Council Customer Service Advisor Apprentice

2 weeks ago

Maidstone, United Kingdom Kent Training & Apprenticeships Full time

**EMPLOYER DESCRIPTION**

You can be a key part of a great team at Agilisys. We work in partnership with KCC to provide an excellent customer service provision to the people of Kent.
Agilisys is an employee-owned organisation which enjoys delivering success through innovation. You will be working with public sector partners to help them transform services and make a real difference to millions of people across Kent. The company is known as one of the UK's most innovative IT services providers so you can be at the forefront of innovation and development.
We need someone who’s enthusiastic, flexible, and has a drive to provide help and support for the people of Kent.

Based in Maidstone, the office is accessible via train car and bus. Maidstone East is just opposite the office along with a pay and display car park.

There is no available on-site parking which is free.

**DESCRIPTION OF VACANCY**
- Answer and respond to customer calls into the Contact Centre, to provide a service for a specified area of the Authority’s operations, giving information and advice as trained.
- Handle calls for specific services providing information and advice where appropriate with the aim of ideally resolving customer enquiries at the first point of contact.
- Interpret queries/problems that are generated by calls from customers in order to generate solutions to meet the caller’s needs.
- Re-route calls to an appropriate officer when unable to assist the customer, so that they obtain an appropriate response to their enquiry
- Maintain call quality standards through the effective use of verbal communication when responding to each call, including following the Authority's complaints procedure when appropriate, to ensure that callers are always provided with a high quality and efficient service
- At the end of each appropriate call, offer the Govmetrics customer satisfaction survey
- To achieve individual objectives and team targets to assist in meeting the businesses overall KPI’s.
- To deliver a high level of Customer Service in line with our client’s quality standards.
- To handle a wide range of enquiries using various Service systems and processes including complaints.
- To communicate effectively (written & verbal)
- To be professional, helpful, welcoming, and pleasant to customers and colleagues.
- To be able to remain calm in all situations, with a polite and courteous manner.
- To meet data protection and client confidentiality requirements.
- Desirable to have some knowledge of how local authorities or other large organisations operate.

**WAGE**

£220 per week

**HOURS**

Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm

37-hour week

Two paid 15-minute breaks. and unpaid 36-minute lunch

We are currently operating a hybrid work model, split between our office and homeworking, where a strong/stable WI-FI connection is required.

20% paid time during working hours is given to complete training, referred to as “Off the Job Training”

**SKILLS REQUIRED**
- Ability to handle a wide range of enquiries in a contact centre environment.
- Computer literate and ability to operate telephone equipment effectively.
- Effective communication skills, both written and verbal with a polite, efficient and courteous manner. Able to deal sympathetically with distressed, agitated, confused, irate customers or those with special needs.
- Ability to learn and deliver new services
- Some knowledge of how local authorities or other large organisations operate.

**PERSONAL QUALITIES**
- Personal self-confidence to provide a customer focused front-line enquiry service via the telephone
- Possess a friendly and helpful disposition.
- Able to remain calm under pressure.

**QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED**

GCSE Maths & English - Grade 4/C or higher

**TRAINING PROVIDED**

On the job training with the employer whilst working towards the Apprenticeship Standard - Customer Services Practitioner Level 2 Standard will establish an Apprentice’s skills to deliver high quality service to customers both internally and externally. The Apprenticeship will incorporate knowledge of customers and the customer experience, understanding the organisation, its products/services and their role and responsibilities.

Regular work-based assessments/observations carried out by Kent Training & Apprenticeships Tutor Assessor, to determine competency and meet with Awarding Body standards.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Apprenticeship

**Salary**: £220.00 per week

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: KT&A2851

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