Customer Service Advisor

Somerset Council; Taunton; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Eine spannende Gelegenheit für einen Customer Service Advisor in einer dynamischen Umgebung, die sich um die Unterstützung der Gemeinschaft kümmert. In dieser Rolle sind Sie die erste Anlaufstelle für Kundenanfragen und bieten umfassende Unterstützung in einer Vielzahl von Themen, die von Bildung bis zu sozialen Dienstleistungen reichen. Mit einem Fokus auf exzellenten Kundenservice und einem empathischen Ansatz helfen Sie den Menschen in Ihrer Gemeinde, während Sie gleichzeitig in einem unterstützenden und inklusiven Team arbeiten. Flexible Arbeitsbedingungen und umfangreiche Schulungsangebote sind Teil des Angebots, um sicherzustellen, dass Sie in Ihrer Rolle erfolgreich sind.

Benefits

Flexible Arbeitszeiten

Generöse Urlaubsregelung

Mitarbeiterrabatte in Fitnessstudios

Mitarbeiterunterstützung

Betriebliche Altersvorsorge

Flexible Benefits über Gehaltsopfer

Rabatte bei Einzelhändlern und Online-Shops

Qualifications

• Exzellente Kundenservicefähigkeiten und Empathie sind erforderlich.
• Gute Computerkenntnisse und die Fähigkeit, neue Systeme zu lernen.
• Starke Kommunikationsfähigkeiten, insbesondere am Telefon.

Responsibilities

• Erste Anlaufstelle für Kundenanfragen zu Dienstleistungen der Gemeinde.
• Bereitstellung von qualitativ hochwertigem Kundenservice und Unterstützung.
• Unterstützung von Kunden bei der Nutzung digitaler Lösungen.

Skills

Kundenservicefähigkeiten

Kommunikationsfähigkeiten

Empathie

Computerkenntnisse

Problem-Lösungs-Mindset

Job description

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• Fixed term contract until June 2026. Full-time position (37hrs).
• Customers can contact us between 8.30-5pm Monday to Friday so, your work pattern will be within these hours.
• This is a busy and highly rewarding role, handling high volume customer enquiries relating to a wide range of Council services.
• You will begin you role supporting Children, Families and Education enquiries (and could later include Adult Social Care, Council Tax, Waste, Highways, Registrations, Business Rates, Planning, Housing and other services)
• It offers hybrid working, with 2 days per week required in the office (once trained) and the remaining days can be home or office based as you wish.
• Office days will be based in County Hall, Taunton
  
  

Some key information

• Fixed term contract until June 2026. Full-time position (37hrs).
• Customers can contact us between 8.30-5pm Monday to Friday so, your work pattern will be within these hours.
• This is a busy and highly rewarding role, handling high volume customer enquiries relating to a wide range of Council services.
• You will begin you role supporting Children, Families and Education enquiries (and could later include Adult Social Care, Council Tax, Waste, Highways, Registrations, Business Rates, Planning, Housing and other services)
• It offers hybrid working, with 2 days per week required in the office (once trained) and the remaining days can be home or office based as you wish.
• Office days will be based in County Hall, Taunton
  
  

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 over the telephone or handling email enquiries however, customers can interact with the Council in many ways. Customer Service Officers handle multi-channel interactions which can also include face to face interaction and digital solutions.

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 will involve:

• 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 offer ongoing support, training and guidance to help you be the best you can be. But it will really help if you:

We’re proud to be here for the people of Somerset. And that means everyone in Somerset. An important part of this is ensuring that we are as diverse and inclusive as the people and communities we serve.

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 Lindsay Johns, 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.

The 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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