Specialist Support Advocate

4 weeks ago


West Bromwich, United Kingdom West Brom Full time

**Specialist Support Advocate**

**Salary: £22,600 raising to £23,600 after probation**

**Hours: 35 hours per week**

**Contract: Permanent**

**Location: Hybrid Working**

The Society is recruiting for a Specialist Support Advocate here at the West Brom. To post holder will be working within the Customer Advocacy department and will have a passion for delivering excellent customer service to customers who find themselves in vulnerable or potentially vulnerable situations. They will strive to ensure good outcomes are achieved that take consideration of the individuals needs and circumstances.

The post holder will aim to exceed expectations as set out in their individual objectives, and will support with the delivery of the Strategic Objectives

**Key Responsibilities**:

- To provide a first class, empathetic service to both internal and external customers.
- To be an advocate for change with the customer being at the heart of all that we do.
- To proactively manage accounts through all core systems within an agreed timescale to achieve appropriate solutions for our customers.
- Work within appropriate mandates.
- Liaising with third parties where required.
- Adherence to all audit and FCA requirements.
- Contribute to the requirements of the Society’s Risk Framework by escalating up the line any identified risks.
- The job holder must ensure that the Rules, Evidential Provisions and Guidance within the FCA’s Mortgage Conduct of Business (MCOB) are complied with.

**Skills & Attributes**:
- Be analytical, with the ability and willingness to understand complex matters
- Have the ability to make informed decisions and be accountable for them. Where this is outside of mandate, ensure sufficient, clear and accurate information is provided to enable such a decision to be made.
- Be aware of your personal impact on individuals and different scenarios.
- Good negotiation skills.
- Able to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing with a variety of different audiences

**What’s in it for you?**
We wholeheartedly believe that our people are our greatest asset, that’s why in addition to your salary you will be rewarded with a wide range of other benefits:
- Generous annual leave starting at 25 days + 8 bank holidays, (pro rata)
- Pension scheme where we will augment your contribution by 0.6% (Up to 10.6%)
- Corporate health plan with the option to include family members
- Life assurance
- Enhanced maternity and adoption pay
- Social club membership - dozens of discounts available for a wide variety of family days out and events

At the West Brom you’ll have every opportunity to take the next step and keep moving: we’re well known for providing excellent development support and always promote from within wherever possible.

Inspired by the Society’s Vision and Values, it’s not just what we do but how we treat our colleagues and customers that makes the people at the West Brom really stand out from our competitors.

At the West Brom we appreciate that our employees are unique individuals with differing needs depending on their specific circumstances and stages in life. When we say our people are the West Brom’s biggest asset that doesn’t mean just viewing them as employees. We also recognise they have a life outside work, one that has responsibilities and rewards which the Society respects and supports in ways that aim to bring the best out of them.



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