Telephone Operator in Dover

Location: Dover (hybrid)

Contract: Maternity Cover until 31 August 2027

Salary: £26,546

Closing Date: 6 November 2026

The role

Part of the Operations team, the Telephone Operator is a rewarding and meaningful role at Clear Voice. You will provide high quality and timely administrative support to Clear Voice Interpreting Services. The main areas of this role will be to provide Clear Voice with the necessary administrative support under the direction of the Clear Voice Head of Operations and Operations Services Managers on a day-to-day basis and the Clear Voice Director/CEO overall.

If you are organised, have demonstrable experience in prioritising and are looking for an exciting role that makes a difference, we’d love to hear from you!

Role responsibilities

• Connecting clients’ calls to interpreters via our busy On Demand Service
• Through the consistent and high-quality delivery of service, maintain and develop the service's values and reputation in the marketplace
• Allocating emails to the appropriate person/department to deal with,
  
• Respond to all stakeholders’ requests in a timely, professional, and accurate manner
• Form and maintain positive working relationships with current clients and partners
• Support the team with the day-to-day administrative needs of a busy service
• Support and always demonstrate the vision and values of our organisation
• Follow all policies of Migrant Help, as the parent organisation to Clear Voice
• Any other reasonable duties assigned, including administrative and operational tasks within the post holder’s competency
  
  

The experience and skills you need

• Understanding of a call handling environment
• Proven ability to work quickly and effectively within a pressurized environment, successfully managing workload
• Ability to form good working relationships with demonstrable customer care skills and meticulous attention to detail
• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels, verbally and in writing, with diverse groups or individuals
  

For full person specification please see the job description

Migrant Help is committed to safeguarding those we provide a service to, applicants will have to undergo strict vetting procedures throughout different stages of the recruitment process therefore:

• This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check therefore applicants must:

• Be able to provide documents to show their right to work in the UK (such as Passport, work visa, settled status document, certificate of registration, naturalisation as a British citizen, Biometric Residence Permit etc.)
  
• Provide full employment history for the previous 3 years and/or suitable documentation to cover any gaps in employment
  

About Clear Voice

Clear Voice Interpreting Services is a language services provider and award-winning social enterprise that delivers instant telephone interpreting, face to face appointments and written translations to businesses and charities across the UK. We have a wide range of clients and a strong reputation in the asylum and refugee support sector. All of our profits go back to our parent charity Migrant Help to support asylum seekers and victims of trafficking.

About Migrant Help

Migrant Help is a leading charity that was established in 1963 and delivers a range of support and advice services to people affected by displacement and exploitation across the UK. Our vision is for a global society that protects vulnerable people, treats them with respect and enables them to reach their full potential.

We foster a culture in which equality, diversity and inclusion are recognised, valued and encouraged. It doesn’t matter who you are or where you come from, we match your skills with the needs of our organisation, as long as you share our values, vision and goals. We welcome applications from candidates regardless of their age, religion or belief, race, gender reassignment, disability, sexual orientation, sex, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity.

These are some of the benefits we offer

• Our working week is 35 hours per week offering flexibility and work life balance
• Enhanced family friendly provisions
• Employees will gain an extra day annual leave per year to a maximum of 39 days, including bank holidays (pro-rata).
• Option to buy or sell up to 5 days of annual leave
• Access to Perkbox, an employee rewards and benefits platform with over 9,000 deals and discounts, a range of free perks, employee wellbeing support and other additional employee benefits and recognitions.
• Wellbeing support.
• Migrant Help offers employees a non-contributory pension scheme Migrant Help pays 8% worth of employee salary into the pension scheme.
  

How to apply

To apply for this role, please click on the 'use this link to apply' button and complete the online application form attaching a copy of your CV and cover letter.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be a valuable tool during the application process, for example to help structure your sentences and identify your transferable skills. However, please ensure you don’t rely on it entirely. As your application will be reviewed by people, not systems, it is often easy to recognise when AI has been heavily used. We want to hear your unique voice and understand your experience.

Selection Criteria

Your application will be assessed against the job description and person specification, which can be found via the above link, we therefore recommend you review both before you apply.

We encourage applications from disabled people and aim to progress candidates who meet the minimum criteria to the next stage of the recruitment process, For more information on how we apply the disability confident scheme, please view our FAQ page here

Please note this vacancy may close early depending on applications received

As part of your role, it is important you operate within Migrant Help’s values: Protection, Diversity, Equality, Partnership, Innovation and Excellence.
Migrant Help is proud to be an equal opportunities employer.