customer relations

customer relations Sittingbourne, England

Southern Housing
Full Time Sittingbourne, England 36100 - 12.04 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

The role

Maternity cover (9 months)

Fancy a challenge? Ready to deliver a great customer experience?

We're an accredited, award-winning contact centre with a fantastic reputation for friendly and helpful customer service.

What you'll be doing

Our contact centre is the first point of contact for most customers, and excellence performance in this area is critical to our reputation.

We're looking for someone to lead, motivate and manage a team of Customer Experience Advisors to deliver an effective, friendly, innovative and quality service which meets operational objectives.

The team handle a range of Housing Management enquiries each day. We need you to be customer-focused and keen to make sure every contact is a positive, ‘Right First Time’ experience.

We’re looking for someone who can develop strong working relationships with managers and departments across Optivo.

Lead on specific, individual projects designed to investigate, challenge and resolve problems, performance issues and inconsistencies.

Someone who understands our processes and help drive change. Keeping the team engaged and motivated.


What you'll have

  • Experience of effectively managing, motivating and inspiring team members
  • A proven track record of managing a team in a multi-channel contact centre where a positive customer experience is at the heart of the operation
  • Strong negotiation and influencing skills
  • A thorough understanding of the range of IT systems used in the contact centre such as Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Orchard, telephony and workforce planning systems
  • The ability to communicate effectively and concisely, displaying good interpersonal skills in multiple modes (phone, face-to-face, emails and in writing) using customer friendly language
  • Embrace, promote and role model Optivo culture, values and behaviours, helping create a place where it’s enjoyable and rewarding to work.

Reporting directly to the Head of Contact Centre Manager, you’ll have responsibility for delivering a high-quality digital service (emails, live chats, portal, mobile app) maintaining excellent service during all opening hours.

The post involves leading on team management issues including:

  • Recruitment and selection
  • Inspiring, motivating and developing team members
  • Monitoring, coaching, 1:1s and annual appraisals
  • Effectively managing poor performance, attendance, time-keeping and sickness/absence.

Interview date: Friday 30th June


About us

At Southern Housing, our residents are at the heart of everything we do. As one of the largest housing providers in the UK with over 77,000 homes across London, the Southeast, the Isle of Wight, and the Midlands, we give over 167,000 people somewhere affordable to call their own! We also understand the difference that safe, secure, and affordable homes can make to people’s lives.

A career at Southern Housing will allow you to make a difference every day you come to work. Working in the housing sector with us will bring fresh challenges and give you the opportunity to grow and develop, too.

One team together
Internal mobility

In line with our Talent Acquisition policy, colleagues are able to apply for internal roles once they've passed their probation. Interviews will only be arranged once this has been confirmed.

Colleagues who have recently started a new internal role won't be able to apply for another internal move for at least 12 months. Please refer to the Talent Acquisition Policy for more detail.

About Southern Housing

CEO: Paul Hackett
Revenue: Unknown / Non-Applicable
Size: 501 to 1000 Employees
Type: Company - Public
Website: www.southernhousing.org.uk
Year Founded: 1901

customer relations
Southern Housing

www.southernhousing.org.uk
London, United Kingdom
Paul Hackett
Unknown / Non-Applicable
501 to 1000 Employees
Company - Public
Grantmaking & Charitable Foundations
1901
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