Customer Service Representative - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - Diligenta

Diligenta

Verified Company

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

1 week ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Part time

Description

Customer Service Representative - Edinburgh Starting at £21,500 pro rata**
16 hours per week minimum, any hours Monday to Friday, between 9am-5pm (minimum shift length 3 hours)

Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, EH3 9PE
Are you looking for a rewarding part time role that will fit into your current lifestyle, maybe looking to get back into the workplace or looking to move from a full-time role to working less hours to allow you to do other things? If so, we'd love to hear from you

Summary of the role:

Due to our growth of our partnership with Lloyds Banking group, we will be
recruiting multiple Customer Service Representatives each month throughout the year.
We are based in Fountainbridge in Edinburgh City Centre, easily accessible by train or bus and car parking is available nearby.
The starting salary for the role is £21,500 pro rata based on your agreed contract, rising up to £23,000 pro rata based on skills and experience after a 6 month review.

Part time information:

Our initial training period is 4 weeks in office, Monday-Friday between 10am2pm.
Once training is complete, we require a minimum of 16 hours per week, any time Monday-Friday between 9am5pm.
Minimum length per shift is 3 hours.
Hybrid/fully remote is optionally available once training is completed (with a minimum of 1 day in office per month for catch ups, meetings etc.).

Benefits:

We offer 31 days holiday pro rata (including bank holidays)
Eligibility for an annual discretionary bonus scheme
A contributory company pension scheme
Excellent employee wellbeing and assistance support programmes
A range of employee discounts saving you money on anything from your weekly food shop to holidays, electrical goods and financial services
Personal and career development opportunities to progress your aspirations within the company as well as with our global parent company, TCS (Tata Consultancy Services).

What you'll be doing:

Our Customer Service Representatives could cover both voice to customer and back office administrative activities. There are
no sales involved in this role.

The focus will be on your ability to have conversations with customers in a confident, friendly and professional manner, informing members on policy details, resolving queries, collaborating with independent financial advisors and most importantly, providing our customers with an exceptional level of service at a time when they need it most.

What we're looking for:

Many of our Customer Service Representatives have previous experience from working in a call centre environment, retail, hospitality and travel, amongst other customerfocussed environments, part or full time.

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Teamwork - We believe that a great team needs great people who are passionate about helping people and providing great service as one team.
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Listening and communication skills are core to what we do. You will need to be able to communicate complex matters in a simple and supportive way.

Someone who can quickly understand the customer need and place a real focus on
resolving issues and queries effectively and empathetically.
Good PC skills and knowledge of Microsoft Office (e.g. word, excel) together with attention to detail are essential for these roles.

About Diligenta

Here at Diligenta, we are proud to be the single largest provider of outsourced TPA services to the UK Life & Pensions market and today we service 7 clients and their 18 Million customers ( nearly 1 in 4 of the UK population ).

We impact peoples' lives every day, be it helping pay for a loved ones funeral or providing someone with their pension funds for a happy retirement.

In fact, we pay out close to £1.3 Billion every month to customers we serve.

Our vision is to be the 'Customer Experience Partner' for our clients and our strategy is to differentiate ourselves in the market by being a truly technology led business with the support of our parent TCS.

We help our clients move away from aging technology systems onto our modern digital platform. We have been very successful in that way, more than tripling our business over the last 5 years. Our close to 10,000 strong workforce are everyday thinking about how they can improve our service.

If you need any help or adjustments for any stage within the recruitment process due to health, disability or any other reason, please let us know.

Job Reference:
DGENTA01353