Customer Coordinator

Ascenti; Chatham; Hybrid; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A government health assessment service provider is seeking a Customer Coordinator in Ontario. This vital role involves ensuring a positive experience for claimants during their assessments, with responsibilities including managing the reception area and conducting courtesy calls. The ideal candidate has strong customer service skills and experience in administrative roles in a healthcare or government service environment.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Qualifications

• Ability to work unsupervised and use own initiative.
• Enthusiastic and confident approach.
• Demonstrable experience in an administrative or customer service position.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the day-to-day running of the Assessment Centre reception area.
• Conduct courtesy calls with claimants.
• Assist customers with form completion.

Skills

Strong interpersonal/communication skills

Excellent telephone manner

Experience in building strong relationships

Problem-solving skills

Excellent computer literacy and IT skills

Tools

Microsoft 365

Job description

At Advo Health, we're the largest and leading subcontractor in government health assessments, helping the Department of Work and Pensions ensure that those who are most in need of support receive it. With experienced healthcare professionals throughout the UK, we're proud that more than 95% of people say they had a positive assessment experience with us.

About The Role

We're looking for a Customer Coordinator to join our Advo Health team on a permanent, full-time basis. This is a vital customer-facing role within our government health assessments service, responsible for ensuring a positive claimant journey throughout the assessment process.

You'll be the first point of contact for claimants attending disability assessments, delivering that crucial great first impression that contributes to our 95%+ positive experience rating. Working from an Assessment Centre with hybrid working opportunities, you'll support both claimants and healthcare professionals to ensure smooth, productive assessment days with minimal impact on those we serve.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong customer service skills who wants to make a real difference in supporting people through what can be a daunting process, while working in a caring and understanding environment.

What You'll Be Doing

As a Customer Coordinator, you'll:

• Oversee the day-to-day running of the Assessment Centre reception area.
• Conduct courtesy calls with claimants in advance of their appointments.
• Assist customers with form completion including expense claims.
• Use in-house computer systems to update records accurately and reschedule appointments when needed.
• Advise healthcare professionals and management teams of additional claimant needs.
• Prepare and maintain assessment rooms and equipment to ensure readiness for assessments.
• Maintain a clean and professional workspace that creates a welcoming environment.
• Escalate any accidents, incidents or inappropriate behaviour immediately.
• Provide cover at other sites when required and support general administrative duties.
• Build strong relationships with claimants, healthcare professionals, and the wider team.
  
  

Benefits & Culture

We strive to live and breathe our values, underpinned by a passion for what we do and a people-centric approach. Our benefits include flexible working opportunities and more: www.ascenti.co.uk/careers

Knowledge Experience And Qualifications

• Ability to work unsupervised and use own initiative
• Strong interpersonal/communication skills
• An excellent telephone manner and very good attention to detail.
• Enthusiastic and confident with experience in building strong relationships.
• A positive enthusiastic approach to solving problems.
• Ability to deliver work to set targets and specified standards
• Ability to work in a fast-changing environment – comfortable dealing with ambiguity
• Excellent computer literacy and IT skills, particularly working within Microsoft 365
• Demonstrable experience in an administrative or customer service position
• Fluent English language skills, able to communicate on a daily basis via telephone, email and face to face in a clear, caring, courteous and professional manner
• Able to demonstrate a clear attention to detail in relation to office administration duties such as updating spread sheets and presenting information clearly and accurately
• Familiarity with UK disability and employment support regulations.
• Previous experience of working within a government services contract or healthcare environment.