Vulnerability, Access & Bereavement Specialist

About Starling Bank: Hello, we’re Starling. We built a new kind of bank because we knew technology had the power to help people save, spend and manage their money in a new and transformative way. We’re a fully licensed UK bank with the culture and spirit of a fast-moving, disruptive tech company. We employ more than 2,500 people across our London, Southampton, Cardiff and Manchester offices.

Role Overview: As a Vulnerability, Access & Bereavement Specialist, you will provide care and guidance for our customers with complex, additional needs. The role will help us to develop our processes in order to improve the customer journey and deliver good outcomes. This role focuses on speaking to customers over the phone to discuss their needs & options for support.

Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities include:

• Provide exceptional customer service by offering solutions to help and benefit customers in need of specialist support, across a variety of channels including the telephone, email and in-app messaging.
• Support our customers with additional needs by providing an empathetic and bespoke service to enable them to manage their account.
• Provide support and guidance to other departments and colleagues across the Bank.
• Capture and maintain detailed and accurate customer records.
• Work with third parties to aid in developing expertise and business understanding of customer vulnerabilities.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues.
• Identify areas for process, policy and service improvements.

Requirements Behaviours & Competencies:

• Integrity - Always do the right thing for our customers, colleagues and Starling.
• Resilience - An individual with the ability to handle complex issues.
• Passionate about helping customers with additional needs.
• Maintain own knowledge of regulatory requirements and best industry practices.
• A positive "can-do" attitude whilst working in a changeable, fast paced environment.
• Proactive and self-motivated.

Skills & Experience:

• Confidence to communicate with customers over the phone.
• Ability to interact professionally and empathetically with customers.
• Ability to plan and prioritise in a changing, busy environment.
• Effective communication style that’s adaptable to a diverse range of customers and colleagues.
• Excellent administrative skills.
• Good problem-solving skills.

Working Arrangements: To give colleagues the best start at Starling, we have an in-person training period for 6 weeks onsite. After this period, the role will be hybrid with around 2-3 days per week spent in the office.

The Recruitment Process: All candidates will be notified whether they’re successful or unsuccessful. There will be a one stage interview process for this role.

Benefits:

• 25 days holiday (plus take your public holiday allowance whenever works best for you).
• An extra day’s holiday for your birthday.
• Annual leave is increased with length of service, and you can choose to buy or sell up to five extra days off.
• 16 hours paid volunteering time a year.
• Salary sacrifice, company enhanced pension scheme.
• Life insurance at 4x your salary & group income protection.
• Private Medical Insurance with VitalityHealth including mental health support and cancer care.
• Partner benefits include discounts with Waitrose, Mr&Mrs Smith and Peloton.
• Generous family-friendly policies.
• Incentives refer a friend scheme.
• Perkbox membership giving access to retail discounts, a wellness platform for physical and mental health, and weekly free and boosted perks.
• Access to initiatives like Cycle to Work, Salary Sacrificed Gym partnerships and Electric Vehicle (EV) leasing.

About us: You may be put off applying for a role because you don’t tick every box. Forget that! While we can’t accommodate every flexible working request, we’re always open to discussion. So, if you’re excited about working with us, but aren’t sure if you’re 100% there yet, get in touch anyway. We’re on a mission to radically reshape banking - and that starts with our brilliant team. Whatever came before, we’re proud to bring together people of all backgrounds and experiences who love working together to solve problems.

Starling Bank is an equal opportunity employer, and we’re proud of our ongoing efforts to foster diversity & inclusion in the workplace. Individuals seeking employment at Starling Bank are considered without regard to race, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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