Customer Service Assistant

4 weeks ago

Gateshead, United Kingdom The Great Run Company Full time

**Job Title: Customer Services Assistant**

**Reporting to: Customer Services Manager**

**Location: Gateshead**

**Type: Full time, fixed term contract - 7 months**

**Rate of pay: £11.50 ph**

**Who we are**

The Great Run Company specialise in the development, design and organisation of some of the largest mass participation, televised sporting events across the country including the Great Run Series, Great Swim Series & our new Ultra Series. We own a portfolio of over 38 individual events delivered annually through running, and swimming. The events see over 300,000 participants taking part each year, securing over 25 hours of television programmes and include performances from some of the world's best athletes.

The Great Run Company welcomes everyone and anyone who is inspired to get active.

Great Run events are not all about winning medals - though everyone does. They are about grasping a challenge, setting a goal, and giving it the best that you can. Diversity, inclusion, and wellbeing are at the heart of everything that we do. We strongly value diversity within our workforce, and recognise that different people bring different perspectives, lived experience and ideas, which bring great strength to our company

**Our values**

Teamwork, Excellence, Accountability and Ambition are lived and breathed by the team at Great run. We work hard as one team to ensure every event that we deliver is the best it can be, creating an amazing experience for our participants, partners, charities, and our employees.

**The job**

We are looking for a fixed term Customer Services Assistant to join us and help ensure we deliver excellent customer services and support during our exciting and busy events period from April to October 2023.

**Responsibilities will include**:

- Manage the merchandise orders and exchange requests.
- Manage the post-race requests, potential results queries, and finisher item requests.
- Assisting with the management and producing the results for the Team Challenge
- Assist the Customer Services manager with entry requirements from event sponsors.
- Work with colleagues on process improvements that will improve the customer experience.
- The postholder will have the opportunity to travel to help deliver the events and assist with queries face-to-face.

**Essential skills**:

- Customer focused, with great listening skills.
- Pro-active, taking ownership of all customers queries
- Excellent telephone manner exuding positivity, understanding, and patience
- Strong written English skills
- Ability to remain calm under pressure and work in a fast-paced environment
- Strong team player
- Demonstrates the Great Run values.

**Experience**:

- Experience of working in a customer facing role
- Able to demonstrate a background where strong communication skills have been required

**What will we offer you?**
- The opportunity to work as part of a committed, friendly, experienced professional team on fantastic live televised sporting events including the world famous Great North Run
- Excellent benefits package including generous pension scheme, life assurance, 25, private healthcare, discounts platform, hybrid working, cycle to work scheme.

**Equal Opportunities**

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 7 months

**Salary**: Up to £11.50 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Gym membership
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Private medical insurance
- Sick pay
- Wellness programme
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Holidays
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Gateshead: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Education**:

- A-Level or equivalent (preferred)

**Experience**:

- customer service: 1 year (required)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: One location

Application deadline: 03/02/2023
Reference ID: GRC-CS-001
Expected start date: 03/04/2023

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