Customer Service Team Manager

FirstGroup; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in customer service is seeking a 'Duty Team Manager' to oversee a team of advisors. The role requires strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills to maintain high service quality. This position offers a chance to impact team performance and customer satisfaction positively and is remote-based, requiring flexibility across operational hours.

Benefits

Travel Offers for Bus and Rail

Payroll Giving

Shopping Discounts

Employee Share Schemes

Free Employee Assistance Helpline

Qualifications

• Prior experience within a management/supervisor role.
• Excellent people management and customer service skills.
• Organized and efficient with the ability to analyze information.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for managing a team of advisors to ensure service quality.
• Handle escalated customer cases and ensure issues are resolved efficiently.
• Conduct employee relations related meetings and performance reviews.

Skills

People Management

Customer Service

Computer Literacy

Communication Skills

Problem Solving

Organizational Skills

Tools

Microsoft Technologies (Office 365, Teams)

Job description

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• As Duty Team Manager you will be responsible for the daily running of a team of advisors (team size: 6-10 advisors) ensuring a high quality of customer service is maintained throughout.
• Your role will encompass call handling, email, telesales, and a web support service, you will act as a role model upholding our values around performance and delivery.
• You will be the first point of contact and knowledge for escalated cases and be expected to resolve them quickly and mitigate risk to the business
• Identify, plan, and deliver continuous improvement to how our services are delivered ensuring quality and integrity are maintained in daily client interactions

Your main responsibilities will be:

• Provide team management experience to a team of advisors including managing the team's work and assigning duties needed to achieve agreed SLA's.
• Manage the quality and efficiency of your teams' work ensuring compliance in the handling of customer queries.
• Understand internal policies and processes and ensure the team adhere to the principles correctly.
• Have the required knowledge to resolve complex customer queries around tickets, travel information and journey planners while adhering to rail operating companies' guidelines.
• Ensure development, training plans and coaching are in place for each team member, reviewing development activity and conducting period performance reviews.
• Work collaboratively with peers and stakeholders across the business, sharing best practice and resolving issues.
• Liaise with the people function of the business in conducting employee relations related meetings such as absence reviews, return to works, documented discussions and investigations.
• Mitigate client resolutions in line with agreed approval protocol, escalating where necessary.
• Share knowledge and identify training needs to develop and upskill the team.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of rail and customer contact industry developments

As a minimum, you will need to have:

• Prior experience within a management / supervisor role
• Previous experience with employee relations meetings (absence reviews / return to works
• Excellent people management and customer service skills
• Computer literacy including Microsoft Technologies (Office 365, Teams)
• Working knowledge of regulatory issues including GDPR
• Enthusiastic, proactive, and passionate about providing excellent customer service.
• Able to diffuse difficult situations, articulate client needs and present solutions in a calm manner.
• Organised and efficient with the ability to analyse large amounts of information.
• Exceptional communication skills both verbal and written.

About the location

Remote Home Based role

Working pattern

Operational team shift pattern to cover from 06:00-23:00 including weekends

The Reward

• Travel Offers for Bus and Rail*
• Payroll Giving – donate directly from your pay to a Charity of your Choice
• Shopping Discounts including discounts and cashback on electrical goods, your weekly shop, holidays, cinema trips, car insurance, upgrading your mobile and lots more
• All employee Share Schemes*
• Save as You Earn - gives you the opportunity to save a regular amount each month for three years. At the end of the savings period, you can use your savings to buy shares at a discounted price set at the start of the Scheme, or take your savings as cash.
• Buy as You Earn - allows you to buy shares each month, with 2 free ‘matching' shares for each 3 shares you buy. You can vary the amount you save, or stop it at any time. You need to participate in the scheme for at least 3 years in order to receive the matching shares.
• Employee Assistance Helpline – free, confidential employee support service provided by an independent provider

*after 6 months of employment

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