Customer Support Team Member

JR United Kingdom; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading insurance company as a Customer Support Team Member in Newcastle upon Tyne, where you'll provide top-notch service without the pressure of commission sales. Enjoy a friendly work environment focused on customer care, organization, and accuracy. This role offers an engaging experience with opportunities for professional growth and a supportive team culture.

Benefits

Work from home two days a week

Quarterly bonus

Pension scheme

Sick pay

Free parking

Qualifications

• Ability to manage multiple tasks effectively
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Experience in customer support or related fields preferred

Responsibilities

• Provide exceptional service to customers via phone, email, and live chat
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date customer records
• Assist in resolving customer issues and complaints efficiently

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Attention to detail

Job description

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Customer Support Team Member, newcastle-upon-tyne, tyne and wear

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Client:

ALA Insurance

Location:

newcastle-upon-tyne, tyne and wear, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Posted:

04.06.2025

Expiry Date:

19.07.2025

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Job Description:

About ALA:

ALA Insurance is one of the largest, online, independent providers in the market for GAP Insurance, Warranty, Breakdown Cover and other specialist insurance products. Based in Malton, North Yorkshire, our dedicated, friendly team strive to provide the best quality insurance products and support for our customers. Our award-winning customer support team do not work on commission, and so all their interactions with customers and prospective customers have no agenda to sell, and customers feel no pressure to buy. This customer-first ethos runs through all departments and is integral to the business's success. This customer-centric business model and our award-winning wellbeing programme are just two components that have lead to us being named on the Sunday Times Best Places To Work (small organisation) 2025.

Our customers seem happy, too!We are the most highly rated insurance company on Trustpilot, with an overall 4.9 star ‘Excellent’rating based on nearly 20,000 reviews.

Insurance from the kind kind, not the pushy kind.

About the role:

Our Customer Support Team is at the heart of everything we do at ALA Insurance. We pride ourselves on constantly being able to offer a calmer, kinder and better-informed insurance experience to all our customers, and to do that, we need someone like you.

Someone who can support customers on every step of their journey. Someone who can share clear, reliable information. Someone who really cares about our customers’ experience, and someone who they can really trust.

The ALA difference? You’ll be on a full salary, no commission. That means you can really encourage our customers to ask anything, go into all the details they’re looking for and help them decide if a policy is right for them. It’s how you’ll help us deliver the unparalleled support that our customers love.

Your key responsibilities:

You’ll know our insurance products like the back of your hand

After some rigorous training with our team members, you’ll know ALA Insurance products inside out and back to front. When our customers have questions about us, our policies or our processes, you’ll be eager to answer every single one.

You’ll always be ready to help both new and existing customers

Everything you do at ALA will be about showing both potential and current customers how much you know and how much you care. Whether it’s answering questions, providing quotes or setting up the policies our customers need, you’ll be sharing your knowledge at every opportunity, over the phone, over email, or via live chat.

You’ll always take care of the details, just in case

Our customers trust us to handle everything, and to do that, we need to stay organised. You’ll work hard to keep our back-office system up to date and in-line with FCA regulations, checking all the details, keeping correct accurate records, and completing all paperwork on time.

Your key tasks:

Answering customer calls and emails quickly and with a smile, always ready to help

• Keeping all policy and customer information up-to-date and accurate in our back-office system – VRN, addresses, additional info, paperwork etc
• Reaching out directly to customers who’ve asked for a call back, and contacting customers regarding their expiry or renewal
• Creating quotes and setting up policies for customers over the phone, live chat or email
• Amending policy information quickly and efficiently whenever a customer needs help and directing customers to their relevant claims team
• Managing updates to finance payments and dealing with PayPal refunds and invoicing
• Helping solve any problems customers might have, managing any complaints with a warm, friendly approach, and escalating if necessary

You’ll be able to:

Communication and literacy:

• Write with accurate spelling and grammar at all times
• Talk in a helpful, informative, and friendly way on the phone with all our current and potential customers
• Manage any tricky conversations with customers in a warm, professional way
• Ask for feedback on your work, and share positive, constructive advice with fellow team members.
• Ask for help whenever you might need it

Teamwork and relationship management:

• Work well in a team, ‘mucking in’ and helping out wherever you’re needed
• Stay organised, manage multiple tasks, and know how to prioritise to meet key deadlines simultaneously
• Work closely and collaborate with everyone on the ALA team, in all departments
• Share what you’re working on with others and spot any potential issues early

Administration, monitoring, and reporting:

• Focus on attention to detail and accuracy with everything you do

Industry knowledge and commercial awareness:

• Care about our business and learn everything you can about the way we work

Tools and technology:

• Use a sales team software or platform (or be eager to learn)

Work Quality:

• Care about your work and your attention to accurate details at all times
• Be responsible and proud of delivering high quality work

And most importantly, to fit with our team you’ll be:

• Positive, with a can-do attitude
• Flexible and open to change
• Proactive
• Helpful
• Friendly
• Supportive and approachable
• Professional
• Organised
• Happy to work independently on some tasks as well as within a team
• Company events
• Company pension
• Free parking
• On-site parking
• Shuttle service provided
• Sick pay
• Transport links
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Quarterly bonus

This is a position that is office-based with the option to work from home 2 set days a week once probation and training have been passed to an acceptable level.

ALA are committed to growing and sustaining a business that is both representative and inclusive of the communities we live and work within. At ALA, we believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce enables our agency to thrive and deliver brilliant work. We actively welcome applications from individuals and groups who are under-represented and celebrate difference be it ethnicity, religion, age, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status or disability.

We will only assess you on your abilities and fit for the role, please do get in touch if you would like to discuss any adjustments you need to ensure a level playing field during the recruitment process.

To view our workplace culture policy: https://www.ala.co.uk/workplace-culture-policy

To view our EDI policy: https://www.ala.co.uk/equity-diversity-and-inclusion-policy