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Customer Service Representative

Posted 17 April 2025
Salary £22,750
LocationWallsend
Job type Permanent
Industry Sector Commercial
ReferenceJ139077
Job FunctionCustomer Service

Job description

Rewards and Benefits on offer:

  • You will be working Monday – Friday 0900-1700

  • 25 days holidays + bank holidays increasing to 28 after 5 years

  • Pension – Employee 5% and Employer 3%

  • Free Parking on site

  • Free Daily Fruit drops

  • Free Breakfast for all staff

  • Death in service 3 times salary

  • Employee Assistance programme

  • Discount platform

  • Day off for your birthday

  • Free flu jabs for anyone that wishes to have them

  • Cycle to work scheme

  • Salary sacrifice Season ticket for the metro

  • Hybrid working (3 in office, 2 at home) optional for the employee and (after successful completion of probation/training period)

  • A very secure, very well-established employer, with long term career progression.

Your New Career Opportunity:

MTrec Commercial is proudly representing our incredibly prestigious award-winning Newcastle based client with their plans for growth and expansion, for their state-of-the-art Customer Service operation.

They are now looking to recruit a permanent Customer Service Advisor as soon as possible to join their highly trained team and to work in an unbelievable office environment.

If you have a background in customer services and you can provide a great customer experience, please apply for an immediate response. You must be IT literate, experienced in dealing with customers in a professional manner and be able to also respond to customer service calls and emails.

You will be joining a truly expanding and dynamic company, a superb team-based culture, and huge opportunities to progress and advance your career. The company are looking for committed and hard-working customer service orientated individuals who are looking for a long-term permanent job opportunity.

The job you will be doing:

  • First line response to incoming calls.

  • Accurately and speedily set up new claims.

  • Accurate recording allowing speedy closure and optimum settlement in accordance with targets and statutory limits.

  • Professional handling of calls to ascertain liability and move forward in a positive manner.

  • Record all relevant information to reduce potential costs and identify indemnity concerns.

  • Makes outbound calls when appropriate.

  • Applies relevant notes to claims so that the next handler is fully aware of salient points of claim.

  • Accurately setting up of new claims with all preliminary tasks completed.

  • Proactively manages third party captures.

About you:

  • Experience within a customer service type background – ideally, we are looking for someone who has worked in an office-based setting and received inbound calls.

  • Good attention to detail

  • IT literate and competent keyboard skills

  • Good communication skills

  • Flexible and able to support other areas

  • Good communication skills

  • Assertive telephone manner to maximise the volume of calls taken

  • Ability to take ownership of possible problems

  • Ability to work under pressure and with minimal supervision and referrals  

  • Ability to use own initiative with minimum referrals.

  • Flexible approach to tasks required when under pressure i.e. staff absence/holidays.

  • Willingness to support new members of staff.

  • Works as part of the team/team player.

  • Ability to work on own and with minimal supervision