Customer Care Coordinator

Persimmon Homes; Leicester; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK housebuilder is seeking a Customer Care Coordinator in Leicester. You will ensure effective communication and problem resolution for homeowners, coordinate with various departments, and provide administrative support. Ideal candidates have customer care experience, strong communication skills, and proficiency in IT. This role offers a competitive salary, hybrid working, and various employee benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Bonus

Hybrid Working

Life Cover & Contributory Pension

Employee Benefits Platform

Qualifications

• Previous Customer Care experience preferred in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to remain calm under pressure with strong problem-solving skills.
• IT literate; knowledge of COINS is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to homeowners and address their issues professionally.
• Coordinate with customers, site managers, and contractors for problem resolution.
• Manage communications to ensure adherence to customer care policies.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Attention to detail

Proactive problem-solving skills

Tools

Word

Excel

Outlook

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Customer Care Coordinator

Location: Leicester, LE19

Looking for a career where your ambition meets real opportunity? Join Persimmon Homes as a Customer Care Coordinator and step into a role where your success is celebrated, your growth supported, and your work truly matters.

Why Persimmon Homes?

We're one of the UK's largest and most established housebuilders — FTSE 100 listed, with 29 regional offices and thousands of quality homes built every year.

At Persimmon, We Don't Just Build Homes — We Build Careers. When You Join Us As a Customer Care Coordinator, You'll Benefit From

• Competitive salary
• Bonus
• Hybrid Working
• 5* housebuilder - Be part of a company that consistently delivers quality homes and outstanding customer satisfaction
• Life Cover & Contributory Pension
• Employee Benefits Platform – giving you access to high-street discounts, wellbeing support, and more
• Committed to diversity, inclusion, and empowering your development

What is the role?

The Customer Care Coordinator will communicate with our customers, site managers, directly employed maintenance operatives and contractors to encourage customers to provide us with information about any problems that they may have, to record that information carefully on our computer system, and to arrange for their problems to be addressed as quickly as possible by coordinating appointments, labour and parts.

What You'll Do As a Customer Care Coordinator

• Providing an effective support function to our homeowners
• Ensuring communications with customers regarding defects are dealt with in a professional and timely manner, adhering to Customer Care Policies and Procedures
• Work closely with other departments across the company (i.e., Construction, Sales, Surveying and Technical) to ensure communication is optimal and the company achieves its KPIs
• Responding to incoming communications from homeowners in accordance with company guidelines
• Issuing works orders to maintenance operatives and sub-contractors and monitoring progress through to completion
• Carrying out duties in line with the Group's HS&E Policy and ensuring compliance throughout the team
• Carrying out general administration duties

What experience do I need?

• Previous Customer Care experience within a fast paced and busy environment
• Experience within the housing or construction industry is desired but not essential
• The successful candidate must have excellent communication skills and attention to detail when capturing and logging customer information
• The ability to remain calm and focused in pressurised situations, with proactive problem solving skills
• You must be IT literate, with a good working knowledge of Word, Excel and Outlook
• Knowledge of COINS is an advantage but not essential as training will be provided

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