Do you have experience in delivering first class customer service? Do you like helping people and solving problems? Do you work well as part of a focused and dedicated team in a busy and often demanding environment? Can you promote a positive and professional image of the Royal Borough of Greenwich?

If the answer is yes to all the above, then we would like to hear from you.

We are currently recruiting for Customer Services Advisors to play a key role in enabling access to services for our residents and service users.

You could be handling incoming telephone calls, emails and web chat services in the Contact Centre, dealing with customers face-to-face in our Eltham or Woolwich Service Centres or be the first point of contact on Corporate Reception for visitors to The Woolwich Centre or Town Hall.

Dealing with the public you’ll provide advice, interpret queries and re-route the customer appropriately across a range of council services.  We are a busy service, handling more than 1.5 million customer contacts per year across a range of council services and customer access channels, including telephone, face-to-face and email/web. 

Your professional manner and excellent written and verbal communication skills will be matched by a real service ethic and the ability to deal with a range of services provided by The Royal Borough. Together with demonstrated competence in a customer-focused role, a positive, flexible attitude and excellent team-working skills, you’ll also need to be comfortable in using, and learning to use, a range of ICT systems.

You’ll be handling everything from arranging a waste collection to dealing with calls from some of the more vulnerable people living in the borough.

You will work up to 35 hours a week, between 08:00 and 18:00 Monday to Friday.  We also encourage applications for part time working, particularly to suit hours around the school run.

We are looking for staff to join us on a permanent contract.

Successful candidates will be invited to attend a virtual interview, via Microsoft Teams.  You may be held in a waiting pool until a vacancy is available.   

For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Richard Daisley ;    Richard.Daisley@royalgreenwich.gov.uk    07710848259  

If you require any assistance in viewing or accessing this opportunity, please contact recruitment@royalgreenwich.gov.uk or call 020-8921-8977 

Diversity Statement: Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.

High Volume Applications: Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date should there be a high volume of applications received.

Advert Close: All vacancies close at midnight unless otherwise stated.

How Applications are Scored: Each application is scored according to how well the supporting statement addresses each point on the Person Specification for the role. Candidates will be short-listed for interview on the extent to which they meet the specific points within the Person Specification. The Person Specification is supplied with the job advert. When completing your application, please use the supporting statement section to tell us how you meet each of the points on the Person Specification. We need to have this information in order to consider your application. If you have a disability and are unable to meet some of the job requirements specifically because of your disability, please address this in your application. If you meet all the other criteria, you will be shortlisted and we will explore jointly with you if there are ways in which the job can be changed to enable you to meet the requirements.

Previous Applicants need not apply: This opportunity has recently been advertised. Applications received during the last advertising period have been considered and processed. If you were interviewed for this position, any further application will not be shortlisted.

Interview Arrangements: During this time, our priority for all of our recruitment activity is to make sure our applicants, hiring departments and new starters are informed, safe and supported. Careful and thorough consideration will be given to interview arrangements and for any essential in-person recruitment, we will ensure this is held in a suitable, secure setting with additional arrangements to ensure any current safety requirements are fully adhered to.

Salary: Salaries advertised are for a standard working week of 35 hours unless otherwise stated. Please use this 'Salary Calculator to help you calculate a pro rata salary.

Our Staff Values: Our Staff Values are important to us. Candidates will be continuously assessed against our staff values throughout the recruitment process. Where candidates demonstrate views and behaviours that do not meet the standards of our staff values, we reserve the right to reject their application/ registration.