Customer Services Officer

Braintree, Essex

£12.70 per hour

37 hours per week

Temporary, 3-month contract

We have an exciting opportunity for a Customer Advisor to join our Customer Services Team, to cover up to 3-month secondment, covering the hours of 8.30am to 5pm.

Working as part of a busy team, you will provide a front-line service to customers and staff - in person, by telephone, email and web. Dealing with the public, you will provide advice, interpret queries and re-route customers across a range of Council services.

The Customer Service Centre receives over 150,000 customer contacts a year, across various access channels, and you will be handling everything from arranging a waste collection to processing food voucher requests, as well as taking call back messages for busy departments.

We are looking for an individual who is committed to providing a high quality, customer-focused service and will work with customers and staff to achieve positive outcomes.

You will have excellent communication and keyboard skills, be friendly and approachable with the ability to work under pressure on your own or as part of a team.

Grades A-C, or equivalent in English and Maths are essential.

At this current time our team is working a hybrid pattern i.e., a mixture of office and home working