Customer Expert – Public Sector

Company: TP
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Location: Glasgow
Job Description:

Start date: 19th of August 2026

Rate of Pay: £27,601.60 per annum

Location: Glasgow, Cuprum Building, Argyle Street – PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS AN ONSITE ROLE AND WORK FROM HOME IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THIS POSITION

Shifts: Full time 40 hours per week. Monday – Friday between 08.00 am and 6.00 pm. You must be fully flexible to work any shifts between these hours.

Training: 11 days

The Role

We are seeking dedicated Contact Centre Agents to join our team. We are looking for individuals who possess a unique blend of compassion, strong judgement, assessment skills, professionalism, and excellent time management skills. This role is unique and entails assessing caseloads in a timely manner. Your responsibilities include managing a dedicated caseload with empathy, professionalism, and confidentiality, while collaborating with relevant agencies and stakeholders to address complex issues. Ultimately, your role aims to enhance the well‑being and financial stability of potential vulnerable customers through proactive intervention and effective case management.

Key Responsibilities

  • Be confident in conducting challenging but effective conversations
  • Maintain multiple cases simultaneously, varying by type and stage
  • Manage a designated caseload
  • Question in a curious and confident manner, whilst being considerate of potential sensitivities, asking appropriate follow‑up questions relevant to the uniqueness of the case as required to gather evidence
  • Review and compare multiple sources of information, using reasoned judgement to assess contradictory pieces of evidence
  • Engage with potentially challenging and vulnerable individuals, whilst demonstrating empathy and excellent customer service skills
  • Work collaboratively within your own team and with wider teams to support delivery outcomes when required
  • Proactively seek advice and information from relevant people when unsure how to proceed
  • Manage and conduct caseloads by following a structured review process in adherence to all legal and policy requirements
  • Decide what evidence is appropriate to request in order to confirm the validity of declarations, considering the uniqueness and context of each individual case
  • Plan and conduct robust interviews, asking challenging questions to gather all relevant information; exercise judgement to tailor follow‑up questions specific to each individual case
  • Gather, verify and assess all available information, and decide on an appropriate course of action
  • Record the progress of caseloads on specific systems, maintain and retain relevant evidence in an evidence file, including redacting and annotating sensitive material when appropriate

Background Checks

The role requires that you are vetted to Baseline Personnel Screening Standard (BPSS). If your application is successful, we will ask you to provide documents/evidence to allow us to perform the following checks:

  • Identity check
  • Nationality and Immigration Status (including the entitlement to undertake the work we are offering)
  • Basic Criminal Records Check (including international criminal checks if you have lived outside the UK in the last 5 years)
  • Employment/Academic History Check – for a period of three years leading up to your application

We will require documented evidence of your three‑year history such as employer/education references, payslips/P45s, other evidence of salary payments. If you had any gaps in work/education during this time, we will need evidence of what your activity was (e.g. travel, study, unemployment, volunteering, etc.). If your application is successful, we will provide you with a list of acceptable documents and how you can send them to us.

Please note that if you are selected for the role, we will require all documents/evidence before we can confirm your start date with us. All screening and evidence must be completed satisfactorily before commencement of employment. We strongly recommend you start to compile this information so you have it ready to supply when needed.

What else do we need from you?

  • Strong verbal and written skills with the ability to show attention to detail
  • Ability to establish excellent customer relationships in a fast‑paced environment
  • Can‑do attitude with the ability to interact with lots of different people
  • Professional and emotional stability, able to remain professional and provide consistent customer service when engaging with claimants
  • PC skills, and the ability to navigate multiple systems competently, with ease
  • Good consistent typing speed and the ability to multi‑task
  • Take ownership of situations with positivity, resilience and a dedicated approach to providing service excellence
  • Processes will be ever evolving and it is essential that you are adaptable and open to change

Benefits Of Being a Customer Service Representative

  • Online recruitment process, with potential job offer within 24 hours and fully paid training
  • 28 days’ holiday (including bank holidays), increasing to 30 days following your 1‑year service anniversary
  • Lifestyle Benefits programme – featuring thousands of discounts, special offers and exclusive employee deals from many retailer partners and also free wellness, kids, and learning classes through our own Community Online Academy
  • Refer & Earn Scheme
  • Employee welfare support with free access to our Mental Health Employee Assistance programme, available 24 hours/365 days a year and our Interactive Health and Wellbeing Hub
  • Life Assurance Cover & Pension Scheme
  • Length of Service and monthly recognition awards
  • Opportunities for career development and progression

Disclaimer

Please be vigilant against job scams. Teleperformance will never contact you about anything other than your application through our official channels – UK phone number, text or Teleperformance or talent.icims email address. If you receive any suspicious communications claiming to be from Teleperformance, please disregard them and report the incident to our team. Your security is our priority.

Disclaimer

Please note that only candidates who meet specific proficiency scores will be able to proceed on this campaign; this supersedes any other pass mark you may receive. Where you pass the assessment but not the above requirements we will endeavour to find other suitable roles for you, however this may not be possible; in this instance we reserve the right to reject your application.

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Posted: July 9th, 2026