Customer Service Advisor

Somerset County Council; Shepton Mallet; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Ein etabliertes Unternehmen sucht einen engagierten Kundenserviceberater, der die erste Anlaufstelle für Anfragen zu verschiedenen Dienstleistungen ist. In dieser Rolle bieten Sie wertvolle Unterstützung und Beratung, während Sie mit einer Vielzahl von Kunden interagieren. Sie werden die Möglichkeit haben, Ihre Fähigkeiten in einem dynamischen Umfeld zu entwickeln und sich in einem unterstützenden Team zu engagieren. Diese Position bietet nicht nur die Chance, das Leben der Menschen in Somerset zu verbessern, sondern auch hervorragende Schulungs- und Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten. Wenn Sie leidenschaftlich daran interessiert sind, anderen zu helfen und in einem positiven Umfeld zu arbeiten, ist dies die perfekte Gelegenheit für Sie.

Benefits

Flexible Arbeitszeiten

Großzügiger Jahresurlaub

Mitarbeiterrabatte in Fitnessstudios

Mitarbeiterunterstützungsdienste

Pensionsplan

Flexible Vorteile über Gehaltsopfer

Rabatte in Geschäften und Restaurants

Qualifications

• Starke Fähigkeiten im Kundenservice sind unerlässlich.
• Erfahrung in der Arbeit mit sensiblen Themen ist von Vorteil.

Responsibilities

• Erster Ansprechpartner für Kundenanfragen zu verschiedenen Dienstleistungen.
• Bereitstellung von qualitativ hochwertiger Unterstützung und Beratung.

Skills

Kundenservicefähigkeiten

Kommunikationsfähigkeiten

Empathie

Problemlösungsfähigkeiten

Computerkenntnisse

Job description

This is a busy and highly rewarding role, handling high volume customer enquiries relating to a wide range of Council services

• You will begin your role supporting enquires about one of our many services which include Council Tax, Waste, Highways, Registrations, Business Rates, Planning, Housing (and could at a later date include Children's, Families and Education and Adult Social Care,)
• Office days will be based in our Shape Mendip office in Shepton Mallet
• Full-time position (37hrs). Customers can contact us between 8.30-5pm Monday to Friday so, your work pattern will be within these hours

What will I be doing?

In this post as a Customer Service Advisor, you will be providing ‘front door’ support for customers contacting the Council. ‘Front door’ support means you will act as the first point of contact for customers needing advice and assistance about any service provided by Somerset Council, which makes it a really interesting role. You will handle each enquiry with care and understanding, offering quality support and guidance before and in lots of cases instead of, transferring the customer to specific service teams. Customers include members of the public, professionals, and councillors.

• You will spend most of your time talking with customers in our Customer Access points or over the telephone

The variety of enquires through to this team is extensive. Some examples include supporting people who;

• are concerned about the wellbeing of themselves, a family member, friend or neighbour and need help with personal care, mobility or day to day activities?
• are raising safeguarding concerns and reporting those at immediate risk?
• are needing advice about starting or moving schools, school meals, school transport or special educational needs
• are needing help with their council tax bill, paying an invoice, rent or business rates
• are wanting to report a missed waste collection, problem on the road or fallen tree

Your day to day work

• Talking to customers, predominantly face to face and by telephone
• Providing excellent ‘person centred’ customer advice and guidance.
• Having strength-based conversations to determine the best way forward.
• Supporting customers to self-serve using our online digital solutions
• Signposting to services and organisations best suited to the customers’ needs

What kind of experience or qualifications do I need?

Customer demand for our help continues to grow meaning we are an incredibly busy team, therefore, you’ll need the skills and behaviours to really thrive in this environment.

• Excellent customer service skills including listening, empathy, understanding and kindness.
• Excellent all round communication skills including strong telephone manner.
• Confidence and resilience to handle high volume, sensitive and emotive interactions.
• Good computer skills, confidence to learn new systems and use multiple technologies.
• Enthusiasm to learn about our services, a positive and calm way of working and a problem-solving mindset.
• Professionalism to adhere to process and understand the confidential and sometimes difficult nature of interactions we handle.
• Experience is not essential; however, it will be useful and if you do have experience of any of our services on a personal or professional basis then please make this clear in your application.

We welcome applications from a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences to enrich our team. You can always contact the hiring manager for a chat if there’s anything you want to talk about before you apply.

What's in it for me?

We are proud to offer an environment that is supportive and rewarding, working as part of a team who are passionate about the work they do to improve the lives of people in Somerset.

We offer great training and development opportunities, with supportive management. As well as this, we have some fantastic employee benefits available:

• We promote a healthy work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements wherever possible, including working from home.
• Generous annual leave allowance, with the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Staff discounts in gyms.
• Employee Assistance for the times you may need some support and a variety of employee wellbeing services.
• Auto enrolment onto our generous Pension Scheme and optional pension enhancement through our Additional Voluntary Contribution scheme.
• A Flexible Benefits Scheme via salary sacrifice to obtain a cycle for work and health screenings.
• My Staff Shop offering discounts in shops, online shopping, restaurants, cinema tickets, insurance benefits and more

Anything else I should know?

If you would like to find out more about this exciting opportunity before applying, please email Hannah Gilbertson,Service Delivery Manager [e-mail] for an informal chat.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement for the role.

This post may require a criminal background check via the Disclosure procedure.

Th salary for this role is £25,183 - £27,269 per annum

When completing your application/CV please provide your full employment history and ensure that any gaps in employment are explained. Please start with your current or most recent employment.

If you have all the information you need, just hit the apply button - we can’t wait to hear from you.

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