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Job Description - Customer Service Specialist (24000AGK)

Customer Service Specialist - ( 24000AGK )

Description

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Branch is one of the state's largest employers with over 46,000 employees that span 11 secretariats and 70 plus agencies. From Accountants to X-ray technicians with hundreds of titles in between, we are one employer with many career opportunities. The Commonwealth is looking for leaders, thinkers, creators, and innovators. We are a diverse workforce that reflects the diverse population that we serve.

The mission of the Human Resources Division (HRD) is to attract, develop and retain a high performing workforce to ensure the delivery of constituent services across the Commonwealth.

The MassHR Employee Service Center (ESC) is a customer service driven organization which provides a single point of contact for HR services within the Commonwealth. Current service offerings include Employee Self-Service support, employee pay and profile inquiry management and transaction processing, MassCareers support, Performance and Career Enhancement system MassAchieve, MassPerform and Employee Performance Review System (EPRS) support, Tuition Remission and Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) processing and Extended Illness Leave Bank (EILB) open enrollment processing.

Customer Service Specialists aid employees, supervisors/approvers, and agency HR/Payroll representatives in completing Time & Attendance entry, and answer time reporting related inquiries.

GENERAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Maintains a high standard of HR professionalism in representing the Commonwealth in all interactions with customers, colleagues, and supervisors.
• Assures quality and accuracy of information communicated and recorded.
• Communicates with colleagues to proactively identify potential issues and collaborates to share successful practices and lessons learned.
• Uses communication to maintain good working relationships with customers and solicit, evaluate, and act on customer feedback.
• Contributes to knowledge management repositories (FAQs, desktop procedures, call scripts).
• Prioritizes required tasks according to business needs to ensure effective and timely completion.
• Utilizes appropriate technology, processes, and people to deliver services to customers efficiently and effectively.
• Identifies continuous improvement opportunities and assists in implementing.
• Works independently with other cross-functional work teams to identify, develop solutions, and/or improve the functional area/system processes and procedures.
• Maintains compliance with Commonwealth policies and procedures in each customer interaction.
• Protects confidentiality of employee information by maintaining an understanding of state and federal regulations on the treatment of confidential information and Shared Services policies on confidentiality and assures protection of confidential information in daily handling of communications, documents, and archives.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:

• Direct supervision from Customer Service Supervisor (HR Specialist III) and the Director of the MassHR Employee Service Center.

DETAILED STATEMENT OF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Customer Service

• Communicates with internal and external customers with a goal of achieving first call resolution for HR inquiries. Work may be performed in a call center environment working from an assigned queue of contacts (e.g., phone calls, e-mails).
• Handles inquiries received via phone, e-mail, mail, and/or fax as well as those assigned to Shared Services via case management tools.
• Operates and accesses various systems to research responses to inquiries.
• Logs cases to document each interaction with customers.
• Escalates and assigns inquiries to the appropriate individual and/or group for resolution if unable to resolve directly.
• Monitors open inquiries to assure timely resolution.

Processing and Outreach, Processes, Policies & Procedures

• Serves as a subject matter resource for Commonwealth Self-Service processes and encourages standardized adoption of processes across Secretariats and Agencies.
• Analyzes and determines data inputs required for time related transactions across various time reporting populations.

Human Resources Systems & Technologies

• Processes Self-Service and SSTA transactions efficiently and effectively utilizing appropriate technologies.
• Completes password resets for timekeeping system on behalf of employees.
• Works with business partners to identify and document system issues and provide recommendations for improvement.
• Demonstrate the ability to understand, apply and retain complex MassCareers processes and information.
• Monitor open inquiries that are assigned to the MassCareers team.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED

• Knowledge of the principles and practices of wage and salary administration.
• Ability to conduct training or instruction.
• Knowledge of the types and content of a wide variety of occupations common to the public sector.
• Ability to review and compare like data for accuracy, completeness, and consistency.
• Ability to perform mathematical calculations using formulas to solve problems.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to use a computer to conduct research, manage databases, and produce written documents.
• Ability to gather information by examining documents and interviewing others.
• Ability to analyze and determine the applicability of data, draw conclusions, and make appropriate recommendations.
• Ability to assemble items of information in accordance with established procedures.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to adapt to varying work situations.

QUALIFICATIONS ACQUIRED ON JOB

• Develops and maintains thorough knowledge of Shared Services Center operations to answer questions and direct inquiries correctly and appropriately.
• Builds knowledge of business requirements of various Time & Attendance employee populations across the Commonwealth as required to provide guidance on time reporting procedures, including:
  • Differentiation in Secretariat and Agency business operations
  • Characteristics of employee populations, including “9 to 5,” “24 x 7,” and Labor Distribution time reporters
  • Time reporting requirements outlined in Collective Bargaining Agreements
• Develops sound knowledge of time related transactions from the end user perspective, including:
  • Employee time entry tools, including online timesheets and time clocks
  • Approval workflow
  • Reporting tools required for data analysis

MINIMUM ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS: Applicants must have at least (A) three years of full-time, or equivalent part-time professional experience in human resources work, or (B) any equivalent combination of the required experience and the substitutions below:

Substitutions:

I. An Associate's degree may be substituted for a maximum of one year of the required (A) experience.

II. Bachelor's degree or higher may be substituted for a maximum of two years of the required (A) experience.

III. A Graduate degree with a major in Human Resources Management, Human Resources Administration or Public Administration may be substituted for the required experience.

The classification may require possession of a current and valid motor vehicle driver's license at a class level specific to assignment.

An Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. Females, minorities, veterans, and persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

The Commonwealth is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law.

Primary Location

Job

Job

: Human Resources

Agency

Agency

: Human Resources Division

Schedule

Schedule

: Full-time

Shift

Shift

: Day

Job Posting

Number of Openings

Number of Openings

: 1

Salary

: 70,278.52 - 102,279.58 Yearly

If you have Diversity, Affirmative Action or Equal Employment Opportunity questions or need a Reasonable Accommodation, please contact Diversity Officer / ADA Coordinator : Pete Murillo - 6178789700

Bargaining Unit : 06-NAGE - Professional Admin.

Confidential : No

Potentially Eligible for a Hybrid Work Schedule : Yes

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