Service and Sales Assistant

Yugo; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading student accommodation provider in Newcastle is seeking a Sales & Service Associate. In this role, you will provide excellent customer service to residents, address queries, and engage in sales and marketing activities. Strong communication, organisation, and problem-solving skills are essential. Benefits include competitive salary, 5 weeks annual leave, and wellness days.

Benefits

Competitive salary with annual discretionary bonus

5 weeks' annual leave

Paid wellness day

Subsidised health care

Cycle to work scheme

Social events

Qualifications

• Great customer service and communication skills are essential.
• You should be personable and passionate about engaging with people.
• Proactive attitude with strong problem-solving skills is required.
• Organisational ability to manage multiple tasks effectively is necessary.
• Resilience and cultural diversity awareness are important.

Responsibilities

• Provide friendly customer service to residents.
• Respond effectively to customer queries and complaints.
• Engage in sales and marketing activities.
• Implement operating procedures to maintain safety.
• Organise social events for residents.

Skills

Customer service skills

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Organisational skills

Resilience

Cultural diversity awareness

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Overview

• CRM Oxford House
• 30hours per week
• £19,687.20
• Saturday and Sunday 7am - 7pm with 6 hours (1pm - 7pm) on a weekday
• Central Newcastle

We are looking for a friendly and enthusiastic administrator to join our fantastic team in our state-of-the-art student accommodation the heart of Newcastle.

As the Sales & Service Associate, you'll be the first port of call for our residents and visitors and use your customer service experience to handle any queries with empathy and professionalism. Not only that, you will play a key role in our sales and marketing plans, keep our student database up to date and use your creative ideas to organise loads of fun and inclusive student events for our residents - there will be lots to keep you busy!

Responsibilities

Here's what you'll do:

• Provide a friendly and professional customer service to students living in the residences
• Provide an effective first response to customer queries, complaints, issues and incidents (e.g. power and water outages, fire alarm evacuations etc.), resolving, escalating and/or seeking support where necessary
• Get involved in sales and marketing activity in order to ensure the residences are full and all marketing channels have been utilised to their full potential
• Follow and implement all our operating procedures
• Ensure that the safety and welfare of all our residents is always maintained
• Organise and communicate social events for residents

• Along with the day to day activities within your role, you will also be required to manage your health and safety responsibilities as set out in Section 7 of the Health and Safety at Work Etc. Act 1974, where it states that you have a duty to take care of yourself and those around you, by your acts or omissions and to cooperate with your employer on health and safety matters.

Qualifications

Here's what you'll need:

• Great customer service and communication skills, being able to effectively engage with people at all levels
• Be super personable and have a genuine passion for engaging with people
• Ability to be proactive with strong problem-solving skills
• Be really organised and able to spin lots of plates at once (metaphorical plates!)
• Good working knowledge of MS packages
• Resilience and adaptability, as well as a great cultural diversity awareness

And the benefits? Well apart from working with an amazing team of people you will also receive:

• Competitive salary with annual discretionary bonus
• 5 weeks' annual leave
• Additional 'YuDay' which is a paid day off every year to spend as you wish to support your wellness journey
• Subsidised Health care & employee assistant program
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Social events and more!

So, if you are currently looking to get stuck into an exciting new opportunity where no two days are the same, we would love to hear from you. Click apply now! We can't wait to meet you.