Customer Service Advisor Inbound

Ian Williams Ltd.; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Base salary

Monthly bonuses

Profit sharing

Annual leave 31 days

Pension 5%

Life insurance

Annual pay reviews

Training & development

Health & wellbeing support

Job summary

Ian Williams Ltd. is seeking an Inbound Customer Service Advisor to join the National Helpdesk (iwhub).

You will handle high-volume calls regarding repairs and maintenance for social housing clients, delivering a first-class service within SLAs and KPIs. The role offers a competitive base salary of £28,583 for a 37.5-hour week, monthly bonuses, profit share, 31 days leave, pension contributions up to 5%, life insurance, annual pay reviews, and opportunities for training and development, plus

Qualifications

• Experience in a contact centre or call centre.
• Experience in repairs and maintenance environment.
• Strong IT skills and ability to learn new systems.
• Excellent communication and customer-focused approach.

Responsibilities

• Handle high-volume inbound calls for repairs and maintenance.
• Provide first-class customer service and resolve issues promptly.
• Input up-to-date notes and follow processes in the system.
• Produce daily KPI reports to support contract performance.

Skills

Customer service experience

Communication skills

IT skills

Decision making

Tools

Scheduling system

Job description

Our Inbound Customer Service Advisors are an integral part to the‘Responsive Maintenance’arm at Ian Williams, and we are looking for an additional teammemberto join our growing team. As an Inbound Customer Service Advisor, you are part of theNational Helpdesk (iwhub),and you’ll enjoy the dynamics of working within a fast paced and sometimes pressurised environment, working to SLAs and KPIs.

You will have a real impact working in the Helpdesk by providing the best customer service possible to our customers. By achieving this excellence, together with your team, you will be contributing to the company wide success of Ian Williams.

At Ian Williams, we’re committed to fairness, inclusivity and respect. Your hard work will always be recognised and rewarded, and with that in mind, we offer the following:

• Competitive base salary of £28,583for a 37.5 hour working week
• Monthly performance bonuses
• Profit share scheme
• 31 days annual leave (inc. Public Holidays) plus buy or sell annual leave
• Pension contributions up to 5%
• Life insurance
• Annual pay reviews
• Training & development opportunities
• Health and wellbeing support via Lighthouse Charity.

We offer our iwhub employees a modern, spacious, and open plan office with easy public transport access (train & buses) and onsite parking for drivers. The office also offers a fully equipped kitchen with facilities, comfortable and private break out areas, as well as a designated prayer room for worship.

The Customer Service Advisor role

You will receive high volume calls regarding repairs and maintenance enquiries from our social housing clients or the residents themselves. In addition to:

• Using our dynamic scheduling system and technology, you will answer inbound calls, taking pride in delivering a 1st class experience to our customers in a concise, timely and efficient manner to ensure you are always striving for 1st time resolution.
• Managing the emerging day, dealing with emergencies and exceptions, to ensure the most. appropriate service is delivered to our residents and followed up by the correct departments.
• You’ll act as the first point of contact for our customers and our trade operatives to help with issues when they are on site, always helping to provide resolutions.
• You will input up to date, accurate and complete notes for each job/task on the system and follow process.
• You will produce KPI reports daily, to contribute to the overall Contract performance.

What will you bring as a Customer Service Advisor?

• You’ll have demonstrable customer service experience gained within a contact centre or call centre, along with experience working in a repairs and maintenance environment.
• Strong IT skills with the aptitude to pick up new systems and be able to follow process and procedure.
• Excellent communication skillswith the strength of character to make decisions and follow them. through to completion and satisfaction, whilst always holding the customer at the heart.
• Above all, you’ll value ‘getting it right’ and take genuine pride in achieving your performance targets.

About Ian Williams Ltd.

Discover more about us by reviewing our website, and also through our social media platforms, along with LinkedIn, Indeed and Glassdoor.

The successful applicant will be required to complete a criminal records check. As an organisation assessing applicants’ suitability for positions which are included in the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order using criminal record checks processed through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), we comply fully with thecode of practiceand undertake to treat all applicants for positions fairly.

Ian Williams is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.Diversity is more than a commitment at Ian Williams, it is the foundation of what we do. We are fully focused on equality and believe deeply in diversity of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, and all other characteristics that make us different.

We reserve the right to shortlist prior to the closing date.

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We are delighted to have strong relationships with our preferred agencies, therefore we politely request no agencies engage with us in regards to this position.