Customer Relations Team Member

Anglian Water Group Ltd.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Anglian Water Group Ltd. is seeking a Customer Relations Team Member in Huntingdon. You will handle escalated enquiries and complaints across telephone, written correspondence, social media, and digital platforms, ensuring fair outcomes in line with policy and regulation.

You will work within the Household Customer Service function, owning cases through to resolution, while contributing to process improvements and supporting peak workloads when required.

Qualifications

• Experience of working in a customer facing environment.
• Experience of using a computer and/or other IT equipment.
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, avoiding jargon.

Responsibilities

• Provide a leading personalised, trusted and effortless service to our customers across channels.
• Manage end-to-end investigation and resolution of complaints and escalations with ownership and clear communication.
• Prepare written responses that align with regulatory expectations and company tone.
• Identify changing customer behaviours and trends to optimise service delivery.
• Improve first time resolution rates and reduce repeat contacts.
• Coordinate with internal teams and external stakeholders to achieve timely resolution.

Skills

Customer facing

IT proficiency

Clear communication

Teamwork

Job description

Customer Relations Team Member Location: Huntingdon Contract: Full Time/Permanent Salary: dependent on experience and skills

At Anglian Water, our values are that together, we will: Build trust, do the right thing, and we are always exploring.

Integrated Maintenance, Repair and Development Services (IMRDS) is the team that maintains our water supply systems, handles emergencies like water bursts, and develops new ways to better serve our customers. Whether you're passionate about frontline operational work or playing a part in safeguarding one of the world’s finest drinking water systems, IMRDS offers dynamic opportunities for growth, development, and purpose-driven work.

What Will You Be Doing as our Customer Relations Member As part of the Household Customer Service function, as a Customer Relations Team Member, you’ll use your individuality, passion, and flair to take ownership through to full resolution of all escalated enquiries and complaints across a wide range of topics. You will provide exceptional service to our customers across all channels — including telephone, written correspondence, social media, digital platforms, and CCW referrals. You will handle and investigate complaints and escalations end-to-end, ensuring fair, evidence-based outcomes that align with Anglian Water’s policies and regulatory requirements. You will collaborate closely with teams across the business to deliver exceptional experiences and identify themes or root causes driving customer dissatisfaction. As part of your role, you will contribute to identifying process improvements, complaint prevention opportunities, and customer service innovations. You’ll also maintain cross-team skills to support the wider Customer Service operation during peak workloads or service challenges. You will aim to get things right for our customers first time, every time, whilst putting them at the heart of everything you do. You will aim to be a true champion of and advocate for Anglian Water. This role will be a contractor/partner hire with Clancy.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide a leading personalised, trusted and effortless service to our customers
• Manage end-to-end investigation and resolution of complaints and escalations received through any channel, ensuring full ownership and clear communication with customers throughout
• Prepare bespoke comprehensive written responses that align with Anglian Water’s tone and regulatory expectations.
• Identify changing customer behaviours and trends, adapting and changing service delivery to optimise their experience
• Improve first time resolution rates of complaints, reducing unnecessary repeat contacts
• Champion the customers views and encourage the business to adapt their actions to reduce negative impact upon complaints and customer perception.
• Act as the customers ambassador being the individually named contact for escalated issues and complaints
• Liaise with internal departments and external stakeholders such as the Consumer Council for Water (CCW) to achieve timely and fair resolution.
• Identify complaint themes, trends, and systemic issues, feeding insights to the Leadership Team to support complaint reduction.
• Work collaboratively with wider Anglian Water teams to ensure key customer drivers and expectations are met.
• Respond to and resolve customer enquiries and complaints through a range of channels.

A Little Bit About Your Skills, Experience, and Behaviours

• Experience of working in a customer facing environment
• Experience of using a computer and/or other IT equipment
• Take pride in the work you do, speaking up when things aren’t right
• Deliver information in a clear and concise way avoiding jargon
• Take responsibility for own learning and personal development
• Actively encourage change and new ideas which enable continuous improvement
• Empowering our people

Inclusion is for Everyone

We are an equal opportunity employer and consider all suitably qualified applicants, regardless of gender identity, ethnic origin, nationality, religion, age, sexual orientation, disability, or any other protected characteristic.

We focus on merit and passion for creating better outcomes and are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where all colleagues feel they belong.

Closing Date: 22nd September 2026

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We are committed to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve in both our workforce and our supply chain partners to help us to understand and meet the needs of our customers. We are passionate and dedicated to the learning and development of our people, making sure they have the right skills and knowledge to be successful and to help achieve their potential. We want to give everyone equal access to our recruitment process. If you have a disability or long-term condition, including neurodiversity and mental health conditions, we’ll support you throughout your application, and make any adjustments to make sure your disability or long-term condition is not a barrier to recruitment. More information about how we look after and use your information can be found in our Privacy Notice. Become a part of Anglian Water’s future and join us on our journey as we live through our values to build trust, do the right thing, and are always exploring, to bring environmental and social prosperity to the region.