Customer Service Phone Agent United Kingdom - Remote Customer Services

Animal Friends Pet Insurance Ltd; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 29,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care cash plan

Pension

Wellbeing support

Pet insurance discount

25 holiday days

Job summary

Animal Friends Insurance is seeking a Customer Service Phone Agent to be the friendly voice for our policyholders, answering queries, updating policies and delivering high-quality service. You will join a team that values customer care, professionalism, and efficiency, with comprehensive training and ongoing support.

The role offers a full-time schedule, 9:00am–5:00pm, Monday to Friday, with remote working options from the UK.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills with a friendly, polite and empathetic approach.
• Ability to stay calm and professional when handling high volumes or challenging conversations.
• Motivation to deliver accurate, high-quality customer service and resolve queries.

Responsibilities

• Handle inbound customer calls and deliver excellent outcomes.
• Manage complaints calmly and professionally.
• Meet individual and team targets while maintaining quality.
• Develop knowledge of products, systems and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Excellent communication

Empathy

Problem solving

Job description

At Animal Friends Insurance, we’re passionate about providing excellent service to our customers and helping them protect the pets they love. We’re looking for a friendly, empathetic and motivated Customer Service Phone Agent to join our team.

If you enjoy talking to people, solving problems and delivering great customer experiences, this could be the perfect opportunity for you!

This is a full-time position responsible for covering our customer support hours, working Monday to Friday from 9:00am to 5:00pm.

Our Customer Service Phone Agents will all start on Monday 11th January and there will then be a 4-week virtual induction/training

Package: £25,300pa,25 holiday days (plus your birthday off), health care cash plan, pension, wellbeing support and pet insurance discount.

As a Customer Service Phone Agent, you’ll be a key point of contact for our existing policyholders, helping them with queries and updates to their policies. You’ll put customers at the heart of every interaction, ensuring they receive friendly, professional and efficient support.

To give you an idea what to expect, you`ll be:

• Handling inbound customer calls and delivering excellent customer outcomes.
• Managing challenging conversations and complaints calmly and professionally.
• Meeting individual and team performance targets while maintaining high standards of quality.
• Developing your knowledge of our products, systems, procedures and regulatory requirements.
• Sharing best practice and working collaboratively with colleagues to support team success.

What You’ll Be Doing as a Claims Phone Agent:

• Excellent communication skills, with a friendly, polite and empathetic approach.
• The ability to remain calm, professional and efficient in challenging situations.
• Resilience and confidence when managing high volumes of customer contact.
• A self-motivated attitude and a commitment to achieving personal and team goals.
• The ability to build positive relationships with customers and colleagues.
• Flexibility, adaptability and a positive approach to change in a fast-paced environment.
• Able to easily work from home with a quiet space and good internet connection

Why choose Animal Friends

Animal Friends has been supporting UK pet owners for more than 25 years with our comprehensive and meaningful pet insurance. We are not only an award-winning business but one of the largest pet insurance providers in the UK. But we’re not like other leading UK pet insurers, we were built to be unmistakably different – giving back to incredible animal welfare and conservation charities, at home and around the world, as they fight to support and care for vulnerable pets, wildlife, and habitats. So far, we’ve helped support over 800 charities and conservancies across the UK and worldwide and donated over £8.5 million and continue to use our voice and platform to fight for positive change. We believe that even the smallest act can make a big difference.

We understand that our success is only possible because of how we work together, which is why our company values of being courageous, kind-hearted and passionate are the heart of what we do – and we simply wouldn’t be who we are today without our colleagues, who embody these values every day.

We are part of Doubtless Pet Care, one of the largest pet insurance and services organisations globally, with over 4,500 colleagues supporting over 6 million pets across the globe. Our passion for pets powers our purpose to help pet parents get better access to better care, so they can focus on the joy that happy healthy pets bring to their lives.

Inclusion, Diversity and Belonging at Animal Friends

At Animal Friends, we take inclusion seriously. This means nurturing a culture that respects everyone as an individual and values the unique perspectives we all bring through our background, characteristics, and lived experiences.

We know that harnessing our differences makes us stronger and helps us to deliver better outcomes for our customers and each other. That’s why we are committed to ensuring that everyone is treated fairly and without discrimination, and we are passionate about creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they belong.

Our recruitment process

As an FCA regulated business, we require successful applicants to clear our pre-employment screening process which includes a credit check, a Fit and Proper check and reference checks.

Under the latest UK Right to Work regulations, we will require successful applicants to evidence their right to work in the UK, either in person, online, or digitally via a third party subject to circumstances.