Customer Service Advisor

City & Guilds Foundation

Customer Service Advisor

£22672

City & Guilds Foundation, St Johns, Wakefield

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 3 weeks ago, 28 Aug | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 15ee13e3fb234e94b95b42b7960424dd

Full Job Description

As a Customer Service Advisor, you will be supporting centres, employers, learners and third parties via telephone and email, providing an exceptional experience.

  • This is a pure customer service role, providing a first time resolve where possible.

  • All Advisors start at an entry level position with a chance to progress both within the Advisor role and the wider business.

  • Full training is provided.

  • We offer a friendly working environment with an encouraging team of Trainers, Team Leaders and experienced colleagues.

  • You can use your own initiative and you do not work with a script.

  • Free car parking is available.


  • Our best advisors come from many different backgrounds, including experienced customer service professionals and individuals looking for a career change who have worked in retail, hospitality, tourism, and many other fields.

    If you have a passion for excellent customer service and thrive in a fast-paced environment, we want to hear from you!

    The Customer Service Advisor role in full time, 35 hours per week/ 5 days per week. You will work shifts between the hours of 8am and 6pm. You will mainly work Monday to Friday, but we require flexibility to work one day of the weekend if needed.

    You will be contracted to work Monday to Sunday. We would like you to keep a healthy work-life balance and your rota will be provided 3 weeks in advance. You will also always have 2 consecutive days off., We offer the opportunity to work in an innovative, engaging and market-leading organisation with opportunities to develop your existing skills and explore new ones.

    You'll receive an excellent benefits package which typically includes a great base salary, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, Private medical healthcare, Life Assurance, Group Income Protection, enhanced Company Pension and many others voluntary benefits.

    Employees health and wellbeing is very important to the Group, and we have a range of tools available to help employees with their mental health and wellbeing and lots more besides.

    In support of financial wellbeing, we offer our employees access to Imagine Nudge. This is a great tool and helps employees focus on different areas of their finances.

    We also provide access to a Group wide Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).

    We cannot provide visa sponsorship for this role. You must have existing eligibility to work in the UK.

    This is a dedicated customer service/contact centre role-no sales involved! Whether you have previous customer service experience or are passionate about providing exceptional customer experiences and looking for your first job, we want to hear from you.,
  • Competitive Pay: Start as an Entry Level Advisor at £22,672 per annum (working 35 hours per week). Progress to Level 1 and Level 2 Advisor roles with increased salary upon successful completion of mandatory training.

  • Nurturing and Progressive Environment: Join a supportive team that encourages growth and development.


  • We are looking for passionate/ ambitious/ friendly individuals to join our Customer Service team in Wakefield. You will be part of a dynamic and busy department that is based in our modern office here in Wakefield.

    If you have a passion for excellent customer service and thrive in a fast-paced environment, we want to hear from you!, To succeed as a Customer Service Advisor, you'll need to be a great team player and comfortable using various IT systems to resolve queries efficiently.

    You will have a passion for delivering great customer service and be capable of providing an excellent customer experience, both over the phone and via email. A high level of attention to detail is essential.

    Key Attributes:
  • Customer Service Excellence: A genuine passion for providing great customer service.

  • Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills

  • Problem-Solving: Strong investigative skills to quickly and effectively solve customer issues.

  • Attention to Detail: A meticulous approach to ensuring accuracy in all interactions.

  • IT Proficiency: Comfortable using different IT systems and tools.

  • Self-Development: A commitment to personal growth and working to the highest standards.

    Best-in-Class Benefits: Private medical healthcare, life assurance, group income protection, increased company pension contributions, and many other voluntary benefits., By joining City & Guilds you will become an integral part of a well-established business with over 140 years of history., We believe that diversity and inclusion strengthen and enriches us, and that it is the responsibility of everyone at the City & Guilds Group to drive this value. As ethnic minority groups and disabled people are currently under-represented within the Group, we particularly encourage and welcome applications from these communities., Our vision is for a world in which everyone has the skills and opportunities to succeed. We support almost five million people each year to develop skills that help them into a job, develop on that job and to prepare for their next job. As a charity, we're proud that everything we do is focused on achieving this purpose.


  • Through our assessment and credentialing, corporate learning and technical training offers, we partner with our customers to deliver work-based learning programmes that build competency to support better prospects for people, organisations and wider society. We create flexible learning pathways that support lifelong employability, because we believe that people deserve the opportunity to (re)train and (re)learn again and again - gaining new skills at every stage of life, regardless of where they start.

    At the heart of our business sits the City & Guilds Foundation which amplifies our purpose by helping to remove barriers to getting into a job, celebrating best practice on the job, and advocating for jobs of the future.

    We were founded in 1878 by the City of London and the trade guilds of the time, to help people, organisations and economies to develop their skills for growth.

    Our rich experience means we're uniquely positioned to understand the future of work and learning. And we continually evolve to develop and deliver skills for the workplace of the future. Today, as well as qualifications and assessment, we offer digital credentialing, eLearning technologies, executive leadership development, technical training and consultancy.