Customer Care Representative

Mediahuis IRL; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free Parking

25 days annual leave

Enhanced pension contributions

Maternity pay

Sick pay

Educational assistance

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Mediahuis IRL in Belfast is seeking a Customer Care Representative to support readers with subscription and account queries. Onsite at Clarendon Dock, you will handle enquiries via phone, email, and webchat, delivering fast, friendly service and logging details to improve the reader experience.

Essentially, you will manage cancellations, update CRM records, and collaborate with internal teams, while upholding GDPR and confidentiality.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering customer care across phone, webchat and email channels.
• Ability to identify customer needs and provide accurate information.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, written and verbal.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced team environment.

Responsibilities

• Handle customer queries by phone, email or webchat.
• Provide fast and easy support and maintain high service levels.
• Update CRM with customer information and ensure accurate records.
• Assist readers with subscription, account, payments and related enquiries.
• Manage customer cancellations and retention discussions.
• Maintain confidentiality and comply with GDPR and data protection guidelines.
• Coordinate with internal teams to resolve issues and improve service quality.
• Meet or exceed defined targets and contribute to team performance.

Skills

Multi-channel customer contact

Excellent communication

Team collaboration

Flexible approach

Adaptability in fast-paced environment

IT literate

Objection handling and upselling

Decision making

GDPR awareness

Job description

Title: Customer Care Representative

Location: Clarendon Dock, Belfast (Onsite)

Support customer contacts before, during and after subscription by providing fast and easy support to customer enquiries. Secure satisfied customers and log relevant customer information to enable Mediahuis to improve the customer experience and the business. Manage contacts from readers who need support with our digital products and brands, with a view to assisting them with their enquiries. These enquiries may include subscription queries, account queries, customer complaints, account payments and any other general enquiries.

Role Responsibilities (Overview)

• Ability to quickly identify the customer’s needs and provide additional accurate information as required
• Conduct all contacts in a polite, helpful, sincere and professional manner
• Handle customer queries by phone, email or webchat
• Make every customer interaction positive
• Provide fast and easy support by using the specific contact method
• Build trust with the customer by being empathic, helpful and providing a solution that satisfies the customer
• Keeping the customer informed of the latest products and services
• Effectively handle customers looking to cancel their subscription
• Treat all customers and potential customers’ details with the utmost confidentiality
• Be aware of the targets and always work to meet these targets
• Demonstrate an ability to listen to the customer and show a willingness to assist them with any queries they may have
• Demonstrate appropriate soft skills i.e. voice pitch, tone, pace, volume, etc.
• Accurately capture the information provided by customers
• Updating CRM and capturing relevant customer information to enable the business to provide customer insight
• Dealing with customer complaints and liaising with internal departments in resolving customer issues
• Be able to work as part of a team and be an active contributor to team meetings
• Advise management of any work practices that could improve the service to customers
• Be aware of your responsibilities under the Data Protection Act/GDPR
• Any other duties commensurate with the post as directed by management

Essential

Experience & Qualifications (Minimum Experience & Essential Knowledge)

• Previous customer care experience in a related field i.e. customer care provision; query handling; upselling and retention
• Multi-channel customer contact experience (phone, webchat and email handling)
• Ability to contribute as part of a successful team
• Flexible approach
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

Preferred

• Proven experience or knowledge of a digital subscription business coupled with a knowledge of online tools and resources would be beneficial but not necessary
• Any industry related qualifications
• Previous experience of working in a newly designed customer care function
• A minimum of 6 months contact centre experience in a multi-channel operational environment

Skills (Technical & Non-technical)

• IT literate
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills both written and verbally
• Sound decision making skills
• Objection handling and upselling
• Adaptability and learning agility
• Ability to manage and resolve issues or complaints in an efficient, effective manner which doesn’t compromise the quality or timeliness of service

Our Benefits

• Free Parking
• 25 days annual leave
• Enhanced pension contributions
• Maternity pay
• Sick pay
• Educational assistance
• Employee Assistance Programme