Customer Services Officer
Staffordshire County Council, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Customer Services Officer
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Staffordshire County Council, Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Part time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted today, 30 Oct | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 8603e48d13894b208489352ea170ebbf
Full Job Description
We have an opportunity for a part-time Customer Services Officer, working within Children's Services at Castle House, Newcastle. The hours of work are Wednesday 1.00-5.00pm, Thursday 8.30-5.00pm and Friday 8.30-4.30pm. This role will focus on delivering a safe and efficient reception service in support of district based staff. Main Responsibilities In this role you will:
- undertake a range of customer care duties. This will include meet and greet duties as and when required, ensuring that visitors are dealt with in a professional manner, answering queries from members of the public and other agencies on the services of the county council.
- signpost to partner agencies, taking telephone calls and accurately recording messages to ensure effective communication.
- complete a range of administrative tasks, ensuring compliance with business processes and service level agreements.
- be responsible for maintaining room bookings and general health & safety.
- undertake a range of financial transactions as directed including placing orders for services/equipment, goods receipting and maintaining associated records in accordance with Financial Regulations through the county council's finance and procurement systems.
- maintain an awareness of policies, guidance, processes, and best practice relating to the service supported.
Working in our Business Support requires teamwork, good organisational skills and a good level of competency using IT systems., Good communication skills because you'll interact with lots of people across the organisation and externally through phone, in person and email - Good organisation skills and attention to detail, as you'll be keeping data updated and you'll be working to deadlines
- A flexible approach to work as sometimes things can change, and so you'll need to be able to prioritise work and sometimes change tasks quickly
- A passion to always give the best service
The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively. Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy: We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future. We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too. Our benefits: We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance. In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire