Customer Service Advisor |S1| Retail & Business Banking | Customer interactions

Country: United Kingdom

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We are currently recruiting Customer Service Advisors with a starting package up to £24,468, this is made up of a base salary of £22,400 along with an additional £500 flexible benefit and up to a £1568 discretionary performance related bonus.

This is a full-time permanent role, working hours are Monday to Friday 10am to 6pm with 1 in 4 Saturdays.

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.

We'll help you to develop the skills needed to build customer relationships, take ownership, and deliver a great customer experience.

You’ll be flexible in your approach and comfortable in undertaking a broad range of activities. This means not limiting your time and focus on one element of your role. You’ll thrive on the variety this gives you and take satisfaction for operating in a multi-skilled environment. And you’ll be encouraged ‘Think Customer’ and share ideas on improving processes and customer experience. You’re the eyes and ears of our business after all.

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

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
• You will require the right to work in the UK (please see details below)

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

What else you need to know:

This is a permanent full time role based in Sheffield, working hours are Monday to Friday 10am to 6pm with 1 in 4 Saturdays.

We want our people to thrive at work and home, and also be able to deliver the best outcomes for our customers and to help each other develop. To support this, we offer site-based contracts with a hybrid working pattern and our expected level of attendance in an office is at least 12 days per month.

If you apply for this role in Sheffield, it’s important you consider your travelling distance, time and cost from your home to the office location.

We’re happy to discuss specific working patterns and arrangement within this hybrid approach during the recruitment process.

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.

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.