Customer Service Advisor | S1 | Everyday Banking

Country: United Kingdom

Customer Service Advisor

Interested in part-time, job-share or flexible working? We want to talk to you! 

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We are currently recruiting Customer Service Advisors with a starting package up to £24,384, this is made up of a base salary of £22,400 along with an additional £500 flexible benefit and up to a £1,484 discretionary performance related bonus.

For our customers, you’ll be more than just the friendly face and voice of Santander. You’ll be a listener and problem solver. Whether you’re helping someone with a simple cash transaction, aiding them with technology, transacting with them over the phone or protecting your customers against fraud and scams, you’ll never know what the next challenge will be.

The difference you’ll make:

• Acting as the first point of contact for customers over the phone
• Assisting with day-to-day transactions, queries, and servicing
• Updating customer records
• Helping to keep our customers and the bank safe
• Building relationships and finding solutions
• Developing your knowledge of services and products to help our customers
• Identifying new ways to improve the customer experience

What you’ll bring:

These are the essential requirements you need to be successful in this role:

• Passionate about delivering outstanding customer service either from a face to face or a telephony background, previous financial services background isn’t essential as we’ll provide you training
• The ability to listen and communicate effectively with customers to truly understand their needs

It would also be nice for you to have:

• A real desire to go above-and-beyond for customers
• Effective team working skills with a flexible, can-do approach to work
• Ability to follow process but also think on your feet
• Openness to a broad range of activities even if outside of standard expectations
• You will require the right to work in the UK (please see details below)

What else you need to know:

This role is based in Bootle.

We want our people to thrive at work and home, and we recognise that many people benefit from flexible arrangements. To enable us to deliver the best outcomes for our customers and to help each other develop we understand the importance of having the right balance of spending time together in an office while maintaining flexibility.

By working this way, we can continue to create moments that matter for everyone. To support this, we offer site-based contracts with a hybrid working pattern and we’re happy to discuss specific requirements throughout the recruitment process.

This role is based in Bootle and our current expectation is at least 2 days in an office every week.

If you’re interested in this role but with part time hours or a job-share we would still love to hear from you and discuss these.

This role is 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday 10:00-18:00 alongside one in every four Saturdays with a day off during the week.

Inclusion

At Santander we’re creating a thriving workplace where all colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed.  We all help to make Santander a workplace that celebrates diversity and attracts, retains and develops the most talented and committed people through living our values of Simple, Personal, and Fair.

How we’ll reward you.

As well as a salary, we offer a wide range of benefits that you can choose from and tailor to your needs.  

• Starting salary of £22,400 plus a £500 annual cash allowance to spend on our great range of benefits.
• 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, which increases to 26 days after 5yrs service, with the option to purchase up to 5 contractual days per year.
• Eligible for a discretionary performance-related annual bonus.
• Voluntary healthcare benefits at discounted rates. Including: medical insurance, dental insurance, and health assessments.
• Free access to a range of digital health services, including GP.
• Free access to wellbeing apps and up to three weekly online classes.
• We put 8% of salary into your pension, even if you don’t contribute yourself. We’ll pay in up to 12.5% of salary, if you contribute as well, and you can take some of our contribution in cash if you prefer.
• Protection for you and your family, with company-funded death-in-service benefit and income protection insurance, and the option to take advantage of discounted rates for additional life assurance and critical illness cover.
• Support your favourite causes through charitable giving and our community partnerships.
• Share in Santander’s success by saving or investing in our share plans.
• 24/7 access to an online employee discount platform including retailers, entertainment, eating out, travel and more. 
• As a Santander UK employee, you are able to request staff versions of our products like our Edge Current Accounts and Credit Cards with no fees, as well as apply to many other deals and discounts in Santander products and services.

Learn more about our benefits and family friendly policies

Right to work in the UK.

• Every individual must have the right to work in the UK to commence employment with Santander either by way of nationality, visa or work permit. If you do require a working visa / permit this will not influence our decision on whether to progress your application. However, if you do not have a right to work, or an application for a working visa / permit is unsuccessful, Santander will not proceed with your application and will withdraw any conditional offer previously made.

• What to do next:-

If this sounds like a role you’re interested in, then please apply.

If there’s anything we can do in the recruitment process to help you achieve your best, get in touch. Whether it’s a copy of our application form in another format or additional assistance, we’re available through telephone, email, or face to face. You can contact us at [email protected] or call 0870 414 9080.