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Night-Shift Customer Service Advisor

  • Location: Sutton Coldfield
  • Salary: £23,000 including shift allowance per year
  • Job Type:Permanent

Posted about 3 years ago

  • Sector: Customer Contact
  • Contact: Lucy Waddock
  • Contact Email: lwaddock@merje.com
  • Start Date: 24th June 2021
  • Expiry Date: 15 August 2021
  • Job Ref: LW/17253L

Salary:                  £23,000 including shift allowance

Shifts:                   Four nights on, four nights off – 22:00 – 08:30

Hours:                  35 hours per week  

Location:             Sutton Coldfield

Start Dates:        24th June May 2021

Training:              4 – 5 weeks and will take place through the day time and early evenings

Overall Purpose:             

As a Customer Service Advisor, you will respond to high volume inbound client contacts for our client services with sensitivity and empathy. You will be dealing with highly emotive calls with the greatest of respect and understanding and passing accurate messages to 3rd party contacts efficiently and professionally.

Some responsibilities as a Customer Service Advisor will include and not be limited to:

  • Resolving client queries and concerns by clarifying information, researching answers and alternative options, implementing solutions or escalating unresolved problems
  • Managing multiple tasks whilst supporting the delivery of the highest standards of client service
  • Providing the client with your personal attention in every aspect, offering follow-up contacts to ensure customer satisfaction
  • Promoting awareness of the CSC business objectives and ensuring that service level targets are met in line with these
  • Emailing messages to clients in a professional, accurate and empathetic manner
  • Making sure 100% of calls are answered during the nigh-shift

What you’ll need:

To be a success within this customer service role you will need to have a passion for providing excellent customer service as well as the ability to work within a fast paced environment, whilst maintaining the highest level of empathy and understanding to distressed customers.

Exceptional listening and telephone communication skills are essential, as well as being able to build client relationships in a friendly yet approachable manner. An ability to talk on the phone whilst typing up notes accurately is a necessity in this role. Finally, you must have basic IT skills and an adaptable approach to meet client needs.

If you are able to be flexible with shift patterns and overtime working, it would be a major advantage.

Essential Experience:

Experience of working unsociable hours including nightshift

Ability to self-manage and make decisions

 

Person Specification:

  • Previous experience as a Customer Service Advisor within a contact centre is essential
  • Good standard of Maths and English: GCSE Grade C or above (or equivalent)
  • Excellent written skills, with the ability to pass on messages accurately and professionally
  • Ability to establish rapport with clients and colleagues
  • A desire to exceed in delivering exceptional customer service at every opportunity
  • Enthusiastic with a ‘Can Do’ attitude
  • Highly motivated to respond to and resolve customer enquiries
  • Great team player
  • Adaptable approach to meet client needs (e.g. Sensitivity, patience, friendliness, empathy and efficiency)
  • Professional and business-like in approach

 

Please note you will need to pass a DBS (criminal record) check to be considered for this role.

 

 

 

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