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Customer Services Advisor until Christmas 2024

Mission 4 Recruitment Ltd
Posted 2 days ago, valid for 16 days
Location

Stevenage, Hertfordshire SG2 7BG

Salary

£20,000 - £24,000 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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Sonic Summary

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  • The Customer Services Advisor position is available until Christmas 2024, with a focus on handling increased member inquiries during the holiday season.
  • The role requires previous inbound customer service experience and offers an hourly rate of £12.00, with a potential bonus of £1.00 per hour for perfect attendance.
  • Shifts are flexible, starting between 9-10 AM and ending between 5-6 PM, with at least one Saturday required each month.
  • Candidates should be educated to A Level or equivalent and possess good communication skills, attention to detail, and proficiency in Word and Excel.
  • The contract begins on November 20, 2023, and runs until December 24, 2023.

Customer Services Advisor until Christmas 2024

Our Client has been established for over 150 years, and is passionate about the products they offer to their members (customers). These products become even more popular in the lead up to Christmas, and for that reason, they have to increase the number of staff within their Member Services team by 35 - 50 each year - just to deal with the sheer volume of orders coming in.

Please note, this is based on a slight shift rota - so you could start between 9 - 10 in the morning, and finish between 5 - 6 in the evening, plus you will be required to work at least one Saturday per month (with a day off in the week). Shifts are given two weeks in advance and you can swop with other team members if you need to.

The hourly rate for the job is £12.00 for all hours worked up to 37.5 each week.

A bonus of £1.00 per hour (contracted hours only) will be made to Advisers who do not have any time off during their contract. This will be paid in the final pay packet.

The contract will start on Wednesday 20th November and will run until 24th December

As part of the Member Services team you will be the first point of contact for members, dealing with their orders and enquiries via the telephone, Live Chat or Ignite email system, providing a positive customer service experience.

Main duties:

  • Sales order processing and helping members with product selection
  • Demonstrating awareness and knowledge of current products and services
  • Handling enquiries and processing applications from new/potential members
  • Dealing with enquiries including delivery, accounts and stock issues
  • Investigating and completing quality issues
  • Taking ownership of complaints
  • Dealing with and respond to, member call backs in a proactive manner
  • Handling amendments of subscription schemes
  • Dealing with members reserves; enquiries and withdrawals, understanding

In Bond and Duty Paid

  • Handling Service Recovery; processing credit notes, refunds, RMA, manual invoices and replacement orders
  • Handling more involved enquiries
  • Attending personal development sessions, including product and digital
  • Responsible for any other reasonable duties as directed by the Member Services Team Leaders/Manager

Experience

  • Previous inbound customer service experience an advantage
  • A good communicator with an excellent telephone manner
  • Good Word and Excel skills
  • Good attention to detail
  • Educated to A 'Level or equivalent
  • Motivated and enthusiastic
  • Good listener
  • Able to work one Saturday a month on a rota

Despite our best efforts it is not always possible to respond to every application individually due to the high volume of responses we receive on each vacancy

Only candidates who are short listed will be contacted for this particular role and if you have not heard from us within 7 days please assume that you have not be successful. However, we will keep your details on our database, and will contact you when other suitable positions come in.

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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.