Customer Services Officer (4446)

Job summary

Are you a good communicator with experience in customer service? Do you have the confidence to advise and influence colleagues and stakeholders at all levels? If the answers to the above are yes, then this opportunity could be for you.

Working within the Customer Services, Operations and Archives Directorate at the National Records of Scotland (NRS), we are looking for Customer Services Officers to help, advise and support our customers in accessing information, records and historical archives.

As part of a team, you will work onsite to help our customers front of house in a variety of ways, including providing one to one assistance in technology use, retrieving records, scanning and ensuring our records are accessible. Additionally, you will process entries to our public registration records and answer telephone and e-mail enquiries.

Job description

Responsibilities

Main duties will include, for which full training will be given:

• Assisting customers in our onsite search rooms, providing help, support and guidance, including supporting customers with family history research.

• Operating our digital registration service software required to run registration services.

• Assisting with retrieving, indexing and scanning of records, quality assuring standard of information presented online and ensure records are correct and hold full information.

• Create and process changes to public registration records accurately and issue certificates as required.

• Answering phones, emails and written requests from members of the public, registrars and other stakeholders with regards to all aspects of NRS.

• Processing orders and managing payments for NRS Services

• In line with organisational priorities and needs, work as part of a flexible team to perform other tasks and provide support to other teams, departments and individuals within NRS as required.

Person specification

Success profile

Success profiles are specific to each job and they include the mix of behaviours, experience and technical criteria (if applicable) that candidates will be assessed on.

Technical / Professional Skills:

1. Connections and communication, Level - Awareness

2. Adaptability to change, Level - Awareness

3. Delivery and decision making at speed, Level - Awareness

You can find out more about the skills required, here: ODP Professional Skills Framework - Operational Delivery Profession
Experience

Experience of communicating complex information clearly and effectively, with the ability to provide accurate explanations and guidance to customers in an understandable and customer-focused manner.

Behaviours:

• Managing a quality service – Level 1

You can find out more about Success Profiles Behaviours Here

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Managing a Quality Service

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Connections and communication, Level - Awareness (Operational Delivery Professional Skills Framework)
• Adaptability to change, Level - Awareness (Operational Delivery Professional Skills Framework)
• Delivery and decision making at speed, Level - Awareness

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £27,164, Scottish Government contributes £7,869 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.Please apply using link provided

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Aidan Stevenson
• Email : Aidan.Stevenson@nrscotland.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : Scottishgovernmentrecruitment@gov.scot