Role: Student Finance Officer Salary: £24,250 Pension: 28.97% - Alongside your salary of £24,250, Student Loans Company contributes £5,825 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme Start Date: 13/01/2025 Student Loans Company is a non-profit making Government-owned organisation established to provide loans and grants to students in universities and colleges in the UK. Since 1989, we have enabled our customers to invest in their futures by delivering secure, accurate and efficient assessment, payment and repayment services. We are looking for motivated and dynamic individuals with a passion for delivering excellent customer service to join our busy contact centre team in Glasgow. Our Student Finance Officers are responsible for assisting our customers in their student finance journey by resolving their requests and case managing their applications whilst learning new skills as your career progresses within SLC. This will include assessing and processing student finance applications to establish our customers’ eligibility and entitlement to financial support across a wide range of SLC products whilst providing excellent customer service by answering customer queries through our various channels including inbound and outbound calls, email, webchat and letter SLC offer a Blend working model which will typically be 2 days in the office and 3 days from home. What you bring: To join our Student Finance Officer team in Glasgow you must demonstrate the following: • Ideally experience in working in a customer-focussed role, preferably within a high-volume contact centre or processing environment. • Excellent IT skills, with significant experience using email and the ability to use multiple software platforms. • A passion for customer service with the ability to understand customers’ needs and a desire to deliver high standards. • The ability to use your own initiative whilst working within defined guidelines and adapt to changing working environments, in a positive manner. • The ability to communicate clearly and effectively through a variety of channels including telephone, email, and letter. • A commitment to continue your own learning and development whilst maintaining the key knowledge and skills required for your role. You can expect more from a career with SLC. We support colleagues to unlock their potential through our Career Pathways development programme and offer an excellent benefit and rewards package that includes : 28 days annual leave plus 8 public holidays Option to buy/sell annual leave Flexi-time and enhanced flexible working options available Option to join the Civil Service pension scheme Life insurance cover for 4 x annual salary Enhanced company sick pay and family leave including maternity, paternity and adoption Contributory lifestyle benefit options including discounts at hundreds of retailers, cycle to work scheme, access to the Civil Service Sports and Leisure Club for discounted gym memberships, and an optional dental insurance scheme SLC are committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are inclusive for all candidates and will make reasonable adjustments for those who consider themselves to have a disability or long-term condition in line with the Equality Act 2010. Our application process provides candidates with the opportunity to request reasonable adjustments but if you would like to discuss this in more detail, please email ask_recruitmentslc.co.uk.