Assistance jobs in United Kingdom

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As a Train Dispatcher (Service Delivery Assistant), you will carry out key station duties, such as train dispatch, customer information provision, customer assistance and ensuring a clean and safe station environment.

• Providing the highest levels of customer service and be dedicated to customer needs.
• Ensuring the safe and punctual departure of trains from the station and following correct dispatch procedures.
• Providing helpful information and assistance to customers.
• Ensuring the safety of customers, colleagues, visitors and contractors will be given the highest priority.
• Ensuring the cleanliness of the station, especially toilets, waiting rooms, platforms, stairs and subways.
• Liaising with other key GWR departments to ensure accurate and timely customer information, especially in times of disruption.
• Your strong visibility within the station will help maintain customer security.

• Able to deliver extraordinary front line customer service.
• A self-starter with a can do attitude.
• Able to confidently make decisions.
• Able to remain calm yet confident and customer focussed in a crisis.
• Comfortable working within strict procedures.

• The ability to work as part of a team or independently.
• Evidence of numerical ability.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Fully computer literate and the ability to use GWR operational Apps

The role is based at Plymouth Station, and a short walk from Plymouth town centre. It is essential that you have your own transport as the times of shifts are often before or after public transport is available.

You will need to be able to work shifts including weekends and bank holidays. Earliest shift starting at 0440 and latest finishing at 0100.

This advert is to generate a talent pool of suitable candidates pending future vacancies.

Applicants who are successfully shortlisted will be expected to undertake an online ability test and competency based interview.

The successful candidate will be required to meet the medical standards for this role, including colour vision and hearing tests, as well as a drugs and alcohol screen. A Basic DBS is also required.

Full training will be provided over a three week period (Monday-Friday) at our Training Centre in Swindon. Hotel accommodation will be provided.

As well as a great team environment and comprehensive training, all GWR colleagues enjoy a range of benefits including on-going development, defined benefit pension scheme, free rail travel across the GWR network for you and your family, company-sponsored health care plan, discounted shopping and gym membership and an employee assistance programme.

This is our vision for providing an inclusive environment for all our colleagues, ensuring all candidates have an equal opportunity to access meaningful employment.

We value our differences such as age, gender, LGBTQIA, ethnicity, religion and disability. We maintain zero tolerance towards any form of prejudice towards our colleagues, customers, and future talent.

We celebrate and encourage diversity of thought, progressive ways of working and seeing all our colleagues grow and thrive.

We review all roles and job descriptions to ensure they are accessible and, where possible, we support and provide flexible working options; we recommend that you refer to each vacancy description for further details.

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