Graduate Customer Service Officer at British Council Nigeria

Posted on Fri 20th Jul, 2018 - hotnigerianjobs.com --- (1 comments)

The British Council is the world's leading cultural relations organization and creates opportunities for people in the UK and worldwide to understand each other, to work together and learn from one another. We see this as crucial to building secure, more prosperous and sustainable futures for us all. We build trust and understanding between different countries and cultures and develop strong international links that are of benefit to people in Britain and the rest of the world.

We are recruiting to fill the below position of:

Job Title: Customer Service Officer

Location: Abuja
Reports To: Head of Customer Service/Exams Quality and Training Manager
Region: Sub Saharan Africa
Department: English & Exams
Job Category: Customer Services
Pay Band: 4

Role purpose

To support the delivery of high quality customer service as part of a larger team in line with the corporate standards and policies.
The postholder will be the main point of contract for visitors, providing information about our products and services.
The role is also responsible to ensure a smooth customer journey through all our communication channels.

Main Accountabilities

The postholder will be based in Abuja, working within a team dispersed across offices
To deliver a high standard of customer service to our customers and prospects and make them advocates of the British Council
To handle first level enquiries received in person, by email or telephone on relevant aspects of the British Council’s activities / products, in a friendly and professional manner, in line with customer service standards. Forward second level enquiries to relevant colleagues, ensuring they are attended to within specified timelines.
To update and maintain standard responses and other information for enquiry handling and send out information by mail or telephone, as required
To carry out all reception and registration duties as required in line with relevant corporate standards and policies. Ensure that visitors are attended to immediately
All service registration procedures (i.e. Exams, Certification and other programme registration) are fully understood and implemented to standard.
To record all forms of customer data and records accurately to meet corporate customer service standards to inform reporting requirements and strategic decision making
To support training of venue staff to ensure adequately trained and updated to deliver excellent customer service for British Council activities such as exams and external event activities, as required
To maintain an up-to-date contact database of our customers, in relevant segments, within the agreed contacts spreadsheet or system (i.e. CRM)
Ensure that customer receives responses within our service level agreements and within customer service policy
Ensure information about the full range of British Council products and services is clearly and confidently articulated to customers, encouraging customer engagement and possible cross-selling of other British Council products
Ensure regular communication and working is maintained with back office teams
To regularly attend staff meetings to both gain and impart knowledge about our customers, products and services
Regular communication and working is maintained with back-of-house teams
Receive mail packages on behalf of team and in line with internal policy. Follow compliance policy per exams quality standards with regards to confidential materials.

Information Knowledge Management:

Manage information created and received in compliance with British Council’s information management standards, policies, the UK data protection principles and local legislation.

Stock keeping of materials:

Maintaining logs of exam preparation materials, as required.

Finance:

Ensure that payments are collected, receipts issued and accurately posted on the system. (This is mostly applicable to exam payment processing)
To collect and report payment collected from customers for exam services on a daily basis according to FCCF and audit requirements, by issuing receipts for all income received to enable reconciliation and processing of refunds. Financial transactions must be balanced and closed with actual received income.
Conduct daily/weekly reconciliations on financial systems and spreadsheet.

Other Duties:

To discharge other duties and activities as directed by Management.

Key Relationships
This list is not exclusive but demonstrates that the range of relationships:

Internal: Head of Customer Service, Customer Service colleagues Nigeria, Exams Team Nigeria, Regional Customer Service Lead, UK Customer Management Team, Strategic Business Unit Leads, Marketing Communications Team.
External: Visitors, Customers, Enquirers, Exam Candidates, Venue Staff, External Stakeholders – i.e. partners, UK Exams Board representatives.

Qualifications
Minimum / Essential: