Customer Support Representative - Start date 9th March 2026Kilmarnock£25,000
Hybird WorkingMonday to Friday - 8 am to 4 pm or 9 am to 5 pm
Pertemps are delighed to be working on behalf of a well established employer based in Kilmarnock to support on their search for Vulnerable Customer Care Agents. This is a permanent role which is well-suited to those who come from a care background.
What your day looks like- A new challenge every day
- Helping customers who are experiencing complex personal circumstances
- Discuss, empathise, and encourage disclosure of information to allow you to help customers
- Communicating with customers and third parties via telephone, email, letter & live chat
- Work together with your team and share best practice to continually improve service
- Celebrate success – we encourage you to highlight awesome work completed
What we expect from you- Deliver great conversations and customer outcomes – by phone and in writing
- Maintain consistently high standards of quality during customer interactions
- Know Your Customer – Take the right approach, not necessarily the normal approach
- Adhere to regulations (these are covered off in training)
- Efficiently managing your caseload within agreed targets
- Comfortable using multiple systems and Microsoft packages
Adhere to our values- Committed to always doing our best work
- Accountable for our actions
- Respectful in our interactions with each other
- Ethical in every situation
- Successful because we work together as a team
You’ll be- Confident and empathetic when communicating with customers including regularly speaking to those who threaten to complete suicide and/or harm themselves and the recently bereaved.
- a patient demeanour.
- Able to make confident decisions about capacity & incapacity.
- Good at reading between the lines and listen out for/look for things customers haven’t disclosed, but may factor into our decision making.
- Ability to show great resilience after upsetting and unsettling calls.
- Willing to share your own expertise and ideas
- Open to coaching and keen to learn new skills
- Great at engaging with customers and building relationships, with a service minded approach
Benefits:
- Monthly/Quarterly recognition programme and incentives throughout the year
- Ability to earn annual bonus
- Hybrid/Flexible hours of work – Currently Monday to Friday between 8am and 5pm
- Modern working environment with pool and ping pong tables for breaks
- Team building nights and days
- 1 give back day a year, to support a charity of your choice!
This role will give you the opportunity to make a real difference to customers in a time of need. If this role sounds like something you would excel in then reach out to the Pertemps team for more information!