Customer Service Advisor | S1 | Everyday Banking | Bradford

Banco Santander; Bradford; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading banking institution is seeking a Customer Service Advisor in Bradford. This role requires strong customer service skills and effective communication. You'll assist customers with transactions, queries, and help keep them safe. The position offers a starting salary of £24,000, a hybrid work pattern, and various benefits. Candidates must have the right to work in the UK. Flexible hours may be discussed for interested candidates.

Benefits

Starting salary of £24,000

Annual cash allowance of £500

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Discretionary performance-related annual bonus

Voluntary healthcare benefits

Pension contributions up to 12.5%

Employee discount platform

Access to wellbeing apps and online classes

Qualifications

• Passionate about delivering outstanding customer service.
• Ability to listen and communicate effectively with customers.
• Openness to a broad range of activities.

Responsibilities

• Acting as the first point of contact for customers over the phone.
• Assisting with day-to-day transactions and queries.
• Building relationships and finding solutions.

Skills

Customer service

Effective communication

Teamwork

Problem-solving

Job description

Customer Service Advisor S1 Everyday Banking Bradford

Join our community.

For our customers you’ll be more than just the friendly face and voice of Santander. You’ll be a listener and problem solver. Whether you’re helping someone with a simple cash transaction aiding them with technology transacting with them over the phone or protecting your customers against fraud and scams you’ll never know what the next challenge will be.

We’ll help you to develop the skills needed to build strong customer relationships take ownership and deliver a great customer experience.

You’ll be flexible in your approach and comfortable in undertaking a broad range of activities. This means not limiting your time and focus on one element of your role. You’ll thrive on the variety this gives you and take satisfaction for operating in a multi‑skilled environment. And you’ll be encouraged Think Customer and share ideas on improving processes and customer experience. You’re the eyes and ears of our business after all.

The difference you’ll make

• Acting as the first point of contact for customers over the phone
• Assisting with day‑to‑day transactions queries and servicing
• Updating customer records
• Helping to keep our customers and the bank safe
• Building relationships and finding solutions
• Developing your knowledge of services and products to help our customers
• Identifying new ways to improve the customer experience

What you’ll bring

Passionate about delivering outstanding customer service either from a face to face or a telephony background previous financial services background isn’t essential as we’ll provide you training.

The ability to listen and communicate effectively with customers to truly understand their needs.

It would also be nice for you to have:

• A real desire to go above‑and‑beyond for customers
• Effective team working skills with a flexible can‑do approach to work
• Ability to follow process but also think on your feet
• Openness to a broad range of activities even if outside of standard expectations

You will require the right to work in the UK (please see details below).

What else you need to know

The role is based in Bradford.

We want our people to thrive at work and home and also be able to deliver the best outcomes for our customers and to help each other develop. To support this we offer site‑based contracts with a hybrid working pattern and our expected level of attendance in an office is at least 12 days per month (pro‑rat­a for part‑time roles).

If you apply for this role in this location it’s important you consider your travelling distance time and cost from your home to the office location(s).

We’re happy to discuss specific working patterns and arrangement within this hybrid approach during the recruitment process.

If you’re interested in this role but with part time hours or a job‑share we would still love to hear from you and discuss these.

This role is 35 hours per week.

Recruiting multiple roles with shifts split between:

• 1st half – Monday to Saturday 08:00 – 16:00 (1 in 2 Saturdays flexible lieu day)
• 2nd half – Monday to Saturday 10:00 – 18:00 (1 in 2 Saturdays flexible lieu day)

Inclusion

At Santander we’re creating a thriving workplace where all colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed. We all help to make Santander a workplace that celebrates diversity and attracts, retains and develops the most talented and committed people through living our values of Simple Personal and Fair.

How we reward you

As well as salary we offer a wide range of benefits that you can choose from and tailor to your part‑time / contract roles. Your salary bonus (where eligible) and certain benefits will be prorated to reflect your working hours / contract duration.

• Starting salary of £24,000 plus a £500 annual cash allowance to spend on our great range of benefits
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays which increases to 26 days after 5 years service with the option to purchase up to 5 contractual days per year
• Eligible for a discretionary performance‑related annual bonus
• Voluntary healthcare benefits at discounted rates. Including: Bupa medical insurance, dental insurance, healthcare cash plan and health assessments
• Free access to wellbeing apps and up to three weekly online classes via our partnership with Gympass
• We put 8% of salary into your pension even if you don’t contribute yourself. We pay in up to 12.5% of salary if you contribute as well and you can take some of our contribution in cash if you prefer
• Support your favourite causes through charitable giving and our community partnerships
• Share in Santander’s success by investing in our share plans
• 24/7 access to an online employee discount platform including retailers, entertainment, eating out, travel and more

Right to work in the UK

Every individual must have the right to work in the UK to commence employment with Santander either by way of nationality, visa or work permit. If you do require a working visa / permit this will not influence our decision on whether to progress your application. However, if you do not have a right to work or an application for a working visa / permit is unsuccessful, Santander will not proceed with your application and will withdraw any conditional offer previously made.

Additional Information

We welcome applications on the understanding that should you be offered this role there may be no relocation package available. Santander will pay the employer mandatory government fees that are required to pay in connection with visa sponsorship. You may be liable for your own personal employee immigration and relocation costs.

Key Skills

• Change Management
• FMCG Sales
• Business Objects
• Claims Investigation
• ERP
• ACCA

Employment Details

Employment Type: Full‑Time

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1