Administrative Officer - Operational Delivery

  • Rural Payments Agency
  • Various Locations

The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) is an executive agency of the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), delivering over £2 billion in payments to farmers, traders and land owners each year. These posts are for Team Member Administrative Officer (AO) roles within Operational Delivery, undertaking a range of functions supporting the delivery of schemes and customer service offered by RPA. Please use the 'Complete Application' button to submit an application direct on the Civil Service website.

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  • GMFJ Reference
    140498
  • Wages
    £10.79 p/h
  • Hours
    25.00 per week
  • Date Posted
    28/07/2021
  • Start Date
    24/10/2021
  • Approx. Duration
    Permanent

  • Location
    Various Locations
  • Status
    Now Taking Applications
  • Sector
    Customer Service
  • Opportunity Type
    Other Employment Opportunity
  • Employer
    Rural Payments Agency

Various Locations
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Description

The roles to be offered are mainly at the following locations with a range of working patterns available. You can find out more about these teams and their work in the candidate pack on the employer webpage:

Carlisle, Crewe, Newcastle, Nottingham, Reading, Worcester, Workington and York

There may be limited vacancies at the following RPA locations and a reserve list will be kept for all sites : Exeter, Bristol, Bridgewater, Cambridge and Leeds.

Other roles within this skills family may also become available in the future and these may be located at any of our offices, including those where no roles are currently available. We intend to hold a reserve list for 12 months and we will recruit into future roles from this reserve list.

As a Team Member within Operational Delivery in the RPA, you will be supporting colleagues to deliver excellent service to rural communities. You could be involved in many diverse tasks to support our customers including making payments, processing scheme applications, managing documentation and providing help over the phone or via email. You will work flexibly to contribute to the best outcome for the RPA and our customers, meeting the changing demands on our organisation. The skills and requirements of AOs are similar across our operational areas and training will be provided on all of our systems and tasks.

Responsibilities

• Be a team player and work with colleagues to deliver excellent performance and service for our customers.

• Contribute to an inclusive and trusted team environment where all members feel valued and respected.

• Be accountable for your contribution to the delivery of quality outputs against personal and team targets.

• Carry out tasks in a timely manner with attention to detail

• Adapt to changing and competing priorities, working flexibly when required

• Communicate at a range of levels and in a variety of formats (written, spoken etc.) with colleagues and customers, representing the RPA in a confident and inclusive manner to gain the best outcomes.

• Embrace opportunities through the Operational Delivery Profession for your personal and professional development.

• Be aware of risks to performance and service and how to identify these

• Demonstrate a flexible and innovative approach to problem solving.Essential skills and experience:• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, with the ability to tailor messages for the audience.

• Ability to listen actively and respond to feedback.

• Commitment to excellent customer service

• Organisational skills and ability to work at pace and under pressure.

• Ability to respond to change.

• Willingness to work flexibly across the organisation.

• Familiarity with the use of basic Microsoft packages including Outlook, Word, Excel

• Ability to manage own work and competing priorities.

• Attention to detail

For more information about this vacancy please contact GetMyFirstJob Recruitment on opportunities@getmyfirstjob.co.uk (Ref ID: 140498)

• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, with the ability to tailor messages for the audience.

• Ability to listen actively and respond to feedback.

• Commitment to excellent customer service• Organisational skills and ability to work at pace and under pressure.

• Ability to respond to change.

• Willingness to work flexibly across the organisation.

• Familiarity with the use of basic Microsoft packages including Outlook, Word, Excel

• Ability to manage own work and competing priorities.

• Attention to detail

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

  • UK nationals
  • nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
  • nationals of the Republic of Ireland
  • nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
  • relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
  • relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
  • certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals

A full criminal record and internal fraud database check will be carried out on each applicant prior to starting employment.

Full training will be provided.

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

  • Working Together
  • Managing a Quality Service
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