Junior Customs Administrator

Missunique; Slough; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A logistics company in Slough is seeking a Junior Customs Administrator to support the customs department. The role requires good communication and customer service skills, alongside IT proficiency in Word and Excel. Responsibilities include managing customs entries and ensuring accurate data entry. Ideal candidates should possess a steady employment record and a clear DBS check. This is a full-time, permanent role with a salary between £20-25k DOE.

Qualifications

• 5-year steady employment/education record.
• Clear DBS check.
• Experience in logistics sector desirable but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Support the customs department to ensure robust customer services.
• Submit customs entries using the customs system.
• Liaise with external and internal customers.

Skills

Good communication skills

Customer service ability

IT skills (Word/Excel)

Excellent verbal/written English

Job description

Our client is a well established Heathrow freight forwarding agent who has an exciting new role available based out of their Slough Contract Logistics Centre for a Junior Customs Administrator. The successful candidate will have good communication / customer service ability, IT skills (Word/Excel) and excellent verbal/written English together with a 5 year steady employment/education record / clear DBS check.

Reporting to and partnering with the Customs Manager, you will support the customs department to ensure robust customer services is achieved in line with the strategic direction of the department.

Employment Terms

Position Title: Junior Customs Administrator (Cross Border)

Reports to: Cross Border Manager

Location: Slough

Full Time / Part Time: Full Time

Contract Type: Permanent

Department: Contract Logistics

Salary: £20-25k DOE

Hours: 09h00am - 5.30pm

Responsibilities

• Working with the team to get shipments moving
• Entering and sorting data in Excel ensuring that KPIs are visible
• Preparing for customs entries
• Bulk upload of documents entries
• Submitting export customs entries to customs using the customs system
• Submitting import entries to customs system
• Creation of T1s
• Liaising and communicating with external and internal customers
• Ensure all information is entered into the system and communicated to relevant personnel

Experience / Technical Abilities

• Experience working with or in the logistics sector, desirable but not essential
• Excel knowledge, advance desirable but not essential as training will be provided
• Excellent communication in English (verbal and written)

Personal Attributes

• Effective communicator
• Accurate, independent and focused
• Achiever
• Problem solver
• Must be able to multitask
• Ability to work in a challenging and dynamic environment as a team player
• Confident