Customer Service Officer

Job No: COS140
Location: Colac

We are seeking a friendly, customer focused team member to join our Governance, Customer & Communications Department as Customer Service Officer in a casual capacity.

As Customer Service Officer you will ensure that Council:

  • Has an efficient and responsive service that provides residents and customers with the required information about Council services and processes.
  • Provides a customer service experience consistent with Council’s values and best practice standards.
  • Is responsive to customer needs from face to face, telephone and digital services.

 Key responsibilities include:

  • Providing a friendly, courteous and responsive central point of contact for customer enquiries, transactions, customer requests.
  • Responding to enquiries on designated aspects of the Council’s operations the first point of contact as per current procedure or direct complex and technical enquires to persons in the appropriate department.
  • Accurately register and record customer requests using a wide range of computer systems including a Customer Request System and Record Management System.
  • Performing administration and cashiering duties under supervision including receipting, reconciliation and banking by using our Financial Management System.
  • Being pro-active in advising and recommending (online) services and information to residents and customers.
  • Facilitating a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration and exceptional customer service.
  • Answering and screening all phone calls by assisting, connecting and/or transferring all inbound calls efficiently.

 About You:

To support your success in this role you will:

  • Demonstrate highly developed interpersonal skills in relation to working as part of a team, working with minimal supervision, using initiative and adapting to a constant changing and fast-paced environment.
  • Have excellent communication skills and demonstrated problem solving abilities.
  • Show sound administration and clerical experience including cash handing and reconciliation.
  • Have excellent customer services skills with demonstrated experience in Reception and Call Centre operations.
  • Show well-developed computer literacy and skills, including experience in using databases, Customer Request Management technology and other computer software programs.
  • Demonstrate ability to think laterally to source accurate information quickly and effectively.

 Salary information: $42.52 to $44.81 per hour plus superannuation. 

For further information and how to apply:

    1. Download and review the Position Description including the Key Selection Criteria.
    2. Information to be included with your application:
      • Letter of application 
      • Current resume
      • Key Selection Criteria Responses
    3. Submit your application

Andrew Tenni

Acting Chief Executive Officer

Colac Otway Shire Council is a child safe organisation and is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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About Colac Otway Shire

Our shire offers a rewarding lifestyle change and is one of the most picturesque municipalities in Victoria, covering a diverse area from volcanic lakes, craters and plains in the north, through the hinterland forests of the Otway Ranges to the Great Ocean Road coastline. Colac is the key industrial, commercial and service centre for the shire and surrounding region with a population of 12,000. Apollo Bay is the other major urban centre with a permanent population of 1,000 that swells to over 15,000 during the summer season. If you’re interested in working alongside the Colac Otway community, engaging in local projects and helping to make Colac Otway Shire the great place it is, work with us!