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Customer Services Officer

Sussex Housing and Care
Posted 2 days ago, valid for a month
Location

Seaford, East Sussex BN25, England

Salary

£22,000 per annum

Contract type

Full Time

Retirement Plan
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  • Sussex Housing & Care is seeking an office management and administrative support professional for its Support Services in Seaford, East Sussex.
  • The role involves handling inquiries from residents, visitors, and contractors, along with various administrative tasks including managing contractors on site.
  • Candidates should have a minimum of GCSE grade 4 or above in Mathematics and English, with a competitive salary offered for this full-time position.
  • Essential skills include effective communication, excellent customer service, strong IT proficiency, and the ability to manage confidential matters discreetly.
  • The closing date for applications is June 11, 2025, and the position requires working 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday.
At Sussex Housing & Care we are looking for a professional to assist us in providing office management and administrative support to Support Services based in Seaford, East Sussex. You will be dealing with dealing with enquiries and queries from prospective residents, visitors, contractors and other members of staff together with other reception duties other administrative tasks including:
  • Being responsible for the day-to-day office management, providing a welcoming reception service.
  • Oversee a range of contractors on site at RSH including e.g. postal service, window cleaning, alarms maintenance, lift and fire extinguisher maintenance, confidential waste.
  • To provide a responsive customer service for residents, contractors, suppliers and employee enquiries on via phone, email and in person.
  • Assist the Housing Team to deliver the Resident Engagement Strategy, including creating, implementing and collating responses for a number of annual and regular surveys.
  • Responsible to dealing with / collating complaints, compliments, recording these and escalating to the appropriate member of staff.
  • Undertake data analysis when required, compiling reports for the Head of Housing and other members of the Senior Management Team.

Knowledge, Skills and Qualifications

  • GCSE grade 4 or above or equivalent qualification in Mathematics and English (Essential)
  • Understanding of social housing and care (Desired)
  • Understanding of budget management (Desired)
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills. Ability to draft correspondence, write reports and keep accurate records (Essential)
  • Excellent customer service skills (Essential)
  • Strong IT skills, including experience of using MS Outlook; Word, Excel and Housing Management systems (Essential)
  • Ability to exercise discretion and integrity in dealing with highly confidential or sensitive matters (Essential)
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team (Essential)
Additional Information

Hours of work: Full-Time, 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm

Please that due to the nature of this role, the post holder will be required to work from Support Services Monday - Friday

In return, youll get a competitive salary, access to other benefits and bonus schemes. Well give you excellent support and continuous learning and development, free onsite parking, contributory pension scheme.

Closing date: 11th June 2025

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