Service Barrie Customer Service Assistant

**Posting Number**: STUDENT**-25-12**

**Job Type**:Student,**Temporary-Full-time, Non-Union**

**Salary Range**:$18.11 to $23.44** per hour**

**Location**:Barrie, ON** - **Onsite**(see below for more details)

**Posted**:Monday**, February 3, 2025**

**Application Deadline**: Monday**, February 17, 2025 at 11:59 pm**

**The Opportunity**
- Access Barrie combines customer service, marketing and communications, transit and parking, and information technology. This strategic portfolio reflects the importance and need for the City to easily and efficiently connect the people who live and work in Barrie to the people, places, services and information that matters to them. The Marketing and Communications Branch’s work involves creating communications plans that determine the most appropriate way to deliver messages that includes clear, concise content that can be easily understood by targeted audiences (including internal, public, media, etc.). Primary Communications responsibilities include: providing leadership on the development and implementation of communications programs, community engagement, managing critical communications issues, managing the use of the InSite, barrie.ca, social media and digital communications. Conducting all aspects of media relations, including the preparation of media releases, advisories, advertising, and media monitoring. Marketing involves managing the corporate brand identity including paid advertising (radio, print, digital), design and web work. Provide multimedia and graphic design support including the development of promotional materials (posters, ads, brochures, videos, graphics etc.) and staff work to ensure the integrity of the corporate brand is maintained in all corporate materials produced.

**Our Culture and Qualifications of the Job**

**Corporate Culture**:Your workplace values align with our corporate values of **_Strive, Share and Care_** and you want to join us in providing exceptional services and programs to build a prosperous, growing and sustainable community.

Equally important to what we do is _how_ we do it - your actions reflect our core accountabilities of **_Personal Awareness, Teamwork and Collaboration, Respect and Inclusion, Innovation, _**and **_Service Excellence, _**which define how we work together to succeed.

**Education**(degree/diploma/certifications)
- Currently enrolled in or is a student in Secondary School, College, or University*

**Experience**
- Demonstrated experience in a customer service role performing duties related to the above mentioned major responsibilities.

**Knowledge/Skill/Ability**
- General knowledge of customer service delivery standards and techniques
- General knowledge of administrative processes and procedures and general office equipment operation
- General knowledge of cash handling and management practices
- Demonstrated ability to:

- operate a cash register, balance cash and prepare daily deposits
- deal with difficult customers, diffuse emotionally-charged situations and resolve customer issues in a diplomatic and professional manner
- input information efficiently and accurately into technology software solutions
- maintain a high standard of public relations at all times
- multitask and prioritize conflicting priorities and work demands within a fast paced work environment
- Basic attention to detail, organizational, prioritization, customer service and time management skills
- Basic interpersonal, problem solving, research, communication (verbal and written) and teamwork skills
- Basic computer literacy utilizing Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word) and the Internet
- Availability to accommodate deadlines, and/or peak period workloads that may extend beyond the normal workday or occur on evenings/weekends

**Conditions of Employment**
- Satisfactory Criminal Record Check*
- Please note that this is a requirement of the position for any new employees to the City of Barrie in accordance with the **Police Record Check Policy**. Existing employees who have met this criteria will be exempt from this requirement.

**Other Important Information**

**Work Term**:May - September 2025

**Location**: City Hall, 70 Collier Street, Barrie, Ontario

**Hours**:The normal hours of work are 35 hours per week

**Wage**:$18.11 to $23.44 per hour

**What We Offer**:This position includes optional enrollment in the OMERS Primary pension plan, access to the Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP), discounted rates for City Fitness Memberships and Transit Passes, and access to the Perkopolis Perks program, which provides exclusive access to discounts on a wide range of products and services available to all City employees.

**Why Barrie?**
- The City of Barrie is a vibrant, progressive, and growing community with deep connections to our heritage, to nature and to the opportunities surrounding us.
- Our community values quality of life; the ability to play year-round with 300 hectares of park space,