Customer Service Representative

Ready to Build an Extraordinary Career in Financial Services? Join our dynamic team! We are offering a competitive salary between £24,000 - £25,500, depending on your experience. Grow with us and be rewarded for your expertise and dedication.

How you’ll help us live our purpose: We’ve been helping our members save for their future and buy a home of their own since 1875. By joining us, you’ll play a big role in helping us to put home ownership within reach of more people, generation after generation. It’s a purpose that drives everything we do and one we’re proud of. And you can play your part too – join our dedicated team in Our Contact Centre and we’ll support you to give our members the great service we pride ourselves on, whatever they’re saving for.

Hours of work: Our vibrant contact centre is open Monday to Friday 8am-6pm and Saturdays 9am-5pm. You’ll work 35 hours a week with a set eight-week rota including one in three Saturdays. On successful completion of your first 6 months, you’ll also have the option for hybrid working.

Visa Sponsorship: This role does not meet the eligibility criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route. Therefore, we are only able to consider applications from individuals who already have the right to work in the UK without employer sponsorship.

How you’ll make a difference: As the first point of contact for our customer’s inbound calls you’ll thrive on creating a positive experience whether it’s a call about savings or mortgages. Customer calls range from balance enquiries to speaking to the members about their mortgage payments to more complex queries. You’ll use your IT knowledge and skills to help customers self-serve online, support with technical issues and respond to social media messaging. Taking ownership of every call, you’ll aim to resolve customer queries as efficiently and effectively as possible whilst recognising that on occasions you may need to collaborate with other teams and arrange a call back to provide the right solution. Whatever your day brings, your work will really make a difference and you’ll feel proud of delivering positive outcomes for our customers.

What you’ll bring to the role: We’d love to hear from you if you have experience of working in a customer service environment. Have strong communication and interpersonal skills and can build positive relationships with customers and colleagues. Able to handle high volumes of calls efficiently and with professionalism. Able to manage your workload and structure your day. Can prioritise and multi-task when required whilst completing tasks to a high standard. Show empathy and resilience when faced with demanding situations and can adapt to a wide variety of customer scenarios. Ability to process verbal and written information, assess a situation and make good judgements. Computer literate and comfortable with Microsoft Word and basic Excel.

And in return, you’ll get the best from us: An annual colleague bonus of up to 12%, hybrid working with 60% of your time at home, matched pension contributions of up to 10%, 26 days holiday, plus bank holidays and holiday purchase scheme of up to 5 days each year, colleague mortgage and saver products, and 2 days’ volunteering per year.

We’ll give you a place to belong with the support to learn, develop and shape a meaningful career. Why choose Leeds Building Society? Our business is centred around our people. Our colleagues are at the heart of everything we do and we’re extremely proud of our Inclusive Employers Gold accreditation in 2023. We’re committed to equal opportunities regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity. You’ll be joining a truly purpose-focused culture which helped us win the Leading with Purpose award at the 2023 Business Culture Awards. This recognises the progress we’re making to embed our purpose with our colleagues, and the actions we’ve taken to put home ownership within reach of more people, generation after generation.

Why wait? Apply now! We’d love to hear from you. But don’t wait around - we may close the advert early and we’d hate for you to miss out. Leeds Building Society is devoted to creating a culture and workplace that is representative of the communities we serve. If you’d like to work with us but are unsure if you meet the full criteria for a role, please contact the recruiter as we’d like to find out more about the skills and experience that you could bring to the Society. We’re committed to supporting you to be at your best and if you’d like to discuss any reasonable adjustments, please reach out to us on careers@leedsbuildingsociety.co.uk.