Customs Administrator

Aspire Jobs; Bickton; Hybrid; GBP 17,000 - 18,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

23 days holiday pro rata + bank hols

Free parking

Pension

Job summary

Aspire Jobs are working exclusively with our client, a well-established global distributor, to recruit a part-time Customs Administrator in Fordingbridge. The role is 25 hours per week, hybrid after probation, with 1 day in the office and flexible patterns to suit seasonal needs.

Your duties will focus on administration, data input and accuracy, with good Excel and IT skills a must. No previous customs experience is required, but shipping or customs knowledge is a bonus as you develop.

Qualifications

• Some administration experience is expected.
• Good Excel skills and IT literacy are required.
• Attention to detail and strong organisational skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Advising freight companies on commodity codes and procedures.
• Liaising with freight agents/importers to confirm correct codes.
• Verify and record customs entries and CPCs.
• Follow processes and ensure data accuracy in systems.

Skills

Administrative experience

Excel skills

IT literacy

Attention to detail

Organisational skills

Customer service

Self-motivation

Willing to learn

Tools

None

Job description

Job Title: Customs Administrator

Location: Fordingbridge

Salary: £12.71 per hour

Hours: Part Time Hours, 25 hours per week, Monday - Friday. Hours would be worked between the hours 7am-6pm on a hybrid basis after initial training/probation with 1 day a week in the office in Fordingbridge. Open to different working patterns. Also, the ability for a candidate to work more hours in the winter than summer.

Benefits:

• 23 days holiday per annum pro rata + bank holidays
• free parking
• pension

Aspire Jobs are working exclusively with our client, who are a well-established global distributor. Due to an internal move, they are now looking for an additional member to join their Customs team. This is a Part Time role, ideally 25 hours per week.

This role will see you having some administration experience with a lot of copy and pasting, looking for information and inputting information. You don't need any previous customs/import or export experience although if you do this is a bonus!

The successful Customs Administrator will:

• Have some previous administration experience
• Have good Excel skills
• Be IT literate
• Be willing to learn
• Have good attention to detail with an eye for detail
• Shipping & Customs experience is beneficial but not essential
• Be able to follow processes.
• Be self-motivated, with a good work ethic and be reliable.
• Have strong organisational skills
• Have excellent customer service skills.

This role encompasses all aspects relating to customs clearance and the inward processing of goods procured from overseas

Whilst the role will be quite basic to start off with, after training and over time you will work towards a more specialist customs role, so you must be prepared to learn.

There is a lot of compliance in this role so if you have worked in a compliance/regulated environment then so much the better, but again it's not essential.

Job Duties of the Customs Administrator:

• Advising all freight companies currently involved in the importation of goods from overseas on behalf of our client of the appropriate commodity code and customs procedure codes
• Liaising with freight agents/importers, ascertaining the correct commodity code by using the data within their IT system, external reports and data received on the vendors customs invoice
• Ascertain the appropriate Customs Procedure Code (CPC) from the trade-tariff website;
• Oversee all the information is sent through to the requestor, so they can complete the inward processing
• Checking and verifying that all customer entries are correct as per the original data provided
• Using customs entry, verify that the correct Commodity Code and CPC were used by referring back to the information supplied from the original request. If there is a conflict in the information, refer back to the importer for verification
• Verifying all the information and add the customs entry number to Quantum, whilst updating the Customs Status accordingly
• Attending review meetings as and when required