Customer Service Consultant - Fareham

Total Number of hours: 9am-5pm 2 days per week (days to be agreed)
Working Pattern: Saturday working at Portsmouth

We offer an attractive hourly rate starting from £13.76, Per Hour plus an annual discretionary performance bonus.

What you'll do

The role of a Customer Service Consultant is to provide an outstanding service we can all be proud of, educating our customers to enable them to use our digital platforms, giving them a choice of how they wish to bank with us. Our Customer Service Consultants actively raise fraud awareness protecting our customers and will identify and support those who are in potentially vulnerable situations or have more complex needs ensuring financial inclusion for all. 

We are looking for people who are passionate about delivering an outstanding customer experience, people who are ambitious and have a helpful personality. Previous Customer Service experience is helpful but is not essential. what we are really interested in is someone who can hold a conversation and who has a genuine passion for going above and beyond for customers – everything else we can teach you!

At HSBC we are passionate about coaching and developing our people, you will have access to our learning platform and the opportunity to develop yourself and your career further.

Within this role you will:

•    Play a pivotal role within our Branch Customer Service Team by being the first point of contact for our customers, take ownership of their individual needs and deliver an exceptional customer experience.
•    Play an integral part in customer education around HSBC digital services and fraud awareness. 
•    Identify customers who are in vulnerable situations and determine the best way we can support them.
•    Help our customers with more complex banking needs to ensure they feel supported in their choices.

What do I need to be successful?

•    Demonstrate excellent communication skills enabling you to engage in effective conversations, build strong connections and show empathy to our customers.
•    The ability to take ownership of customer enquiries through to resolution, you will pride yourself on delivering a customer experience that exceeds expectations, delivering a personalised, friendly & efficient service.
•    Be resilient to a continuous changing environment. 
•    There may be times when we may ask you to support other local branches within a reasonable distance to you with any additional costs reimbursed.

Your Training

You’ll receive full training in-branch to get you up to speed with the specifics of your job role, the systems you will use, as well as the products and services that HSBC offer.

Our Part-Time Customer Service Consultant training course is a total of 45 hours over a 3-week period between Monday to Friday. We recognise that this may not fit into your working pattern, however we can offer overtime or payment in lieu.

As our training is important, we require you to attend the whole course therefore you will be unable to take holidays during your training period.

What You’ll Get!

•    Over six weeks’ full time equivalent of holiday. This includes bank and public holidays with the option to buy more.
•    Perks at Work Benefit where you will be able to access to 30,000+ national & local employee discounts.
•    A market-leading employer Pension contribution
•    BUPA Healthcare
•    Life Assurance, equivalent to four times your annual salary
•    Access to a flexible benefits platform offering upgrades to Health Club Memberships, Retail Voucher Cards, Car Breakdown Cover and more.
•    Sharesave schemes – a monthly savings plan linked to an option to buy shares in HSBC at a discounted rate.

Opening up a world of opportunity.

Being open to different points of view is important for our business and the communities we serve. At HSBC, we’re dedicated to creating diverse and inclusive workplaces. Our recruitment processes are accessible to everyone - no matter their gender, ethnicity, disability, religion, sexual orientation, or age.

We take pride in being part of the Disability Confident Scheme. This helps make sure you can be interviewed fairly if you have a disability, long term health condition, or are neurodiverse.

If you’d like to apply for one of our roles and need adjustments made, please get in touch with our Recruitment Helpdesk:

Email: hsbc.recruitment@hsbc.com
Telephone: +44 207 832 8500