Universal Banker

HSBC; Basildon; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Six weeks holiday

Perks at Work program

Pension contribution

BUPA Healthcare

Life Assurance

Flexible benefits platform

Health Club Memberships

Retail Voucher Cards

Car Breakdown Cover

Sharesave schemes

Job summary

HSBC in the United Kingdom is seeking a Universal Banker to deliver outstanding branch service, educate customers on digital platforms, and promote financial inclusion. You’ll support vulnerable customers and handle more complex banking needs with a personal, empathetic approach.

You’ll join a team focused on fraud awareness, customer education, and seamless experiences, with training provided and a competitive starting salary of £27,200 plus a discretionary bonus.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills enabling effective conversations, building strong connections and showing empathy to customers.
• Ability to take ownership of customer enquiries through to resolution with personalised, friendly service.
• Be resilient to a continuously changing environment.

Responsibilities

• Be the first point of contact for customers in branch and deliver an exceptional experience.
• Educate customers about HSBC digital services and fraud awareness.
• Identify customers in vulnerable situations and determine how to support them.
• Assist customers with complex banking needs to ensure they feel supported.

Skills

Communication skills

Customer service

Empathy

Resilience

Job description

What You'll Do

As a Universal Banker, you’ll provide an outstanding service we can all be proud of, educating our customers to enable them to use our digital platforms, giving them a choice of how they wish to bank with us. Our Universal Banker actively raise fraud awareness protecting our customers and will identify and support those who are in potentially vulnerable situations or have more complex needs ensuring financial inclusion for all.

We’re looking for people who are passionate about delivering an outstanding customer experience, people who are ambitious and have a helpful personality. Previous Customer Service experience is helpful but is not essential. What we’re really interested in is someone who can hold a conversation and who has a genuine passion for going above and beyond for customers – everything else we can teach you!

Within This Role You’ll

• Play a pivotal role within our Branch Customer Service Team by being the first point of contact for our customers, take ownership of their individual needs and deliver an exceptional customer experience
• Play an integral part in customer education around HSBC digital services and fraud awareness
• Identify customers who are in vulnerable situations and determine the best way we can support them
• Help our customers with more complex banking needs to ensure they feel supported in their choices

What do I need to be successful?

• Demonstrate excellent communication skills enabling you to engage in effective conversations, build strong connections and show empathy to our customers
• The ability to take ownership of customer enquiries through to resolution, you’ll pride yourself on delivering a customer experience that exceeds expectations, delivering a personalised, friendly and efficient service
• Be resilient to a continuous changing environment

When & where you'll work

This is a full-time role that requires you to work 35 hours per week between the hours of Monday to Friday 09:00-17:00 and Saturday 09:00-13:30. (Not all our branches are open on a Saturday). Applications are open to UK Residents over the age of 18 currently with the valid right to work in the UK for a minimum of 14 months, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role. This is a full-time position that requires you to work 35 hours per week. Please note if you are on a student visa that does not allow you to work 35 hours per week, unfortunately, we will not be able to progress your application.

There may be times when we may ask you to support other local branches within a reasonable distance to you with any additional costs reimbursed in line with HSBC Expenses Policy.

Your Training

You’ll receive full training in-branch to get you up to speed with the specifics of your job role, the systems you will use, as well as the products and services that HSBC offer. Our Customer Service Consultant training course is 9 days in total split over 3 weeks. As our training is important, we require you to attend the whole course therefore you will be unable to take holidays during your training period.

What You’ll Get!

We offer an attractive starting salary of £27,200 based on 35 hours per week, plus an annual discretionary performance bonus.

• Over six weeks’ holiday. This includes bank and public holidays with the option to buy more
• Perks at Work Benefit where you will be able to access to 30,000+ national and local employee discounts
• A market-leading employer pension contribution
• BUPA Healthcare
• Life Assurance, equivalent to four times your annual salary
• Access to a flexible benefits platform offering upgrades to Health Club Memberships, Retail Voucher Cards, Car Breakdown Cover and more
• Sharesave schemes – a monthly savings plan linked to an option to buy shares in HSBC at a discounted rate

Opening up a world of opportunity.