re-signed the Armed Forces Covenant in June 2024 which highlights the Council's pledge to support the Armed Forces community. The council obtained the silver status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) and we are now currently working towards achieving Gold status. We aim to be a carbon neutral Council by 2030.

Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we're transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people. You'll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think! Why choose us? We offer a vibrant working environment with:

• a competitive salary
• a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
• lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
• generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
• hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.