Proposed Interview Dates: Week Commencing 3 February 2025
Closing Date: Monday 20 January 2025
Contract Type: Permanent (2 Vacancies Available)
Salary: FC4 £24,890.91 - £27,087.17
Working Pattern: 36 Hours per week
Location: Bankhead Central, Glenrothes
Supporting Statement
As part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement in the section marked ‘upload resumé’. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV.
Job Details
The contact centre opening hours are Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm, and you will be allocated shifts 4 weeks in advance between these hours.
This role is based within the Contact Centre in the Customer Service Team. The team answers telephone calls, emails, and webchats for a wide range of Council Services including Environmental Services, Waste Operations, Housing Advice, Homeless, Transportation, Registration, and Passes & Concessions. This is a customer service-based role, and you will be required to provide excellent customer care while dealing with multiple call types. You will need to attempt to resolve customer enquiries, whether routine or complex, at the first point of contact.
A link to the role profile is included below, where you will find more information about the job and the type of person we are looking for.
The Person
You should have experience of providing excellent customer service and possess good communication skills, including written correspondence. You should be able to use your own initiative, work independently and as part of a team, and have experience in prioritising your workload and managing your time while working under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
You must have a high level of customer care skills with the ability to respond sensitively to people with a variety of needs, and display a flexible attitude to work and change, with a positive, pro-active approach. You must also have the ability to use multiple IT systems, excellent administrative skills, and experience of responding quickly to changing demands and problem-solving skills.
Further Information
* Role Profile - Review the role profile when preparing your supporting statement and consider how you meet the essential criteria.
* How We Work Matters - Our employees are expected to display and promote certain behaviours in the workplace. See our How We Work Matters behaviour framework for more information.
* Employee Benefits - Employees have access to a benefits package that offers discounts on a wide range of products and services.
* Directorate Information - Council Department information.
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We are currently shaping our future workstyles; however, in light of current advice, we are introducing blended home/office working that will include office access days each week with homeworking for the remainder of your working time.
For further information, please contact: Claire Menzies at
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