Support Team Lead - London, United Kingdom - Arbor Education

Arbor Education

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter

Description

About the role
Our Support team are an ever growing team of passionate individuals, providing first line support for our schools with first class customer service Your role as Support Team Lead will be to coach, mentor and motivate your team alongside monitoring performance and coming up with new efficiencies in our processes

We are looking for someone who can naturally motivate a diverse team with an array of experience levels and work closely with them on product knowledge and professional development.

You will also work more strategically on quality checking, recruitment, training and reporting on customer satisfaction.

Core responsibilities

Line management of a team of Customer Success Analysts (CSA) delivering monthly 11's, halfyearly performance reviews, and individual development plans to ensure the success of the team.
Manage the recruitment and onboarding of new team members.
Track and drive performance of individual team members.
Carry out monthly quality checks on a sample of CSA tickets giving regular, constructive feedback and coaching.
Work closely with the Senior CSA in the team to inform training and coaching plans.
Work within company SLAs and ticketing best practice guidance.
Contribute to Customer Team & Support Team planning, putting forward any ideas to streamline processes and reduce costs.
Support the team by answering first line calls and tickets for our customers, demonstrating what it means to provide excellent customer service.
Identify where customers may be at risk, following the risk process to produce clear mitigation plans when needed.
Make recommendations for crossfunctional collaboration to the Head of Support.
Work closely with all relevant departments allowing free communication of ideas and information that may affect our customers.
Ensure queries/complaints raised to the Support Team are resolved within service level agreements (SLAs) and the customer is satisfied with the resolution.
Resolve or refer queries to relevant stakeholders across Arbor as necessary

About you

2+years of experience as a team lead in a first line customer service environment
Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills
Ability to work effectively within an entrepreneurial, fastpaced, and resultsoriented culture, by demonstrating strong operating instincts, organisational skills and discipline
Experience setting clear goals/objectives for both individuals and teams
Confident reporting achievements and challenges faced within the team to the wider business
Ability to interpret data in order to understand school needs and develop schools insights
Passionate commitment to providing high quality customer service
A leader who exemplifies the willingness to go the extra mile for our customers
Understanding of MIS and the landscape in which our schools operate is desirable

About us
At Arbor, we're on a mission to transform the way schools work for the better.

You've probably seen the headlines.

Heavy workloads, constant change, admin pressure on teachers and staff at every levelsometimes it feels like this is just part and parcel of school life today.

But it doesn't have to be this way.

We passionately believe that there's a better way to work. And it starts by giving everyone the right tools and technology for the job.

We're building a platform and products we believe in - as well as a strong, diverse team of experienced specialists, ex-teachers and Edtech engineers passionate about making a difference to the sector.

Ultimately, we're here to help make our schools and trusts stress a little less, and focus on what matters most - improving the lives of teachers and outcomes of students everywhere.

What we offer
The chance to work alongside a team of hard-working, passionate people in a role where you'll see the impact of your work everyday

We also offer:

A dedicated wellbeing team who champion initiatives such as mindfulness, lunch n learns, manager training, mental health first aid training and much more
32 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays). This is made up of 25 days annual leave plus 7 extra company wide days given over Easter, Summer & Christmas
Enhanced maternity and adoption leave (20 weeks full pay) and paternity (6 weeks full pay) pay
5 free return to work maternity coaching sessions, helping you adapt to this new exciting time of life
Access to services such as Calm, Bippit (financial wellbeing coaching) and Health Assured (Employee assistance programme)
All of our roles champion flexible working and we are happy to discuss what this means to you
Social committees that plan team, office and company wide events to bring people together and celebrate success
Dedicated professional development training budget (CPD courses, upskilling resources, professional memberships etc)
Volunteer with a charity of your choice for a day each year
Dog friendly offices

Our commitment