A local government council based in West London is seeking a Customer Service Advisor. The role will be supporting our Ukrainian Sponsors who have sponsored guests to live with them, providing advice and guidance to sponsors and their guests by telephone, email and face to face and our welcome drop-in sessions. The candidates were looking for ideally Russian, Polish, or Ukrainian speaker’s excellent customer service, IT, and problem-solving skills. Candidates must be able to work shifts that are 8 am to 4 pm, 9 am to 5 pm, 10 am to 6 pm Monday to Friday ( this may change )
Role: Customer Service Advisor
Location: West London
Duration: 3 months initially
Rate: £16 per hour PAYE
Shifts: (8 am – 8 pm Monday to Friday).
This role will be based in the office 2 days a week and Remote 3 days
We are looking for people that are available for immediate starts
Role purpose
To provide a single point of contact for those contacting the council about the National Ukraine Appeal.
To ensure that customers receive a timely and positive response to their contact with the council, achieving performance targets and high rates of satisfaction
To respond to customer enquiries at the first point of contact from a variety of customer access channels, including telephone, email, web, social media, and post.
To deliver a consistent, reliable, customer-focused service, ensuring value for money and responsive services to anyone contacting the council and to act as a positive role model for all staff.
Role duties
To act as the first point of contact, providing initial advice and information and resolving directly the most frequent service requests by; telephone, email, web, and other social media channels
Where appropriate to direct and/or connect telephone callers and enquiries via other channels to other individuals/departments where more complex and specific advice is required
To capture accurate and detailed information to pass to relevant specialist teams where the Customer Service Center cannot fully resolve a query
To develop knowledge of key policies and procedures and to use the quiet time to keep this knowledge fresh to deal most effectively with the most frequent service requests.
To carry out telephone surveys on a range of issues and record the outcomes
To capture and update relevant customer information
Work in performance management has driven culture with SMART objectives linked to the overall Customer Service Center key performance indicators, customer satisfaction and first contact resolution targets
To act as an ambassador for excellent customer service standards taking ownership of resolving each customer enquiry
Person Specification:
Excellent telephone and written manner
Strong attention to detail
Problem-solving and solution-driven
Efficient in MS Office and Data entry systems
Previous experience in customer service ideally 3-5 year
Languages: If candidates speak Polish, Ukrainian or Russian this will be advantageous but not mandatory
We are looking to hold interviews early next week with a view to a start asap. Please do submit your CVs as soon as possible. The deadline for Applicants will be Friday 22nd April 2022 at 1 pm