Lewisham

Up to £23,000

35 hours per week, 7 hours per day between 8:00 am - 8:00 pm, Monday to Friday

Hyde is looking to recruit an inbound Receptionist (Customer Services Officer).

Hyde is one of the UK’s leading and award-winning providers of affordable homes in London, the South-East and surrounding areas. We provide and manage 50,000 homes to over 100,000 customers. Our ethos is simple, by providing customers with a safe and decent home it allows them to realise their potential, enjoy their environment and contribute to their community.

As a Receptionist (Customer Services Officer), you will be working within our demanding call centre as the first point of contact for our customers. You will be expected to manage a high volume of demanding and challenging inbound telephone calls, ensuring a speedy resolution and a satisfied customer.

Responsibilities

• Acting as a first point of contact for customers.
• Handling up to 50-60 demanding telephone calls daily.
• Referring specialist and complex enquiries to relevant teams.
• Providing a great customer service across all communication platforms.
• Meeting or exceeding KPIs / targets.
• Building and maintaining excellent rapport with our internal and external customers.

Skills and Experience required

• Customer Service experience
• Microsoft Office
• Empathetic – putting yourself in the customers’ shoes
• Resilient – dealing with difficult telephone calls
• The ability to type whilst on a telephone call

Benefits

• A fantastic pension
• Life assurance
• Great holidays
• An award-winning flexible benefits package.
• Volunteering days
• Hyde operates an agile approach to work, requiring you to be in the office 40% of your time

Diversity and inclusion are integral to the Hyde Group, we strive to build and nurture a culture where inclusivity is the norm and not an initiative. Many of the greatest ideas and discoveries come from a diverse mix of minds, backgrounds and experiences, and we’re committed to cultivating an inclusive workplace which reflects our customer profile and where everyone is proud to be unique.

Hyde is a disability confident employer and we are here to support you with any reasonable adjustments that you need throughout the recruitment process.

We reserve the right to close this advert as soon as a suitable candidate has been identified.