Job description
The Opportunity
We are seeking enthusiastic and professional Front of House Officers to join a Federal Government Agency based in Ararat. This role will be until 31 December 2024, 37.5 hours per week, paying $37.36 per hour plus super.
As the Front of House Officer, you will assist customers in a face-to-face environment by answering enquiries, booking appointments, making assessments on eligibility for payments and undertaking processing and system entry activities related to a customer’s needs. In addition, you will provide general administrative support to the wider team.
You will handle a wide range of matters regarding eligibility, participation and ongoing access to payments and services for participants.
Responsibilities include:
As the Front of House Officer, you will present with a high level of personal resilience and the ability to deal with emotional and challenging customer circumstances and high workload demands. This role will involve liaising with participants on a face-to-face basis and at times, delivering difficult news / handling challenging conversations.
To be successful in this role you will ideally have proven experience within a Front of House or Customer Service environment, ideally within a government setting.
In addition, you will demonstrate the following skills and experience:
As this role is within the Federal Government, applicants are required to hold Australian Citizenship at time of application.
If you are interested in this role, please APPLY NOW or call DFP on (03) 8632 9900 for more information.
DFP welcomes applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people with disability. In addition, DFP will provide reasonable adjustments for individuals with disability throughout the recruitment process. If you identify as a person with disability and require adjustments to the application, recruitment, selection and/or assessment process, please advise via adjustments@dfp.com.au or 1300 337 000 and indicate your preferred method of communication (email, phone, text) so we can keep in touch and meet your accessibility needs.
We are seeking enthusiastic and professional Front of House Officers to join a Federal Government Agency based in Ararat. This role will be until 31 December 2024, 37.5 hours per week, paying $37.36 per hour plus super.
As the Front of House Officer, you will assist customers in a face-to-face environment by answering enquiries, booking appointments, making assessments on eligibility for payments and undertaking processing and system entry activities related to a customer’s needs. In addition, you will provide general administrative support to the wider team.
You will handle a wide range of matters regarding eligibility, participation and ongoing access to payments and services for participants.
Responsibilities include:
- Managing and resolving participant matters by actioning planning tasks in line with relevant legislation.
- Providing counter support for the local office including participant enquiries in the self-help kiosks and online platforms
- Resolving customer enquiries, providing information and/or referring customers to appropriate government or community services
- Managing the team shared email inbox, appointments, and telephone enquiries
- Coordinating appoints with the use of Agency office facilities.
- Undertaking research and investigation activities and preparing associated reports and correspondence
As the Front of House Officer, you will present with a high level of personal resilience and the ability to deal with emotional and challenging customer circumstances and high workload demands. This role will involve liaising with participants on a face-to-face basis and at times, delivering difficult news / handling challenging conversations.
To be successful in this role you will ideally have proven experience within a Front of House or Customer Service environment, ideally within a government setting.
In addition, you will demonstrate the following skills and experience:
- Ability to work in a team
- Communication skills
- Customer service skills
- Ability to manage conflict and difficult/sensitive conversations
- Microsoft Suite skills (Excel, Word, Outlook, Teams)
- Ability to use initiative and work independently
- Ability to learn new systems and processes
- Having a strong interest or previous experience with the Disability Sector would be an advantage.
As this role is within the Federal Government, applicants are required to hold Australian Citizenship at time of application.
If you are interested in this role, please APPLY NOW or call DFP on (03) 8632 9900 for more information.
DFP welcomes applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people with disability. In addition, DFP will provide reasonable adjustments for individuals with disability throughout the recruitment process. If you identify as a person with disability and require adjustments to the application, recruitment, selection and/or assessment process, please advise via adjustments@dfp.com.au or 1300 337 000 and indicate your preferred method of communication (email, phone, text) so we can keep in touch and meet your accessibility needs.