Consumer Care Assistant - Temporary

Tate; England; Híbrido; GBP 14 000 - 18 000; Tempo parcial

Resumo da oferta

Tate is seeking a friendly Consumer Care Assistant for a temporary, part-time role in Bournemouth. The position starts immediately, with 2-3 days per week and 3-4 months in duration. Training will be in-office, with the possibility of remote work once fully trained.

Good customer service experience and confident communication are valued, along with the ability to learn new systems quickly. The role involves handling inquiries, maintaining records, and coordinating follow-ups across multiple

Qualificações

• Previous experience in customer service or people-focused environments.
• Confident written and verbal communication.
• Calm and professional when dealing with dissatisfied customers.
• Organised with strong attention to detail.

Responsabilidades

• Responding to customer enquiries across email and customer service systems.
• Handling routine queries and complaints in a friendly and empathetic way.
• Gathering relevant information and keeping accurate customer records.
• Following cases through from initial enquiry to resolution.
• Escalating more complex or sensitive queries when required.
• Coordinating follow-ups and ensuring outstanding queries are actioned.
• Spotting recurring customer questions or issues and flagging these to the wider team.
• Arranging and sending product samples.
• Working across different brands and systems in a busy customer-focused environment.

Conhecimentos

Customer service

Communication

Organised

Ferramentas

Email systems

CRM software

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Consumer Care Assistant - Temporary

Bournemouth | Part-time | Hybrid after training

2-3 days per week | 3 - 4-month temporary assignment

Immediate start

We're looking for a friendly and organised Consumer Care Assistant to join a well-established consumer brand on an initial 3-4-month temporary assignment.

This is a great opportunity for someone with customer service experience who enjoys helping people, is confident communicating with customers and can pick up new systems quickly. You don't need years of experience. We're looking for someone with the right attitude, good judgement and a genuine focus on providing a great service.

The role will initially require in-person training in the Bournemouth office, particularly while you get to grips with the systems. Once fully trained, there will be flexibility to work remotely, although some office attendance would still be beneficial.

What you'll be doing

• Responding to customer enquiries across email and customer service systems
• Handling routine queries and complaints in a friendly and empathetic way
• Gathering relevant information and keeping accurate customer records
• Following cases through from initial enquiry to resolution
• Escalating more complex or sensitive queries when required
• Coordinating follow-ups and ensuring outstanding queries are actioned
• Spotting recurring customer questions or issues and flagging these to the wider team
• Arranging and sending product samples
• Working across different brands and systems in a busy customer-focused environment

What we're looking for

• Previous experience in customer service, retail, hospitality or another people-focused environment
• A confident and friendly communicator, both written and verbal
• Comfortable dealing with customer queries and complaints
• Calm and professional when dealing with dissatisfied customers
• Organised, accurate and able to manage several tasks at once
• Good attention to detail
• Confident using email and computer systems and able to learn new software quickly
• Proactive, reliable and keen to learn
• Able to recognise when something needs to be escalated
• Experience within food, online retail, e-commerce or subscription services would be helpful, but isn't essential. Training will be provided on the company's customer service systems.

The details

• Location: Bournemouth
• Working pattern: 2-3 days per week, minimum 2 days
• Contract: Temporary, initially 3-4 months
• Working arrangement: Office-based during initial training, with remote/hybrid working available once trained
• Start: Immediate

If you're looking for a flexible part-time opportunity where you can use your customer service skills within a supportive, people-focused team, we'd love to hear from you.

Tate is committed to promoting equal opportunities. To ensure that every candidate has the best experience with us, we encourage you to let us know if there are any adjustments we can make during the application or interview process. Your comfort and accessibility are our priority, and we are here to support you every step of the way. Additionally, we value and respect your individuality, and we invite you to share your preferred pronouns in your application