Corporate and Customer Services Administrator - Inverness, United Kingdom - The Scottish Government

    The Scottish Government
    The Scottish Government Inverness, United Kingdom

    Found in: Talent UK C2 - 2 weeks ago

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    Description

    Overview

    Do you have experience in customer service? Can you demonstrate strong planning and organisation skills, while prioritising workloads to meet deadlines?

    If the answers to the above are yes, then this fantastic opportunity to join our friendly Customer Service team could be for you.

    Who are we?

    The Crofting Commission is responsible for the Regulation of Crofting, maintains a Register of Crofts and advises Scottish Government on crofting issues. Please click on our website for more information:

    The Customer Services Team is a centrally managed team and has responsibility for the delivery and smooth operation of the department's corporate functions. These functions include mail collection and distribution, administrative functions, call handling and general enquiries. As the Crofting Commission is a small organisation, the post holders will be required to be flexible and may have to do other duties related to operational needs by working collaboratively with the rest of the Commission.

    The Crofting Commission is a Non-Departmental Public Body (NDPB) whose officials are provided by Scottish Ministers. The Commission acts in the regulation of crofting and aims to:

  • Be an efficient and effective regulator
  • Promote occupancy of crofts
  • Promote active land use and shared management by crofters as a means of sustaining and enhancing rural communities.
  • Responsibilities


    • Be a first point of contact for call handling in the Commission.

    • Handle the opening, scanning and distribution of the Incoming Mail. Process Outgoing Mail ensuring it reaches the designated outgoing mail area within the timescale required.

    • Preparation of file boxes for sending to the Commission storage facility. Request files from the Commission storage facility on allocated days ensuring the e-mail requests are sent by the required deadline and scanning historic files.

    • Handling of general enquiries including responding and distribution.

    • Monitoring of newspapers, subscriptions (renew when necessary) and extracting/saving adverts.

    • Provide other general administrative support as required including photocopying, scanning, binding, filing, mail merges, etc.

    Competencies

    Self-Awareness

    Team Work

    Communications & Engagement

    Information Management

    Essential Criteria & Qualifications

    No specific qualifications required for this post.

    Essential Criteria

    ability to plan, organise and prioritise demanding workloads to meet tight deadlines and to work flexibly to meet changing demands.
    2. Experience of working collaboratively with a team.
    3. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with an ability to communicate clearly with a variety of audiences.
    4. Experience and ability to use IT packages including Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook to collate and present information and to support data processing.

    Provisional Interview Dates

    To be confirmed.

    Location

    This post is based at Great Glen House, Inverness. It is primarily office based with some opportunity to work from home.

    How To Apply

    For further information on this vacancy please download and review the "Person Specification" which you will find below.