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Telephone Collections Agent

Priority Recruitment
Posted 17 hours ago, valid for 20 days
Location

Sheffield, South Yorkshire S5 8DP

Salary

£35 - £37.5 per hour

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The Telephone Collections Agent position offers a salary range of £24,000 to £26,000, depending on experience, with an OTE of £35,000 including commission.
  • This full-time, permanent role is based in Sheffield and requires 2 years of customer service or contact centre experience.
  • Key responsibilities include answering customer calls regarding payments, negotiating payment arrangements, and identifying vulnerable customers.
  • Candidates should possess excellent communication skills, be able to work in a fast-paced environment, and be confident in handling customer interactions, often in challenging situations.
  • The position also provides benefits such as a company pension, colleague discount scheme, and hybrid working options after meeting performance standards.
Telephone Collections AgentPay: £24,000 - £26,000 (depending on experience) + Commission. OTE £35kJob Type: Full-time 37.5 hours, PermanentLocation: SheffieldDue to expansion, my client is looking to recruit Telephone Collection Officers to join the contact centre team. If you are a strong communicator, self-driven and motivated, engaging, and influential then this could be the role for you!Key responsibilities as a Telephone Collections agent:
  • Answering calls from customers that owe money to local authority clients, Transport or third parties acting on their behalf.
  • Occasional outbound calls to those who have failed to make payment / contact.
  • Occasionally negotiating with customers on live chats.
  • Taking payments.
  • Completing basic affordability checks and income and expenditures forms
  • Negotiating payment arrangements where a customer cannot pay in full
  • Identify vulnerable customers
  • Sign-post customers with financial difficulties to non-profit debt advice agencies
  • Deal with customer queries and handle disputes
  • Update accounts and ensure all notes are correct on our systems
Skills needed as a Telephone Collections Agent:
  • Customer service or contact centre experience (2 years preferred)
  • Excellent communication skills – able to interact effectively at all levels
  • Able to work in a fast-paced environment with the ability to provide information quickly and clearly
  • Confident in dealing with customers over the telephone – often in difficult circumstances
  • Friendly and empathetic, with good active listening skills
  • Ability to problem solve and provide customers with options in line with our client and company guidelines
  • Confident negotiator to achieve the shortest arrangements to fulfil client requirement
  • Previous practical office administration experience
  • Being comfortable in using a variety of technologies and software systems
Benefits as a Telephone Collections Agent
  • Company pension
  • Colleague discount scheme
  • Christmas Savings Scheme
  • Free on-site parking
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Birthday holiday allowance
  • Attractive bonus, incentives and performance rewards
  • Death in service benefit
  • Hybrid working (subject to reaching required standards)
If you have the experience and skills needed for the role as a Telephones Collections Agent please apply!

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.