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Date live: Nov. 19, 2024

Business Area: Specialist Customer Care

Area of Expertise: Banking Operations

Reference Code: JR-0000019976

Contract: Permanent

Join our Litigation Team in customer home assistance as a BA4 Customer Care Colleague, where you’ll play a vital role in supporting customers facing complex and sensitive situations. This role requires a balance of empathy and professionalism as you guide customers through legal processes, providing clear communication and tailored solutions. With a focus on resolving disputes and addressing financial challenges, you'll use your expertise to navigate legal frameworks while maintaining a customer-first approach. If you have resilience, attention to detail, and the ability to manage emotionally challenging conversations while maintaining professionalism.

This role is an inbound and outbound telephony role working shift patterns between Monday - Sunday 7am-11pm, mostly working between Monday-Friday 8am-6pm.

Essential criteria:

  • Strong objection handling and problem-solving skills to quickly resolve complaints and effective communication and listening skills.

  • Strong customer service skills to create excellent customer satisfaction.

Desirable criteria:

  • Knowledge of litigation policies or regulations

  • Proficiency in undertaking complex financial support, litigation, and receivership activities.

Purpose of the role

To provide resolutions for customer queries/issues and personalise each interaction through the use of multiple communication channels. 

Accountabilities

  • Collaboration across multiple digital channels to personalise each interaction with a customer.
  • Enhancing the bank's digital capabilities when current technology is identified as not yet ready to support.
  • Provision of exceptional customer service to clients by responding to inquiries, resolving issues and handling client requests efficiently.
  • Support the collaboration of internal stakeholders including sales, operational, and risk management teams to meet client needs and expectations, so that transactions are executed accurately and on time.
  • Support teams within the business operations function as needed, including risk management, compliance and collections.
  • Comply with all regulatory requirements and internal policies related to customer care.
  • To provide resolutions for customer queries/issues and personalise each interaction through the use of multiple communication channels.

Analyst Expectations

  • To perform prescribed activities in a timely manner and to a high standard consistently driving continuous improvement.
  • Requires in-depth technical knowledge and experience in their assigned area of expertise
  • Thorough understanding of the underlying principles and concepts within the area of expertise
  • They lead and supervise a team, guiding and supporting professional development, allocating work requirements and coordinating team resources.
  • As an individual contributor, they develop technical expertise in work area, acting as an advisor where appropriate.
  • Will have an impact on the work of related teams within the area.
  • Partner with other functions and business areas.
  • Takes responsibility for end results of a team’s operational processing and activities.
  • Escalate breaches of policies / procedure appropriately.
  • Take responsibility for embedding new policies/ procedures adopted due to risk mitigation.
  • Advise and influence decision making within own area of expertise.
  • Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you own or contribute to. Deliver your work and areas of responsibility in line with relevant rules, regulation and codes of conduct.
  • Maintain and continually build an understanding of how own sub-function integrates with function, alongside knowledge of the organisations products, services and processes within the function.
  • Demonstrate understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
  • Make evaluative judgements based on the analysis of factual information, paying attention to detail.
  • Resolve problems by identifying and selecting solutions through the application of acquired technical experience and will be guided by precedents.
  • Guide and persuade team members and communicate complex / sensitive information.
  • Act as contact point for stakeholders outside of the immediate function, while building a network of contacts outside team and external to the organisation.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.

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