Pinnacle Group provides people-first, integrated services across a range of community-facing assets and infrastructure – including multi-tenure housing, schools, open spaces, public buildings, utilities and broadband networks – as well as a range of complementary employment and wellbeing outcomes. Across the UK, Pinnacle supports over 300,000 homes, 200 schools and 80 public buildings creating value, providing stewardship and generating positive outcomes for our customers, our partners and our clients.
Our 24/7 Contact Centre takes hundreds of thousands of calls each year, providing our customers with help when it is needed most. Our agents are trained to deal with a wide range of calls which ensure customer queries are handled with the highest levels of customer service.
The Role - Team Manager
We’re looking for motivated and driven individuals to join our team as a Team Manager. The successful candidate will be leading and performance managing a team of Customer Service Advisors to deliver in hours and out of hours support services to clients and customers via multiple channels within a 24/7/365 Customer Service Centre.
The hours of this role will vary from 7/8am to 5/6pm or 2pm to 10pm. You will be working on a 4 days on, 4 days off basis so this will also include weekends.
Duties/Key Responsibilites
• The performance and development of a team of cross-skilled customer service advisors in line with the CSC performance management framework.
• Support the deliver of the Connect operational plan with clear performance and customer service outcomes.
• Support and deliver the Pinnacle values through effective management of people and processes.
• Work collaboratively with internal and external partners to achieve agreed objectives.
• Deputising for the Head of Contact Centre Operations Manager as required.
• You will performance manage a team of CSA’s responsible for dealing with high volume customer contact and enquiries by telephone/live chat/social media/e-mail etc.
• You will work in a performance management driven culture with SMART objectives linked to the overall CSC key performance indicators.
• You will provide ongoing coaching and development of your CSA’s which will include monthly 1-2-1 sessions, team meetings and individual personal development plans.
• You will be a customer service ambassador, ensuring your team provide excellent customer service, take ownership, and promote customer self-service in the future.
• You will ensure your CSA’s resolve customer enquiries in a quick and efficient manner, resolving issues via first contact resolution (FCR) where possible, to deliver a seamless out of hours service in line with the Pinnacle values.
• You will deal with escalations from CSA’s where appropriate and look to limit the volume of complaints raised to front-line staff by early agreed resolution with our customers.
• You will ensure a high-quality is provided to customers at all times in line with Pinnacle values, behaviours, and corporate standards.
• You will act as a positive role model for other staff members, and convey the Pinnacle values, behaviours, and corporate standards at all times.
• Promote and support a culture of continuous improvement in customer service to achieve excellence.
• Use feedback from customers to improve services being delivered by your team.
• Support your team to provide proactive customer services.
• Be prepared to offer support to resolve difficult issues and manage escalated complaints about our services quickly, learning from the experience.
• Promote a culture that balances the needs of the customer with those of the business.
• Seek and act on feedback to improve your team performance.
• Effectively performance manage staff to ensure service standards are maintained.
• Have a clear understanding of the Organisations objectives and how you feel you and your team contribute to meeting them.
Skills Required
In order to be successful in this role, we have outlined the key behaviours we’ll expect of you, and the knowledge, experience, and skills you will need to do the job. You’ll be assessed on these criteria at various stages through the selection process.
• Staff management experience, preferably in a customer focused, contact centre environment.
• Experience of delivering excellent customer services that meet individual and team needs and performance requirements.
• Experience of managing business and staff performance.
• Willingness to work evenings/weekends to meet client and customer needs.
• Excellent communication and relationship building skills.
• Experience of working in a repairs and maintenance, social housing, or similar environment.
• Experience of managing staff working in a multi-channel customer service centre.
• Experience of delivering an effective repairs and maintenance service.
• Strong people management, coaching and development, problem-solving skills.
• Excellent customer service and recovery skills.
• Ability to work independently, manage your own workload and meet deadlines.
• Good communication skills, including written and verbal with excellent interpersonal skills and ability to express ideas in a clear and concise manner to different audiences.
• Good decision making and ability to think tactically and identify service improvements.
• Experience of working in a performance management culture.
• Ability to deal firmly, yet diplomatically with a wide range of people and situations.
• Ability to work flexibly and have an adaptable approach to change and lead people through that change well in a fast-paced, contact centre environment.
Pinnacle Group strives to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from anyone regardless of ethnic origin, gender, disability, age, trade union activity, marital status, religious belief or sexual orientation.
We are Armed Forces friendly. We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, armed forces veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.