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Repairs Customer Services Advisor

Job details
Posting date: 23 January 2025
Salary: £29,210 per year
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 06 February 2025
Location: Teddington, South West London
Remote working: Hybrid - work remotely up to 1 day per week
Company: Richmond Housing Partnership (RHP)
Job type: Permanent
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Summary

Connect with what you'll do

In the role you'll:
 Resolve customer queries effectively, owning
queries from start to finish across all channels:
phone, email, webform, face to face and social
media within service level agreements
 Support customers to access our services online
 Triage all jobs raised in line with contractual scope
to define and allocate the correct service level
agreements
 Ensure that booked appointments are met by
monitoring daily work volumes and ensuring
efficient use of resources, recording competed
tasks appropriately within service level
agreements
 Ensure operatives have the ability to perform jobs
to an optimum level with the correct timings and
trades being applied
 Ensure that all tasks for operatives and
subcontractors (emergency and routine) are
allocated with an agreed appointment
 Ensure that the volume of complaints is reduced
by resolving issues first time
 Manage all activities on CRM, ensuring all
information is up to date
 Support other teams with writing of block letters
and other administration
 Work collaboratively with other teams to address
and resolve job related issues such as missed
appointments, escalating to an appropriate
supervisor where appropriate
 Demonstrate a good understanding of GDPR and
data requests.

Connect with how you'll do it

We're looking for someone with experience of:
 Delivering first-class customer service, preferably
in repairs.
 Investigating, evaluating and responding to
situations quickly
 Confident use of IT systems including Word, Excel,
Powerpoint, databases and email

The key behaviours we expect in the role include:
 Role modelling our values: we know our stuff / we
make it happen / we care.
 Demonstrating inclusive behaviours, respecting
and embracing difference and listening to other
people’s unique perspective.
 Communicating passionately and authentically
across different channels, adapting your style and
methods to meet the needs of a diverse range of
customers and colleagues.
 Being digitally savvy, learning our systems quickly
and using them to deliver an amazing customer
experience.
 Communicating clearly, concisely and thoughtfully
both verbally and in writing.
 Working in an organised, methodical way with
excellent accuracy and attention to detail.
 Making wise decisions and solving problems
without overcomplicating things, understanding
the needs of customers and the different tenures.
 Championing collaborative working across the
organisation.
 Building trust by doing what you say you will.
 Holding your hands up if you make a mistake and
quickly re-focus to put things right.
 Seizing opportunities by being brave and stepping
outside of your comfort zone.
 Demonstrating a good understanding of GDPR and
data requests