Customer Advisor

City and Guilds Training is looking for a Course Advisor to add to our existing team.

If you have excellent customer service skills and have great telephone manner then this opportunity may be what you are looking for.

This is a great role to join our rapidly growing business.

Successful candidates will become a part of our friendly team located in our offices in Crawley / Gatwick.

You will be responsible for providing first-class customer focused interactions, advising on our courses and booking clients to the course that is appropriate for them and that suits their needs.

This is a permanent position with a starting salary of £25K and a generous bonus which can add an additional 20-35% to your salary.

Course Advisor role is a mix of an inbound and an outbound calling but it is not a cold calling role. All the customers are either existing clients or customers who have previously contacted our business.

We are interested in speaking to the candidates who have a passion for a great customer service and are results driven. We are looking for candidates with experience from a similar, ideally telephone based role, who would like to develop their sales and customer service skills further here at City & Guilds. This role can help you develop into a more senior sales / account management role.

This appointment will be made on merit.

We believe that diversity and inclusion strengthens 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.

Please note, this is an office-based role. As you will be required to work from the office, could you please check the location and ensure that you can commute to our offices located in Crawley RH10 9JY on a daily basis.

About the role

Trade Skills 4U (part of City & Guilds Training) specialise in electrical training, offering a wide range of electrician courses in the UK for new entrants, existing electricians and companies from our state-of-the-art training centres. Over recent years TS4U helped thousands of people gain valuable knowledge, experience and the qualifications they need to pursue successful careers in the electrical industry.

We are looking to appoint additional Course Advisors who are able to demonstrate proven successful experience in a phone based sales / customer service role to support our current operation.

The successful candidate will represent and promote TS4U, making potential customers aware of our courses and generating new business.

We need someone who is willing to take and make lots of calls every day, speak with customers, establish what they require and assist them accordingly.

In this role you will also:

Understand customer needs and requirements and deliver clear and correct advice
Build positive relationships with new and existing clients
Promote the company brand and products over the phone
Maintain accurate records of all enquiries, sales and transactions using the CRM system
Carry out general administration duties associated with the role i.e. telephonically, by email and via live online chat facility
Work pro-actively with team members to ensure all enquiries and daily tasks are completed within set time frame

About You

What we are looking for:

Excellent customer service and sales skills and great telephone manner
Excellent communication skills and the ability to effectively manage customers remotely
A proven track record of being responsible and accountable for meeting your own deadlines and targets
A customer-focused approach and a passion for delivering a great customer experience
Great team working skills and the ability to be a good listener
You will also be flexible, adaptable, embrace change and be motivated by new challenges

The role requires an excellent work ethic, sales acumen combined with great listening skills in order to best advise customers of the courses to meet their specific goals. This means you will need to sell the benefits whilst ensuring the customer is going to achieve their goals with the solutions offered.

The successful applicant will be required to undertake appropriate checks, including an enhanced DBS disclosure as well as providing proof of the right to work in the UK.

Our Story And Mission

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, e-learning technologies, executive leadership development, technical training and consultancy.

Our success is driven by the people we work with. We pride ourselves on our ability to offer an equal opportunity to all our staff and we value diversity within our inclusive culture. We recognise that a diverse workforce is the only way we will achieve our ambitious business goals, so we work hard to be flexible to accommodate everyone.

What We Offer

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.

Competitive salary plus generous bonus
25 days annual leave plus Christmas shutdown and bank holidays
Opportunities for personal development and career progression
Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
Wellbeing and mindfulness app Wisdom
Later life planning "Care Concierge" and Bereavement support
Coaching (rapid coaching, 1-2-1 coaching, peer coaching, strength coaching)
Enhanced pension
Additional volunteering days

Next Steps And How To Apply

If you think this is the role and organisation for you then we would love to hear from you. Please submit your CV and complete our short application form using the apply button.

If you require any further information, please email in

We shortlist for our vacancies on an ongoing basis, and we may close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date. Please can you submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment