Customer Support Assistant

Bupa; Oxford; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Annual leave 28 days

Wagestream advance pay

Free meals on shift

Pension plans

Parental leave

Job summary

Bupa's Green Gates Care Home in Oxford is seeking a Customer Support Assistant to provide a welcoming front-of-house service and maintain high standard admin. The role supports the Home Manager and the wider team, ensuring smooth daily operations and excellent service for residents and visitors.

The successful candidate will have customer service experience in receptionist/admin roles, familiarity with payroll processes and MS Office, and the ability to manage a varied workload under deadlines.

Qualifications

• Experience in providing excellent customer service in a receptionist or administrative role is desirable.
• Experience of payroll administration and processing employee related information
• Experience of administrative procedures and processes
• Proven experience of Microsoft Office applications (word, excel and outlook)
• Ability to build and maintain relationships
• Strong interpersonal skills and to be able to communicate with people of all levels both internally and externally, both by telephone and in writing
• Attention to detail
• Flexibility and proven ability to work on own initiative
• Dedicated, efficient and can manage a varied workload whilst working to tight deadlines
• Strong communication skills with excellent telephone manner, always remaining courteous.
• Ability to manage own time, prioritising and organising work appropriately.
• This role may require weekend working

Responsibilities

• Deliver a professional, welcoming, and efficient front-of-house service and maintain the highest standards of administration for the Care Home.
• Ensure smooth day-to-day operations, excellent customer service, and effective support to the Home Manager and wider team

Skills

Customer service experience

Payroll experience

Administrative procedures

MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)

Relationship building

Interpersonal communication

Attention to detail

Time management

Load management under deadlines

Weekend availability

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Description: Job Description Customer Support Assistant Green Gates Care Home, 2 Hernes Rd, Oxford OX2 7PT Salary: £27,199 - £34,634 Permanent 37.5 hours per week

We make health happen Here at Bupa we support those when they need it the most. Our care homes are dedicated to delivering person-centred care, supporting independence and honouring choice to help our residents live their best lives. You’ll help us make health happen by: As a Customer Support Assistant, you will deliver a professional, welcoming, and efficient front-of-house service and maintain the highest standards of administration for the Care Home, using the correct systems and ways of working. This role ensures smooth day-to-day operations, excellent customer service, and effective support to the Home Manager and wider team

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:

• Experience in providing excellent customer service in a receptionist or administrative role is desirable.
• Experience of payroll administration and processing employee related information
• Experience of administrative procedures and processes
• Proven experience of Microsoft Office applications (word, excel and outlook)
• Ability to build and maintain relationships
• Strong interpersonal skills and to be able to communicate with people of all levels both internally and externally, both by telephone and in writing
• Attention to detail
• Flexibility and proven ability to work on own initiative
• Dedicated, efficient and can manage a varied workload whilst working to tight deadlines
• Strong communication skills with excellent telephone manner, always remaining courteous.
• Ability to manage own time, prioritising and organising work appropriately.
• This role may require weekend working

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health - from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits. Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• My Healthcare - Free access to 24/7 support, advice, and treatment for a variety of health-related issues, including remote GP appointments, physiotherapy and mental health support
• Annual allowance which you can redeem against a menu of Bupa healthcare products, all to the approximate value of £350
• Wagestream - Have early access to up to 40% of your earned wages within minutes
• 28 days holiday
• We offer a sick pay scheme to our frontline teams, as an addition to statutory sick pay, to help provide some reassurance and financial support during longer absences.
• Long service - For every milestone at Bupa we will reward you with ecards, extra holidays and money!
• Free meal on every shift
• Interest-free annual travel loan to enable the purchase of public transport annual season tickets
• We offer a range of Bupa pension plans - find out more on our career site
• Parental leave - We have schemes for adoption, birth parents and co parents -find out more on our career site
• Menopause Plan - Specifically designed to empower women to seek advice, choose their treatment and take control of their health
• Access to discounts at a wide variety of gyms and fitness facilities across the UK

Why Bupa?

We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose - helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do. We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

**Please note, this role is not at or above RQF Level 3 and is not included under the UK’s Points Based Immigration System for sponsorship by an employer.

Time Type: Full time

Job Area: Locations: Green Gates

Be at the heart of helping people live longer healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We employ more than 80,000 people globally who are making this a reality. If you’ve got the belief, the drive and the talent to help us in our ambition then we’d like to hear from you. Wherever you work, one thing stands out about Bupa people. Our customers are our passion - they’re at the heart of our positively different culture of care. At Bupa you’ll be challenged, you’ll be encouraged to innovate, and collaborate with colleagues who are committed to delivering exceptional experiences. We trust, respect and consider everyone, knowing your difference will make the difference.