Business Manager - Systems Development Quality & Innovation
Customer Service

Wigan Town Hall
Library Street
Wigan
WN1 1YN

Salary: Grade 12:- £44,632 - £48,104 per annum

37 hours per week

Your role:

You will have principle responsibility to manage and strategically develop Customer Services System Development, Quality and Innovation functions in line with best practice and changing legislation, automating manual tasks and streamlining processes ensuring they add value and are cost effective.

 

You will have responsibility to ensure all Customer Services systems are secure, continually improved and developed in conjunction with internal and external IT partners and providers, to support efficiency and improved use of staffing resources.

 

You will manage the production of quality Customer Service data returns, management and performance information and reports with Business Managers to allow decisions to be evidence-based, ensuring that they comply with legislative requirements. 


You will manage the production of and have responsibility for ensuring the Subsidy Claim is accurate and that Quality Checking is undertaken at agreed levels, working with the external auditors and ensure that enquiries are dealt with expediently. 

About you:

You will be customer focused, highly motivated and intensely keen to make a positive difference to the team and the way our customers can access the range of services available to them.  You will be a great communicator who is used to dealing with a range of people at all levels both internally and externally.  You’ll be a motivational team leader who will inspire and support staff to provide outstanding customer service and encourage them to develop new ideas to improve the service. 

About us:

Wigan Council has been voted ‘Council of the Year’ at the 2019 LGC Awards and has recently published The Deal 2030, our ambitious plan for our borough.  We are signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment ensuring that your service will be continuous or 'unbroken' between the supporting organisations. 

In Customer Services we focus on our customers and understand their needs.  We make change happen through innovative thinking, redesigning services and recognising areas for improvement.   As the first point of contact we are the ‘face’ of the council and pride ourselves on a right first time approach for our customers. 

 

Wigan is a great place to work; we put customers at the heart of everything we do.

 

This is a good opportunity to join a forward thinking service who will offer you the support you need to succeed and you’ll be given every opportunity to learn and develop further within the organisation.

 

For further information please contact Paul Downie, Service Manager email p.downie@wigan.gov.uk.

To view the details relating to this position, please click the links below: 

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Closing date extended to Wednesday 7th August 2019 at 23:59

Interviews to take place week commencing 19th August 2019

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Wigan Town Hall
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Wigan Town Hall
Library Street
Wigan
WN1 1YN

Salary: Grade 12:- £44,632 - £48,104 per annum

37 hours per week

Your role:

You will have principle responsibility to manage and strategically develop Customer Services System Development, Quality and Innovation functions in line with best practice and changing legislation, automating manual tasks and streamlining processes ensuring they add value and are cost effective.

 

You will have responsibility to ensure all Customer Services systems are secure, continually improved and developed in conjunction with internal and external IT partners and providers, to support efficiency and improved use of staffing resources.

 

You will manage the production of quality Customer Service data returns, management and performance information and reports with Business Managers to allow decisions to be evidence-based, ensuring that they comply with legislative requirements. 


You will manage the production of and have responsibility for ensuring the Subsidy Claim is accurate and that Quality Checking is undertaken at agreed levels, working with the external auditors and ensure that enquiries are dealt with expediently. 

About you:

You will be customer focused, highly motivated and intensely keen to make a positive difference to the team and the way our customers can access the range of services available to them.  You will be a great communicator who is used to dealing with a range of people at all levels both internally and externally.  You’ll be a motivational team leader who will inspire and support staff to provide outstanding customer service and encourage them to develop new ideas to improve the service. 

About us:

Wigan Council has been voted ‘Council of the Year’ at the 2019 LGC Awards and has recently published The Deal 2030, our ambitious plan for our borough.  We are signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment ensuring that your service will be continuous or 'unbroken' between the supporting organisations. 

In Customer Services we focus on our customers and understand their needs.  We make change happen through innovative thinking, redesigning services and recognising areas for improvement.   As the first point of contact we are the ‘face’ of the council and pride ourselves on a right first time approach for our customers. 

 

Wigan is a great place to work; we put customers at the heart of everything we do.

 

This is a good opportunity to join a forward thinking service who will offer you the support you need to succeed and you’ll be given every opportunity to learn and develop further within the organisation.

 

For further information please contact Paul Downie, Service Manager email p.downie@wigan.gov.uk.

To view the details relating to this position, please click the links below: 

Job Specification
Privacy Notice

Closing date extended to Wednesday 7th August 2019 at 23:59

Interviews to take place week commencing 19th August 2019

Find out more about working in Wigan