Contract:
Permanent
Salary: £25,225
Working hours: 35 hours per week. Working within the hours of 8am to Monday to Friday.
Location: Coventry, CV1 2GN
By joining our team, you'll enjoy the best of both worlds – hybrid working and the collaboration of a great office environment. As well as extensive opportunities for personal and career development.
About us
The Financial Ombudsman Service is a free and easy to use independent organisation that plays a vital role in UK Financial Services. Every year we help resolve thousands of disputes between consumers or small businesses and their financial service providers.
The purpose of your role
The Customer Call Hub acts as a first contact point for our customers at the start of their journey with us, and throughout all stages of their complaint. As the voice of the business, we need to answer calls quickly and efficiently, being experts in relevant questioning and quick understanding through knowledge and experience to ensure a smooth journey for all our customers so that their complaints are being progressed accurately and in a timely manner.
As a Customer Call Hub Adviser, you will develop knowledge of our product areas, processes, understanding what we can and can’t help customers with and where to go for help.
By listening carefully, asking thoughtful questions, thinking pragmatically, and communicating empathetically, you’ll quickly understand and get to the heart of the problems customers bring to us and gain the confidence to progress their complaints quickly.
Full training will be given onsite for the first 4-6 weeks.
Key responsibilities for the Customer Call Hub Adviser:
1. Being the first point of contact - you’ll support and help customers with setting up complex complaints from our inbound helpline, accurately inputting data on our systems
2. A fluid and clear communicator, you will be naturally inquisitive and have the ability to get to the heart of the problem
3. Being trustworthy – you’ll deal with sensitive customer information, so confidentiality is very important
4. Being a good listener who can ask the right questions – you have the ability to adapt your communication style to suit the diverse range of customers and have the resilience to deal with challenging calls
Minimum criteria:
5. Proven experience of working in a call centre environment.
6. Demonstrable experience of supporting diverse customers, including vulnerable and challenging individuals.
7. Passionate about providing excellent customer service through strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain complex and technical information clearly and without the use of jargon
8. Ability to multi-task and consistently achieve key performance indicators (KPIs).
9. Demonstrates curiosity by proactively seeking to understand processes, ask thoughtful questions, and embrace new ideas, whilst adhering to company values.
10. Proficient in IT systems, including Microsoft Office, and comfortable working across dual screens.
It would also be nice for you to have:
11. Experience in complaint handling
12. Knowledge of financial products
Why You'll Love Working With Us:
13. Flexibility: Work your way — remote, hybrid, or in-office
14. Wellbeing: Health plan, gym memberships, mental health support
15. Growth: We invest in your future with [courses, mentorship, promotions
16. Culture: Diverse. Inclusive. Collaborative. Fun.
We also offer an attractive, competitive salary and flexible benefits to suit our people. Here’s a list of some of the many benefits and perks you can get for working with us:
17. 25 days holiday entitlement, with the option to buy extra or sell days
18. Generous pension
19. Various Family Friendly Policies, including enhanced maternity pay, carers and dependants leave
20. Employer provided benefits such as Private medical insurance, virtual GP, Critical illness cover, Life assurance cover, to name a few
21. Choice of voluntary benefits including Technology scheme, Cycle to work scheme, Will-writing service amongst others
22. Our Coventry office is 2 minutes’ walk from the main train station
Let’s Make This Easy.
Please upload an up-to-date copy of your CV explaining any gaps in employment and use the supporting statement box to address how you meet the minimum criteria.
Applications need to be submitted by 11:59pm on Sunday 8th March 2026.
Authenticity of applications
We value authentic personal applications. If we determine that your CV or supporting statement was generated using AI tools, your application may be withdrawn from consideration
Recruitment Process
Eligible candidates will be invited to complete a series of online assessments. If you pass this stage, you'll have a telephone interview with a member of the Talent Acquisition team. Those successful will be invited to an Open Day on the Tuesday 17th March 2026 at our Coventry office to hear more about the role, what we do and have a F2F interview.
The Financial Ombudsman is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all team We view diversity as fundamental to our success and welcome applications from underrepresented groups across all communities. Please click on the link below to find out more
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