Lothian Valuation Joint Board

🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨

Lothian Valuation Joint Board is recruiting a Principal Technician (Permanent, Full‑Time).

📍 Edinburgh | Hybrid working
💷 £48,427 – £51,748 (pro rata)
🏠 Council Tax & Valuation expertise

If you have experience in surveying with strong knowledge of Scottish Council Tax legislation and a passion for leading others, we’d love to hear from you.

📅 Apply by: Sunday 3 May 2026
🔗 https://www.lothian-vjb.gov.uk/employment/

We’re taking part in Welcome to Your Vote Week 2026.

This year's theme is ‘why voting matters’.

Find out more and sign up to get your free downloadable resources at: https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/resources/resources-educators/welcome-your-vote-week

Today is the start of Welcome to Your Vote Week 🎉🗳️

We visited Holy Rood RC High School to take part in their voter registration drive, helping over 100 pupils to register to vote ahead of Scottish Parliamentary elections in May.

We are partnering with QA to look for our next Modern Apprentice!

Our previous Modern Apprentice recruits have benefitted from a wide variety of on the job work experience alongside full support to complete their qualification, leading to successful pathways into their longer term careers.

Could you, or someone you know, be our next talented star?

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Digital Support Apprentice Lothian valuation Joint Board are looking for someone to join their growing team as a Digital Support Apprentice. In this role the apprentice will provide first-line support on digital systems and processes across multiple departments, ensuring smooth operation of IT services and business applicati...

We have been contacting all operators of self catering units whose property was removed from the Valuation Roll from 1 April 2023 for a non return of information.

New legislation has provided a second opportunity to provide this information, with a deadline of 5 December 2025.

If this affects you and you haven't heard from us, please get in touch or visit https://www.saa.gov.uk/non-domestic-valuation/self-catering/ for more information.

Self-Catering Properties – Scottish Assessors Dwelling houses which are used for self catering holiday accommodation purposes can, in certain circumstances, be listed in the Non Domestic Valuation Roll instead of the Council Tax List. The eligibility of such properties is checked on an annual basis. It is the responsibility of the operators of....

This week we enjoyed our annual Contribution Awards Presentations, celebrating and appreciating a number of valued staff members who have made a significant contribution to the delivery of our services. Well done and thank you to everyone who received an award or nomination 🌟