Accommodation Officer

Job Purpose:

• Collection/ assessment officers provide high level quality, professional and comprehensive collection/assessment services across the Assessment Hub, are adaptable and are able to follow standard operating procedures with limited supervision.
• Deliver an effective, efficient and customer focused service in line with Corporate Policies and within national and local legislative requirements.
• Collection/financial assessment officers should actively support continuous improvement and the implementation of automation and efficient ways of working.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Delivering, to a high standard, the collection/assessment support service menus, working across the Assessment Hub as a pooled resource to ensure effective operation of the services.
• Understanding and being responsive to the needs of customers, offering technical assessment and collection advice and guidance both written and verbal, and present a positive and professional image to the customer at all times, ensuring a high standard of customer service.
• Proactively developing skills, understanding and abilities in delivering support services in order to carry out standardised processes in a consistent and efficient manner.
• Dealing professionally and effectively with all contacts from a wide range of people, using tact and discretion, assessing needs and re-directing enquiries, where appropriate.
• Maintaining clear and up to date records of customer contact and work undertaken across the shared resource and proactively establish areas of specialism within the Assessment Hub.
• Working closely with Assessment Hub managers to ensure an integrated strategic approach to operation of the service.
• Working as a team to encourage customers to use the council website as a knowledge base and customer portal for financial assessment, income, debt and income maximisation enquiries.
• Organising and prioritising own workload as appropriate, renegotiating targets/deadlines as conflicting demands necessitate.

Requirements:

• Business administration/Local Government professional qualification in collection/benefit/welfare reform services or equivalent.
• Experience/successful track record of providing collection/financial assessment services.
• Experience of processing income related and other claims, changes in circumstance and other enquiries within a collection/assessment related environment delivering high quality services.
• Evidence of continuous professional development of skills and knowledge.
• Good written and oral communication skills and the ability to communicate complex matters effectively to customers.
• A good understanding of collection, income/financial related assessments and benefit services delivered across the Council.
• Enhanced DBS dated within the last 12 months. On the update service? You could be fast tracked through our recruitment process today.

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Due the high demand of CV's received we are unable to respond to all applications. However, we may hold your CV on file and contact you for future suitable roles.

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‍Must be eligible to work in the U.K