Customer Support Team Leader (12 Months)

NatWest Group; Southend-on-Sea; Remote; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A major banking institution is seeking a Customer Support Team Leader to enhance customer experience and manage a high-performing team. The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership and communication skills, along with a customer-focused mindset. This role is remote-first and involves improving customer service through effective team management and continuous feedback.

Qualifications

• Strong customer focus and extensive people leadership experience.
• Experience communicating with senior audiences and delivering presentations.
• Ability to handle personal banking related queries and improve customer service.

Responsibilities

• Ensure team performance and make improvements in customer service.
• Support transformation initiatives and react to feedback from customers.
• Take ownership of escalated customer queries.

Skills

Customer service delivery techniques

Strong communication skills

People management skills

Planning and organizing skills

Job description

Join us as a Customer Support Team Leader

• This is an opportunity to play a significant part in helping us to deliver trust and advocacy to our customers
• We’ll look to you to promote and instil a strong customer focus while managing the customer experience and the performance of the team against agreed metrics and objectives
• You’ll be representing our behaviours and contributing to an efficient and friendly centre, where colleagues feel valued, involved and recognised
• This role is available for a period of 12 months

What you'll do

As a Customer Support Team Leader, you’ll be making sure that colleagues understand products and services and promote these to fulfil customers’ needs.

In addition, you’ll be:

• Responsible for the team’s performance, and for making improvements in customer service, through regular huddles and reviews
• Using MI to recommend changes, supporting transformation initiatives that benefit the customer and wider business area
• Creating a culture that encourages continuous improvement through detailed feedback
• Reacting to feedback from colleagues and customers to improve the customer experience
• Taking ownership and following up on escalated customer queries, including data subject access requests

The skills you'll need

We’re looking for someone with a strong customer focus and extensive people leadership experience.You’ll also need strong communication skills, and experience of communicating, preparing and delivering presentations to senior audiences.Experience of handling personal banking related queries, including lending, are preferred but not necessary

You’ll also need:

• Experience of customer service delivery techniques and a willingness to apply them
• Strong interpersonal and people management skills, with the ability to develop and coach others
• The ability to identify operational inefficiencies and provide practical solutions, and a basic understanding of continuous improvement skills
• Well-developed planning and organising skills

Hours

35

Job Posting Closing Date:

24/08/2025 Ways of Working:Remote First