Customer Service Officer

3 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom Tempting Recruitment Full time

Tempting Recruitment are working alongside our client, a local authority, who are looking to recruit an experienced Customer Services Officer to join their team based in the Redbridge area.

**JOB DETAILS**
- PAY RATE: £15 an hour
- WORK TYPE: Temporary
- WORK PATTERN: Full Time
- LOCATION: Redbridge

**JOB DESCRIPTION**
This role delivers a high-quality frontline service offer and champion the customer to drive a customer centric culture that puts customers at the heart of everything the Council does. Working in a multi-skilled and multi-disciplined team the main areas of responsibility include
- To be a point of contact for members of the public and deliver a high-quality customer advisory service to both internal and external customers, ensuring the customer experience is a positive one
- To be familiar with the Council’s services, to respond to enquiries relating to numerous services and work with them to highlight and deliver improvements in customer journeys and experience
- Have the ability to stay calm under pressure and deal with conflicting demands in sometimes stressful situations
- To have an understanding of Council Tax processes to be able to deal with common enquiries
- Detailed working knowledge of IT systems required to deliver services
- To be accurate and have attention to detail to process payments for the Council and set up payment plans
- To be the ‘Voice of the Customer’, set exemplary standards and work with services to improve standards and reduce unnecessary demand
- To receive and check official documentation
- To understand the needs of customers and have the ability to identify services customers may be interested in to upsell commercial arms of the business and encourage participation in consultations
- Deal tactfully with complaints and work with colleagues to resolve and respond appropriately
- To be proactive and keen to develop customer service skills

**THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE**
- Experience of working with service users face to face, in writing, over the telephone and over digital channels.
- Experience of using IT systems to accurately enter, update and extract data.
- Experience of working as part of a team and having a flexible approach.
- 5 GCSE or equivalent including Maths & English or able to demonstrate good oral communication, written skills and numerical skills to undertake the duties of the post.

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