Ingeus is a leading human services provider helping people, business and communities thrive through employment, skills and health & wellbeing services. We are a trusted partner to government and industry delivering services that create positive social impact and transform lives.
Job DescriptionAs the primary clerical support resource for internal and external customers, the Business Administrator will undertake time critical administration tasks to support the progression of claimant referrals through the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Workplace Capability Assessment (WCA process, contributing to the achievement of volume, quality and service target performance levels.
The Business Administrator undertakes an important liaison role working with both claimants and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), therefore delivering customer service excellence across every aspect of the claimant journey is critical.
- Acknowledge and register referrals in the relevant system to meet target response times.
- Respond to telephone, fax and e-mail queries from third parties to target response times.
- Log information taken on calls / enquiries accurately and in a timely manner on the relevant systems.
- Maintain customers’ files in line with data protection requirements.
- Dispatch information as required via approved external courier, ensuring that information is handled in line with our data protection policy.
- Accurate data entry onto the relevant system(s).
- Liaison with other teams and clinical colleagues to progress cases to meet target performance levels.
- Collate data / reports as required.
- General office administration duties, including updating spreadsheets and filing.
- Provide advice and guidance to claimants where appropriate and / or direct them to relevant advice and guidance.
- Escalate any enquiry or issue that you cannot resolve directly and ensure full follow up to resolution.
- Support the wider Claimant Support Team and other support functions with any associated administration tasks as required.
- Identify areas for continuous improvement and contribute to improvement projects where required.
- Commitment to personal and professional development, ensuring all necessary learning is completed.
Essential Criteria:
- Previous experience in an administration / clerical support role
- Previous experience in customer service
- Strong customer service skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Good interpersonal skills
- Analytical and problem-solving skills
- IT literacy including the ability to type/ data input accurately, and at speed
- Previous experience using CRM databases
- Organised and able to manage time productively
- Flexible and able to adapt and respond well to change
Desirable Criteria
- Experience using Power BI
- Experience of using contact centre technologies
- Customer Service Qualification
5. INFORMATION SECURITY
All Ingeus personnel are required to comply with Ingeus’ policies relating to Information Security and Data protection, specifically to:
- Protect all information assets from unauthorised access, disclosure, modification, destruction & interference
- Treat the security of all information assets according to their designated information security classification
- Ensure that they only access information assets that they are authorised to do so.
- Adhere to the procedure for reporting any security weakness or event
- Commit to, and participate in, personal development of information security awareness & knowledge
- Comply with all laws and contractual obligations regarding the protection of data
- Understand that any breach of Ingeus’ Information Security and Data Protection policies may be a disciplinary offence under the Ingeus’ Disciplinary policy.
Skills Required
- Previous experience in an administration or clerical support role
- Previous experience in customer service
- Strong customer service skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Good interpersonal skills
- Analytical and problem-solving skills
- IT literacy, including accurate and fast typing or data input
- Previous experience using CRM databases
- Ability to organize and manage time productively
- Flexibility and ability to adapt and respond well to change
- Experience using Power BI
- Experience using contact centre technologies
- Customer Service Qualification
What We Do
Ingeus is a human services provider that helps people, businesses and communities thrive through employment, skills, health and wellbeing services. It partners with governments, employers and local organisations to design and deliver programmes that improve opportunity, independence and social outcomes. In the UK, its work also spans justice, youth services and Health Assessment Advisory Service assessments for the Department for Work and Pensions.







