Counter Assistant


Job description

Join the team at the Northern Ireland Housing Executive in Ballymena as a Counter Assistant. Apply now to express your interest in this role.

Responsibilities

  • Collect information to understand a customer’s need and accurately capture information on systems.
  • Provide advice on housing benefit, universal credit, payments, repair requests, housing solutions and application support, properties available, planned maintenance, community issues.
  • Provide assistance with reporting repairs, provision of documentation, form filling, reporting ASB.
  • Signposting & passing customer requests to other officers and department.

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

  • Hold a BTEC National or equivalent Professional or Technical qualification plus at least one year’s relevant general administrative experience. Or,
  • Have five GCSE, or equivalent qualification, plus at least two years’ relevant general administrative experience. Or,
  • Candidates not holding the above level of qualifications but with three years’ relevant general administrative experience may also be considered.
  • Experience of direct delivery of customer service to the public via the telephone or face to face within the last year.
  • Experience in using a range of computer packages including Word, Excel, Outlook.
  • As part of the reference checking and vetting process for this position you will be requested to undertake a Basic AccessNI Disclosure. Having a criminal record will not necessarily be a bar to obtaining a position.

Further Information

Holidays: 35 days pro rata. Duration: Temporary, ongoing.

Vacancy ID
1758343
Job ref.
36472
Job Sector
Customer Service and Call Centre,Secretarial and Administration
Area
Co Antrim
Location
Ballymena
Salary
£13.69 per hour.
No. vacancies
1
Contract Type
Temporary
Weekly hours
37
Published date
05/02/2026
Closing date
05/03/2026
Worktime
Monday to Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm

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