Quality Assurance Officer

The Role:Quality Assurance Officer

Location: Flexible working - both the option to work remotely and office based available.

Contract type: Full time 37.5hrs per week

We are excited to announce that we are now looking for a Quality Assurance Officer to join the Quality Assurance team.

The key responsibility of the role lies within evaluating and analysing customer interactions across various channels of communication in line with business processes and policies, identifying areas for improvement as well as any potential customer detriment which may require remedial action.

You'll deliver constructive feedback in a coherent manner to support continuous improvement and maintain excellence in telephone skills and product knowledge, ensuring we remain compliant with various regulatory bodies and deliver good customer outcomes.

About the role:

• Listen to and evaluate customer interactions, to ensure they are handled in a regulatory compliant manner, promoting good customer outcomes.
• Ensure interactions are reviewed in line with process and the outcome is a true and accurate reflection of the information presented.
• Develop a comprehensive understanding of business processes and procedures, to ensure all interaction are analysed consistently.
• Identify and report any recommendations to drive continuous improvement, to support the delivery of good customer outcomes.
• Take responsibility for continuous personal development, driving performance through excellent knowledge and skills.
• Deliver both written and verbal feedback in a constructive and coherent manner, that promotes collaboration with Operational and Support functions.
• Identify potential customer and business detriment in-line with guidelines, pro-actively completing any remedial actions to ensure good outcomes are maintained.
• Responsible for managing individual work allocation, taking ownership of all assigned tasks through to completion.
• Maintain a sound knowledge of regulatory compliance requirements, taking personal accountability for adherence to regulatory and compliance control procedures.

Quality Assurance is essential in ensuring that our products and services are assessed and processed accurately and consistently, to support an excellent experience for our customers. The role is also vital to ensure that D&G meets the requirements of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and adheres to the Treating Customers Fairly (TCF) principles.

About you:

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• A proven track record of delivering customer focused outcomes in a fast-paced regulatory environment.
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to analyse interaction and make decisions with confidence.
• Previous experience of working in Sales, Service or Quality Assurance.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to liaise and communicate effectively with all employees.
• Good organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workload effectively.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Experience of delivering to targets and taking ownership of individual performance.
• Good regulatory understanding of the FCA, GDPR, TCF principles, Complaints handling and the Financial Ombudsman Service.

This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a high performing team whilst playing a crucial role within our Quality Assurance function. You’ll be encouraged to stretch and challenge yourself within a dynamic environment whilst being innovative, looking for new ways of working.

Working for us, works for you:

• Comprehensive training with clearly defined career progression opportunities
• Regular incentives with amazing prizes to be won
• Annual leave – 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays) with an annual option to buy up to 5 additional days of annual leave
• Health cash plan – employer funded cover to enable you to claim money back on essential healthcare costs, including dental, optical, physiotherapy and many more. Cover also includes unlimited access to a 24/7 virtual GP service
• Pension scheme – matched employer contributions up to 5% of basic salary
• Life assurance – employer funded cover of 4x basic salary
• Dedicated online benefit portal offering access to saving and lending facilities, financial wellbeing and support services:
  • Salary Finance – access to savings and borrowing through payroll
  • Car Leasing – access to a carbon neutral salary sacrifice car leasing scheme, with an all-inclusive monthly cost covering all charge, taxes, insurance, repairs and maintenance on a range of brand-new vehicles
  • Travel Loans – interest free loans to help spread the cost of annual travel tickets
  • Cycle to Work – tax efficient bike and cycling equipment worth up to £1,000
• Health & Wellbeing – discounted gym membership, online virtual workout sessions, online culinary classes
• OnHand – Giving you the opportunity to be an Eco & Social volunteer via a handy app. Volunteer individually or in groups to get involved in Youth Mentoring, Food Poverty, Homelessness & Elderly help.
• Employee Assistance Programme – specialist advice and support on issues such as finance, relationships, illness and family issues
• Free Domestic & General protection plan – one free plan each year with access to discounted rates of up to 50% on additional plans, including referrals for family and friends
• Employee discounts – access to discounted Sky TV and mobile packages, together with a range of discounts for 100s of online and high street retailers

Domestic & General are an equal opportunities employer which means we treat people fairly. We welcome applications from all suitably skilled persons regardless of their gender, age, race, disability, ethnic background, religion/belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or marital/family status. Please note that we have a thorough referencing process, which includes criminal record checks.

For over a hundred years, Domestic & General have been a trusted provider of aftercare for millions of domestic appliances. Today, we’re the UK’s leading provider of appliance breakdown protection, developing products and services to meet your needs.

We provide protection, maintenance and support for a broad range of domestic products and consumer electronics, ranging from televisions to washing machines to boilers.

We look after 23.9 million products and, through our expert service network, we repair or replace 2.9 million appliances every year*.

It’s our mission to keep your world running by delivering a service that never lets you down.