Customer Service Advisor | S | Retail & Business Banking | Customer InteractionsCountry: United Kingdom
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We are currently recruiting Customer Service Advisors with a starting package up to £, (Pro-Rata), this is made up of a base salary of £, along with an additional £ flexible benefit and up to a £ discretionary performance related bonus.
(NB as this is a part time role of hours per week the annual salary detailed above will be adjusted to reflect the part time hours)
For our customers, you’ll be more than just the friendly face and voice of Santander. You’ll be a listener and problem solver. Whether you’re helping someone with a simple cash transaction, aiding them with technology, transacting with them over the phone or protecting your customers against fraud and scams, you’ll never know what the next challenge will be.
We'll help you to develop the skills needed to build strong customer relationships, take ownership, and deliver a great customer experience.
You’ll be flexible in your approach and comfortable in undertaking a broad range of activities. This means not limiting your time and focus on one element of your role. You’ll thrive on the variety this gives you and take satisfaction for operating in a multi-skilled environment. And you’ll be encouraged ‘Think Customer’ and share ideas on improving processes and customer experience. You’re the eyes and ears of our business after all.
The difference you’ll make:
1. Acting as the first point of contact for customers over the phone
2. Assisting with day-to-day transactions, queries, and servicing
3. Updating customer records
4. Helping to keep our customers and the bank safe
5. Building relationships and finding solutions
6. Developing your knowledge of services and products to help our customers
7. Identifying new ways to improve the customer experience
What you’ll bring:
8. Passionate about delivering outstanding customer service either from a face to face or a telephony background, previous financial services background isn’t essential as we’ll provide you training
9. The ability to listen and communicate effectively with customers to truly understand their needs
It would also be nice for you to have:
10. A real desire to go above-and-beyond for customers
11. Effective team working skills with a flexible, can-do approach to work
12. Ability to follow process but also think on your feet
13. Openness to a broad range of activities even if outside of standard expectations
14. You will require the right to work in the UK (please see details below)
What else you need to know:
We want our people to thrive at work and home, and we recognise that many people benefit from flexible arrangements. To enable us to deliver the best outcomes for our customers and to help each other develop we understand the importance of having the right balance of spending time together in an office while maintaining flexibility.
By working this way, we can continue to create moments that matter for everyone. To support this, we offer site-based contracts with a hybrid working pattern and we’re happy to discuss specific requirements throughout the recruitment process.
This role is based in our Belfast contact centre, City Quays Belfast BT EE and our current expectation is at least days in an office every week.
This role is hours per week, we are recruiting for shift patterns, which are as follows:
Monday to Friday am–. with in Sundays and a fixed day off.
Monday to Friday am–. with in Saturdays and a fixed day off.
Should you be successful we will endeavour to align you to your preferred shift pattern from the two choices above however we cannot guarantee that this will always be possible, and availability will be subject to the bank’s requirements.
If you’re interested in this role but with part time hours or a job-share we would still love to hear from you and discuss these.
Inclusion.
At Santander we’re creating a thriving workplace where all colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed. We all help to make Santander a workplace that celebrates diversity and attracts, retains, and develops the most talented and committed people through living our values of Simple, Personal, and Fair.
How we’ll reward you.
As well as a salary, we offer a wide range of benefits that you can choose from and tailor to your needs. For part-time / contract roles, your salary, bonus (where eligible) and certain benefits will be prorated to reflect your working hours / contract duration.
15. Starting salary of £, (Pro-Rata) plus a £ annual cash allowance to spend on our great range of benefits
16. days’ holiday plus bank holidays, which increases to days after yrs service, with the option to purchase up to contractual days per year
17. Eligible for a discretionary performance-related annual bonus
18. Voluntary healthcare benefits at discounted rates. Including: Bupa medical insurance, dental insurance, and health assessments
19. Free access to a range of digital health services, including GP
20. Free access to wellbeing apps and up to three weekly online classes via our partnership with Gympass
21. We put % of salary into your pension, even if you don’t contribute yourself. We’ll pay in up to .% of salary, if you contribute as well, and you can take some of our contribution in cash if you prefer
22. Protection for you and your family, with company-funded death-in-service benefit and income protection insurance, and the option to take advantage of discounted rates for additional life assurance and critical illness cover
23. Support your favourite causes through charitable giving and our community partnerships
24. Share in Santander’s success by saving or investing in our share plans
25. / access to an online employee discount platform including retailers, entertainment, eating out, travel and more
Right to work in the UK.
Every individual must have the right to work in the UK to commence employment with Santander either by way of nationality, visa or work permit. If you do require a working visa / permit this will not influence our decision on whether to progress your application. However, if you do not have a right to work, or an application for a working visa / permit is unsuccessful, Santander will not proceed with your application and will withdraw any conditional offer previously made.
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