We are currently recruiting for an admin officer based in Belfast. The successful candidates will be required to start once the vetting paperwork, ANI clearance has been completed.
Start date: ASAP
Duration: 6 months with a possibility of extension
Rate of pay: £13.75
Hours of work : The posts will require staff to work an average of 37 hrs per week in a range of patterns between the hours of 8am and 8pm on any day between Monday and Friday, some patterns will require 9am to 5pm on one Saturday in ten. Working patterns are managed locally and we will give as much notice as possible if we need to change the work pattern
Key Responsibilities:
The main business of the Child Maintenance Service is to promote the financial responsibility parents have for their children; to provide information and support for parents to enable them to make effective child maintenance arrangements; and to provide an efficient statutory maintenance service with effective enforcement powers.
You will work as a member of a team in a busy and fast paced environment providing an efficient and effective service to our customers. Staff are expected to contact customers by phone to enable us to gather information and process applications and changes as quickly as possible. Dealing with inbound calls and making outgoing calls are an integral part of the work in CMS. You should remember that your actions in dealing with cases can have a major impact on the lives of our customers so your calculations must be accurate and decisions fully recorded.
When you complete your training you will join one of our business teams and while your specific duties will depend on the team in which you are placed, dealing with customers by phone will be a major part of your work.
Duties will include
Call handling
· Handling inbound calls from Paying Parents (PP), Receiving Parents (RP), and potentially Employers. There may be some outbound calls to be made.
· Managing customer’s expectations, taking the time to explain processes clearly and providing realistic and accurate timeframes for action to be completed.
· Collecting and recording evidence and information by phone to speed up the processing of new claims and to action ‘change of circumstance’ requests quickly and accurately to ensure paying cases continue paying.
· Handling all calls in a calm and professional manner
Other duties/responsibilities:
· Where appropriate, making decisions in relation to maintenance calculations and recording those decisions fully and accurately
· Making appropriate use of Child Maintenance computer systems to record and retrieve information
· Taking efficient and effective action on all incoming correspondence to deliver a high-quality customer service
· Using available ‘tracking tools’ to manage own workload and contribute to achieving the organisations targets
Ensuring adherence with GDPR by ensuring that all customer information is held appropriately and securely.
Essential Criteria applicants must have:
Proof of 5 GCSEs including English and Maths grade C or above or the equivalent to this.
Excellent IT skills, including use of Microsoft Word and Excel.
Excellent communication skills.
Proven ability to use own initiative.
Please send your CV via the link or to Jack.Knox@therecruitmentco.uk