Complaint Handler inCardiff inCardiff PUBLISHED 2 OCT 2024

Hello, we're Starling. We built a new kind of bank because we knew technology had the power to help people save, spend and manage their money in a new and transformative way. We're a fully licensed UK bank with the culture and spirit of a fast-moving, disruptive tech company. We're a bank, but better: fairer, easier to use and designed to demystify money for everyone. We employ more than 3,000 people across our London, Southampton, Cardiff and Manchester offices.

In this role, you'll provide an excellent customer experience by taking a proactive approach to investigating and resolving a complaint; ensuring a good outcome.

Applications will close at 12pm on Friday 4th October.


The Shifts:


We enable our customers to manage their money 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Whenever they need us, we will be there. This role currently operates on a shift pattern of 37.5 hours a week per week (5 x 7.5hr shifts), Monday - Friday, 9am-5.30pm.


Training for the role:


We have a 6 week training programme which is run from the office so you'll need to be able to commit to being in the office during the day for your first 6 weeks with us. The training gives you all of the skills and support you need to succeed at Starling!

This is a hybrid role, the first 6 weeks will be spent full time in our office, moving to 1/2 days per week, after this period.


The recruitment process:


Once we have reviewed your initial application, if we feel you have the skills and experience for the role we will ask you to record a video to answer a few technical questions and to tell us why you would be a great addition to the team. If you prefer you can have a call with a member of our Talent Acquisition team to answer the questions instead.

After this, the final stage would be a video interview with our Complaints Team, where they will discuss the role, your skills and experience in more detail and answer any questions you may have about the role and what to expect! You will also be asked to complete a written task, as part of the final stage.


Responsibilities:

• Balancing priorities- manage a pipeline of complaints
• Take ownership of complaints and make sure that fair outcomes are achieved for our customers.
• Empathise and acknowledge the customer's concerns; communicate regularly as you investigate and resolve the complaint.
• Adapt to changing requirements which evolve as part of a growing business
• Work in conjunction with company policy and procedures
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues
• Identify areas for process, policy and service improvements
  
  
  

Requirements


Behaviours & Competencies:

• Resilience and positivity-An individual who views a situation with logic and perspective
• Integrity- Always do the right thing for our customers, colleagues and Starling.
• A positive "can-do" attitude whilst working in a changeable environment
• Effective communication style that's adaptable to a diverse range of customers.
• The ability to listen and ask questions that get to the root cause of the problem
• Proactive and self motivated
  
  

Skills:

• Good judgement skills and the ability to make evidence-based accountable decisions
• Proactive and demonstrable problem-solving skills
• Ability to plan and prioritise in a changing, busy environment
• Excellent administrative skills
• A banking background is desirable
• Experience writing Final Response Letters
  
  
  

Benefits

• 25 days holiday (plus take your public holiday allowance whenever works best for you)
• An extra day's holiday for your birthday
• Annual leave is increased with length of service, and you can choose to buy or sell up to five extra days off
• 16 hours paid volunteering time a year
• Salary sacrifice, company enhanced pension scheme
• Life insurance at 4x your salary & group income protection
• Private Medical Insurance with VitalityHealth including mental health support and cancer care. Partner benefits include discounts with Waitrose, Mr&Mrs Smith and Peloton
• Generous family-friendly policies
• Incentives refer a friend scheme
• Perkbox membership giving access to retail discounts, a wellness platform for physical and mental health, and weekly free and boosted perks
• Access to initiatives like Cycle to Work, Salary Sacrificed Gym partnerships and Electric Vehicle (EV) leasing
  
  

About us:

You may be put off applying for a role because you don't tick every box. Forget that! While we can't accommodate every flexible working request, we're always open to discussion. So, if you're excited about working with us, but aren't sure if you're 100% there yet, get in touch anyway.We're on a mission to radically reshape banking - and that starts with our brilliant team. Whatever came before, we're proud to bring together people of all backgrounds and experiences who love working together to solve problems.

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