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Customer Service Leader, Contact Centre (Program Admin Officer 3)

Verified
Halifax, NS
CA$2,556 - CA$3,107/bi-weekly
Mid Level
Full-time

Top Benefits

Defined Benefit Pension Plan
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance

About the role

About Our Opportunity

As Customer Service Leader, Contact Centre (Program Admin Officer 3), you will provide supervision and leadership to service delivery employees in a frontline environment. You will provide leadership and supervision to Customer Service Representatives, Senior Customer Service Representatives and other support staff. You will also ensure the delivery of quality customer service through the development of customer service-oriented teams.

Other responsibilities include recruitment and selection of staff, performance planning/management, forecasting staffing levels and scheduling staff. In this position, you play a key role in the administration of program and human resource policies. You will also step in on an acting basis when a Manager is absent (as required).

Qualifications and Experience

To be considered for this opportunity, you have a bachelor's degree plus five (5) years related experience (such as service delivery environment, including directly supervising team members), or an equivalent combination of training and experience.

You also have:

  • experience developing and implementing employee development plans.
  • superior observation and communication skills to provide daily feedback to team members in a constructive, accurate, and meaningful way
  • knowledge of program development and implementation methodology.
  • knowledge of programs and services provided by the government.
  • strong client service orientation with effective communication skills to work with team members, clients, and internal/external agencies and government departments.
  • strong organizational commitment, analytical thinking skills and leadership ability.

In addition,

  • You have demonstrated proficiency in MSWord, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook and web-based sharing software such as SharePoint.
  • The ability to speak French or other languages, having past mental health training, implementing performance and absence management programs, as well as experience working with programs are assets.

We will assess the above qualifications and competencies using one or more of the following tools: written examination, standardized tests, oral presentations, interview(s), and reference checks.

Equivalency

Applicants relying on education and experience equivalencies must demonstrate such equivalencies in their application.

Benefits

Based on the employment status and union agreement, the Government of Nova Scotia offers its employees a wide range of benefits such as a Defined Benefit Pension Plan, Health, Dental, Life Insurance, General illness, Short and Long Term Disability, Vacation and Employee and Family Assistance Programs. For information on all our Benefit program offerings, click here: Benefits for government employees.

Additional Information

This is a permanent, full-time position based in Halifax.

What We Offer

  • Career Development where you have access to career guidance, tools, resources, and ongoing training for every stage of your career
  • Engaging workplace: our Employees feel valued, respected, connected, and tuned in, we have forward-thinking policies and strategies
  • Countless career paths
  • Department specific flexible working schedules

About Province of Nova Scotia

Government Administration
5001-10,000

Novascotia is a Canada-based company that provides regulatory and adjudicative jurisdiction services for government organizations.