Customer Service Advisor

Sefton Council; Sefton; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 23,000; Part time

Job summary

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council is seeking a Customer Service Advisor to join the Contact Centre. You will handle telephone, e-mail and social media inquiries, updating customer records on the CRM and related databases to help residents access council services.

The role is part-time (28 hours per week) with usual hours 9.00 am to 5.30 pm, Monday to Friday, and includes full training and development opportunities within a busy local government environment.

Qualifications

• Strong customer service experience within a fast-paced Contact Centre environment.
• Ability to manage a demanding and varied workload.
• Background in local government would be desirable but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide Telephone, email and social media support to customers across council services.
• Maintain and update customer information on the CRM and other databases.
• Work across council hours and contribute to a responsive customer service team.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Teamwork

Tools

CRM system

Job description

• Employer: Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
• Location: Agile Working (office attendance in Bootle, Merseyside is required)
• Contract: Permanent
• Working Pattern: Part Time
• Hours: 28 hours per week.
• DBS Check: No
• Closing Date: 11/10/2026 at 23:59
• Reference: CorpSC/26/345367

About the Role

An opportunity has become available within Customer Services, and we are seeking to recruit a customer service advisor to work in our Contact Centre.

The successful applicant will be expected to work across our full business hours of 9.00 am to 5.30 pm, Monday to Friday.

The successful candidate will work as part of a team of customer service advisors offering telephone, e-mail, and social media services to customers across a wide range of council services. They will play a key role in providing customers and residents of Sefton with high-quality customer service, as well as maintaining and updating customer information as appropriate on a Customer CRM system and other relevant database applications.

Do you have strong customer service experience within a fast-paced Contact Centre environment? Are you comfortable and confident with managing a demanding and varied workload?

Most of our enquiries are from residents dealing with complex challenging and stressful situations including several enquiries about non-council services. A background in local government would be desirable but the ability to understand and communicate complex messages is essential. Full training will be given to the successful candidate who displays the customer service qualities we are seeking.

The closing date for this vacancy is Sunday 11h October 2026(or earlier in the event of high volume of applications being received).

Provisional interview dates are week commencing 2nd November 2026.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES

Sefton Council strives to ensure that our workforce is inclusive and representative of our communities. A diverse workforce is important to us, our staff bring with them a wide range of experiences, views, ideas, and innovations, and we are committed to providing an environment that recognises, respects, and values everybody’s identity, where individual differences are strengths and where everyone can thrive and maximise their potential.We are always open to learning and growing as an organisation, and we welcome new ideas and initiatives that promote equality, diversity and inclusion.

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer; all candidates will receive equal treatment. Our decision to appoint will be based upon whether an individual’s skills, experience, qualifications, and abilities make them the most suitable candidate for the role.

Please note that all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for these jobs (as given in the Person Specification) and who want to apply under the Disability Confident Scheme will be invited to interview.

If you are currently in care or have previously been in care, we provide a guaranteed interview scheme for care experienced people if you meet the essential requirements for the role.