Customer Service Assistant (PFI)
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £24,853.60 Per Annum
Working Hours: Full Time 35 Hours
Working Pattern: Monday to Friday
Location: West Bromwich, Birmingham
If you share our values and are excited about making a significant impact at Riverside, please ensure you attach a current CV and covering letter. At Riverside we recruit to potential not just on skills and experience, so we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet all the essential criteria on the job description.
The difference you will make as a Customer Service Assistant (PFI)
You will work as part of a team delivering high quality, cost-effective, face to face comprehensive housing and telecare service, resolving the service requests of customers of Riverside and Sandwell Council Tenants. The role will require you to deal with all service enquiries to Riverside through a variety of media (phone, text, email and web) and diagnose and order repairs including liaison with contractors and guiding customers through simple processes to resolve issues themselves.
To work as part of an Administrative team delivering a wide range of functions such as allocations, administrative support including lettings, repair logging and complaints.
Role model Our Riverside Way values, and work closely with other teams to ensure that services meet our aspirations, and that our customers trust us to deliver on our commitments. Drive the continuous improvement of the customer experience, while relentlessly reducing waste and improving value.
Finally, you will assist the provision of housing management, and asset services within the PFI contract, and fulfil contractual obligations, targets, and performance standards.
Why Riverside?
At Riverside, we’re a housing association with a difference – enhancing the everyday for all our customers. For 90 years, we’ve been revitalising neighbourhoods and supporting communities by providing the homes they need to live full, fulfilling and rewarding lives.
We have a portfolio of over 75,000 affordable residential and retirement homes across the UK. Our work ranges from homelessness services to social care, employment support to retirement living, and we need the best people on board to help us.
Working with us, you’ll enjoy:
- Competitive pay & generous pension
- 28 days holidays plus bank holidays
- Flexible working options available
- Investment in your learning, personal development and technology
- A wide range of benefits
Diversity and Inclusion at Riverside:
We are inclusive. At Riverside, we value diversity in all its forms. We foster a workplace where all individuals are respected, empowered, and heard. Our commitment to inclusivity drives our success and enriches the lives of our customers and colleagues.
Applications may close before the deadline, so please apply early to avoid disappointment.