Customer Service Advisor

Customer Service Advisors - Call Centre Location: Skelmersdale Start salary: £22,250 + enhancements & benefits Hours: Full time 35 hours per week Shift patterns are set on a 4 week rota, given in advance. Shift patterns are between Monday-Friday 8am-7pm and Saturday & Sunday 9am-5pm. Sample shift patterns are available upon request. Want to change the world? A career that makes a difference We're not a bank that follows the crowd. Instead, we like to stand out for all the right reasons. Our bank is built on co-operative values that stand strong today. We don't just help people with their money, but help people fight for justice and the causes they care about. Our unique customer-led Ethical Policy, has made us a natural leader in environmental and social issues today, and we're market leaders in ESG as rated by leading ESG ratings agency Sustainalytics

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• What you'll be working on:
• You will be taking high volumes of inbound calls and identifying customers' banking needs, whilst guaranteeing the right outcome for our customers and the bank.
• As you progress you will learn more skills that will develop your knowledge and capabilities, including identifying, preventing and stopping financial crime.
• As the first point of contact for our customers, you'll be multi-tasking across different systems whilst providing high quality service.
• You'll be problem solving and bringing a unique perspective to challenge and help shape our customer journey.
• By educating customers on safer ways of banking, you'll be providing protection from scam and fraud attacks, helping keep their money safe.
We're looking for colleagues who have
• Strong experience in a customer facing role, including telephony, retail or hospitality
• Evidence of IT skills and a demonstrable ability to learn and use new systems
• Ability to follow and understand regulatory policies and processes
• Experience in dealing with challenging or vulnerable customers
• A background of working in a fast paced environment and achieving targets or deadlines
• High attention to detail
• Robust listening and problem solving skills
• Clear and concise two way communication skills - both written and verbal
• A passion to deliver an exceptional customer centric approach
Benefits
• 27 days holiday rising to 30 with service, plus opportunity to buy 5 extra days
• Upskill opportunities with associated pay increases
• 2 paid volunteering days per year
• Performance based annual bonus scheme
• Free Onsite parking
• For our full list of benefits please visit our careers page
Working Hours: Shi Our recruitment process
• Initial call with recruiter
• HireVue video assessment
• Final stage competency based interview
We can only consider candidates with the right to work in the UK at this time. If you require more information or this document in a different format, please contact careers@co-operativebank.co.uk As a reputable employer regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, all offers of employment for this role are subject to a series of background checks, including criminal (DBS) and financial checks.
• Rated by Morningstar Sustainalytics in the Regional Banks sub-industry with a score of 8.5 as of 9 October 2023.
  
  Strong experience in a customer facing role, including telephony, retail or hospitality
• Evidence of IT skills and a demonstrable ability to learn and use new systems
• Ability to follow and understand regulatory policies and processes
• Experience in dealing with challenging or vulnerable customers
• A background of working in a fast paced environment and achieving targets or deadlines
• High attention to detail
• Robust listening and problem solving skills
• Clear and concise two way communication skills - both written and verbal
• A passion to deliver an exceptional customer centric approach
  
  27 days holiday rising to 30 with service, plus opportunity to buy 5 extra days
• Upskill opportunities with associated pay increases
• 2 paid volunteering days per year
• Performance based annual bonus scheme