Customer Service Representative

Serving our customers, communities, and planet a little better every day.

Salary: £25,200 - £26,000 per year (depending on experience) + annual bonus

Hours:

Full-time, 36 hours per week

Location:

Longbenton, Newcastle

We know insurance is personal - that's why our colleagues in the General Insurance team know how to help Tesco customers with their home and motor insurance needs. As part of the team, you'll help customers manage and service their policies. You'll thrive in a fast-paced, professional team where working together to achieve what matters most goes hand in hand with delivering exceptional service with empathy and care.

• Delivering excellent customer service across every interaction
• Managing high call volumes while maintaining a positive, engaging approach
• Educating customers about our full range of products and services (training provided)
• Handling inbound and occasional outbound calls
• Applying judgement to resolve customer queries efficiently
• Promoting our digital channels to help customers self-serve where appropriate
• Recording all customer interactions accurately and promptly

• A passion for delivering excellent customer experiences
• Previous contact centre experience is desirable, but transferable experience from retail, hospitality or leisure is equally valued
• Clear and confident communication skills, both written and verbal
• Strong technical capability, as you'll regularly use multiple systems simultaneously
• Empathy, resilience and adaptability in a fast-paced environment

• Tesco Colleague Clubcard: 10% discount (15% every payday weekend)
• Wellbeing & health: free 24/7 Virtual GP service for you and your family, plus Cycle to Work scheme, and access to Wellhub to save on your gym membership
• Generous leave: 7.2 weeks' holiday (including Bank Holidays)
• Family support: enhanced maternity, paternity and shared parental leave policies
• Exclusive offers from top brands and partners
• Financial security: pension scheme matching up to 7.5%, plus life assurance up to 5x salary

By the way, we know it's important to balance work with everyday life commitments, so talk to us about any flexibility you need 're happy to explore part-time and flexible working opportunities across our business.

You'll begin your journey with onsite training in our Longbenton office before moving into your team. Our 'Moments that Matter' working model means you can request to work primarily from home once you're fully trained and competent. You'll still join your colleagues in the office for important team meetings, training and social events. The site is easy to reach by Metro and major bus routes, with free parking available.

As this is an FCA-regulated financial services role, all offers of employment are subject to background screening, including criminal record and financial checks. You must have the right to work in the UK (through nationality, visa or work permit).

Seeing your impact all around you: there's no better feeling.

Lucky for us, we get to feel it all the time. Because whatever our role, we're helping our colleagues and serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day.

We deal in the personal - from pet insurance for your best friend, and home insurance for peace of mind, to motor insurance for your dream car or travel money for that trip you've worked hard for.

Everything we do is about making things better. Not just for others, but for you too. It's why you'll get bags of choice and plenty of development. It's why you'll always be heard and find balance that works for you. It's why you'll feel totally at home in a place where everyone's welcome.

So, if you want a career where you can do good and feel good, you've found it.

Let's make everyday a little better.

Making Insurance and Money Services more rewarding and offering great value and choice - because we know little wins can make a big difference.

We began life in 1997 and now help more than 2 million customers protect what matters to them.

We want to deliver a helpful service in everything we do and to make life easier for our customers. Our policies are really easy to manage online for our customers, but we know that being able to speak to our customer service staff when you need to is really important. This is why our customer service centres are open seven days a week.

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