Our Customer Services Advisors
Our Customer Services Advisor role
All you need to know
What makes a great Customer Services Advisor?
As first point of contact for our customers, our advisors provide a first-rate service by telephone, email and webchat, using their brilliant communication skills to give our customers the best possible experience.
The primary role is handling contact from customers effectively and efficiently across different lines of business.
What does the role involve?
Duties depend on the line of business you join; however, within all business areas you will be required to:
- speak to customers on the phone, helping them with their questions or issues
- take payments by phone, letter and our online services
- create customer records and keep them up to date
- use webchat and email to support our customers online
What do we look for in an advisor?
It’s our ambition to be the best customer service organisation in the UK and we need fantastic people to help us achieve this. We like our advisors to have:
- great communication skills, both written and verbal
- numerical skills, with the ability to do basic calculations
- commitment to providing a brilliant service for our customers
- ability to handle both enjoyable and challenging conversations
- ability to provide information quickly and clearly
- can-do attitude and a real passion for helping people
When joining us, we give you all the necessary training, tools and skills to get up to speed in the world of HMRC and Customer Services. From call handling to managing customer information, your training will ensure you are equipped to do a brilliant job.
Once you join a business area we continue to support you throughout your learning journey. As such, the duration of training can vary.
You don’t require any previous tax knowledge to become an advisor, just a willingness to learn.
Our Customer Services Advisors are part of our Operational Delivery Profession, which provides a route to professional skills, recognition and a community of colleagues to network and share experiences.
Our advisors have the opportunity to apply for HMRC accelerated development programmes like Spring and Embrace and gain access to an extensive suite of online resources. These enable you to build expertise in customer service, increase your digital skillset and learn about leadership.
You can access mentoring opportunities to suit your skills and ambitions and can make a difference and support others by developing your coaching skills using our Coaching Connections learning.
From day one, our advisors are supported with learning to have quality career conversations with their manager and have access to schemes like the CSG Firelighters, who work with the senior leadership teams to promote change.
We have plenty of opportunities to inspire your future career path.
Our advisors work up to 37 hours per week, covering various shifts between 7.45am and 8pm, Monday to Saturday.
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