Head of Customer Care Houghton-le-Spring, Durham

The Role

This role reports of the Division's Managing Director.

• Efficiently and effectively improve and be responsible for Customer Care within the Division
• Take an active role in assisting the Division to meet its customer satisfaction targets, and to manage all customer-related issues through to resolution
• Manage the team of Customer Care staff effectively, to ensure that the Customer Care Department fully implements the Company's Customer Care policy and procedures and to aim to deal with customer care issues professionally and quickly and to their complete satisfaction
• Visit customers, where required, and agree works in line with NHBC Standards and Bellway Homecare
• Liaise and co-ordinate with the Construction, Technical and Sales Departments to ensure Customer Care issues are minimised
• Ensure cost control is monitored for any works that are carried out
• Attend NHBC Resolutions and bring learning/feedback back to the workplace
• Act as the first point of call out on emergency situations from Safeguard

Experience, Qualifications and Skills Experience

• Experience of working as a Customer Care Manager, ideally with a national housebuilder, housing association or council in a similar role.
• Previous experience of managing, motivating and supporting a team of staff

Qualifications and Training

• GCSE Maths and English - Grade 4+ (or equivalent)

Skills and Aptitude

• Excellent planning and organisational skills
• Able to work to deadlines
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Proficient IT skills along with a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and outlook)
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels
• Committed to diversity and inclusion

The Role and Working Conditions

• Willing to be flexible in respect to day to day duties and hours worked
• Ability to travel to all development sites, including the divisional office

In return we can offer you:

• Optional salary sacrifice car scheme
• Competitive annual bonus
• Contributory pension scheme
• Access to discounts and benefits portal
• ShareSave Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Life assurance
• Holiday Purchase Scheme
• Earn and Learn Opportunities

We reserve the right to close this vacancy if a large volume of applications are received.