Customer Resolutions Specialist

Customer Resolutions Specialist - Leicester

Do you have fantastic people skills? Can you deliver a great customer experience every time? If yes, we have the perfect job for you in our fantastic Leicester office, which is in the city centre and only a short walk from the train station.

Working Hours / Shift Patterns: Monday to Friday 9.00 - 17.30

Salary: The starting salary is £29,500 plus benefits. There is then an opportunity to increase salary depending on new upskills learnt and developed within the team. This can only be achieved from personal development and learning new areas of the business and NOT a guaranteed increase.

Training: The core in office training will run for the first 6 weeks, you will then move to 1 week of Complaints training, you will be expected to be in the office for the first 7 weeks before moving into your team which consists of a hybrid approach to working.

Our approach to Hybrid Working: With hybrid working, you have more flexibility, as you usually only have to visit our office once a week and work remotely for the rest of the time. You can always opt to work from the office more frequently if that suits you better. When we organise training and events you may be required to attend in person for the duration.

Your Role:
You will be responsible for investigating and resolving complaints to a high standard, ensuring that policies, practices, and regulatory procedures are adhered to. To always deliver exceptional customer service and ensure that all your customers receive a great experience.

What you’ll be doing:
- Consistently achieve all targets in line with the Key Performance Indicators for the department- Work as part of a dedicated complaint handling team to ensure effective working relationships are built and maintained- Always deliver excellent customer service and provide a positive first response when responding to customers across all contact types- Take full ownership and responsibility for complaints and maintain contact with customer.- Conduct a sufficiently detailed and documented investigation for each complaint ensuring that each point raised by your customer has been answered and fully resolved- Make decisions appropriate for the resolution of complaints while ensuring that company policies and procedures are strictly adhered to- Comply fully with the complaints system (Respond) procedures and ensure that each customer complaint is managed in accordance with the complaints handling procedure- Effectively contribute to the identification and analysis of root causes of complaints and where required improvement actions

About You:
- Experience in delivering quality customer outcomes- Excellent Communication skills - written and verbal- Able to deliver difficult messages- Time management skills and a passion for problem solving- Resilience, persuasiveness and customer centricity.

Why become a part of the Hastings Direct family:
- Full training with industry experts and friendly peers guiding you throughout your career with Hastings. We also use a buddying system once training is complete, so there will always be someone to guide you- Up to 5% annual discretionary Bonus- A fantastic open plan modern office- We promote a relaxed, friendly & diverse working environment- Career stepping stones, we love investing and progressing our people by helping them hit their career goals and gain professional qualifications- 'Harrys’ - a great onsite restaurant, with a wide range of choice from breakfast time to dinner time & an on-site Costa coffee- Refer a friend scheme - earn £500 for every friend you refer- We will provide you with all the tech that you need Including a brand-new Microsoft Surface laptop- 25 days holiday and bank holidays equivalent (plus buy and sell up to 5 days)

At Hastings Direct, we’re committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone has the opportunity to succeed. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, we encourage you to be open with us. Our recruitment team is here to provide the support you need to ensure a fair and accessible experience for all.

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