The role of Customer Relations Team Manager will include:
1. Managing a team of Customer Relations Officers who manage and resolve customer complaints to resolution in a timely manner and to a high-quality standard
2. Supporting the recruitment, performance management and development of staff, sharing knowledge and collaborating with peers to improve personal and team performance
3. Assisting with the management, development and implementation of effective systems and processes, making and implementing improvements
4. Managing relationships with internal and external customers, identifying shortfalls in delivery and making improvements
5. Responding positively to complaints and breakdowns in service delivery to meet customer expectations
Skills and experiences:
6. Experience in leading and managing complaints teams in a regulated environment to deliver an outstanding service to a variety of customers with differing needs
7. The ability to build strong working relationships at all levels of the organisation
8. Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise your own workload, whilst always improving customer service
9. Experience at working towards team and personal productivity and quality targets, implementing improvements where these are not being achieved
10. Strong working knowledge of the Housing Ombudsman complaint handling rules
Why work for us?
We provide homes and care for more than 250,000 people in England and Scotland. Our customers are at the heart of all we do. With around 14,000 colleagues, we foster a diverse and inclusive culture, and nurture and reward talent.
Our Benefits
As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary a great place to work, where your wellbeing is of genuine importance, we have developed an attractive employment package. The package recognises your contribution, supports your physical, mental and financial health and gives you the flexibility to tailor your employee benefits by offering:
11. 25 days annual leave (rising to a maximum of 30 days) plus public holidays
12. A pension scheme with matching employer contributions from Sanctuary up to set limits
13. Life Assurance
14. Employee Volunteering scheme
15. Employee Advice Service including counselling
16. Cycle to Work scheme
17. Voluntary health plans
18. Employee discounts
19. Wellbeing support and tools
20. Employee recognition scheme
21. Employee platform to access your reward and wellbeing package online, find exclusive discounts, wellbeing resources and recognition tools
22. Staff Networks, with a shared interest in inclusion, and who provide invaluable support to colleagues
23. Role salary is £40,334 per annum (rising to £42,457 per annum after 12 months, subject to satisfactory performance)
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