MMP Consultancy are looking to recruit a Corporate Complaints & Insight Coordinator on a permanent basis working for a housing association based in Camden.
This role is central to the seamless management and delivery of the overall complaints & insight function. As brand ambassador for the team, you will work with the customers, internal & external stakeholders to ensure complaints handling excellence that facilitates early resolution and embraces continuous service improvement.
This will be a temporary position paying £20.65 per hour.
Responsibilities:
* Ensure the accurate recording of customer complaints into the organisation and in line with our policy and procedures
* Act as Business Champion supporting our internal stakeholders to investigate and respond to complaints in accordance with the Principles of Dispute Resolution
* Proactively work with our internal and external stakeholders to prevent informal complaint escalation
* Carry out peer reviews and scrutiny of complaints case handling to ensure it meets with our regulatory and statutory requirements
* Coordination and facilitation of Housing Ombudsman referral packs in line with complaint handling code requirements
* Challenge and escalate concerns identified in relation to poor complaint case handling
* Day to day handling of complaints and supporting complainants through the complaints process customer first
* Work with staff across all services to focus on getting the right solution first time for our customers and delivering high levels of satisfaction.
* Ensure all front-line teams understand how to prevent dissatisfaction and what to do to put things right.
* Maintain an up-to-date understanding of handling complaints and improving satisfaction and use this to delight customers at every interaction.
* Use customer insight reports, complaints, audits and other statistics to shape and deliver best performance for you and your team.
* Support better ways of working that drive efficiency, promote excellence and ensure value for money
* Engage in a culture of developing innovative solutions and services that enhance our business, deliver on value for money and reflect our values.
* Provide effective business partnering support to investigating managers to ensure thorough and robust investigations and responses of complaints
* Create and enhance internal collaboration ensuring a high level of performance is maintained and targets met
Skills & Abilities:
* Experience of working within a complaint's environment
* A wealth of experience about how to delight customers and manage expectations.
* A commitment to social housing.
* A 'can-do' attitude and solutions-driven, innovative approach that has successfully modernised services.
* A desire to engage with customers, teams and stakeholders to champion the service and be a valued member of the team.
* Be confident with strong communication skills, and excellent written skills
* An understanding of how to manage difficult conversations face to face and by telephone
* Experience of carrying out research and presenting written arguments in a concise but compelling way.
* Excellent knowledge of all MS office applications including intermediate knowledge of outlook, word, excel and a working knowledge of vision
Title: Corporate Complaints & Insight Coordinator
Location: Camden
Salary: £20.65 Umbrella
MMP Consultancy is currently recruiting an enthusiastic Customer Resolution Officer to join a Housing Association on a fixed term basis, in Kent.
Please note this position offers Hybrid Working.
Responsibilities:
* Investigate and respond to customer feedback and complaints with compassion and impartiality within our timescales.
* Ensure all customers receive an equal experience and opportunity to give feedback, and tailor the service to meet the diverse needs of individuals.
* Take ownership of challenging messages and difficult conversations with customers, particularly where there are differing viewpoints.
* Keep customers informed on progress while investigating their complaint.
* Ensure that policies and procedures are followed or challenged appropriately where necessary.
* Respond in writing to customer complaints and log on systems.
* Proactively look for solutions and opportunities to improve the services.
* Collaborate with colleagues to achieve a fair and appropriate outcome for customers, challenging where necessary.
* Ensure learns from our customers' experiences, working with colleagues to identify areas of improvement.
* Actively manage your learning to keep your knowledge up to date, enabling you to respond effectively to customer feedback.
Requirements:
* Experience of working within a customer service environment and/or resolving customer enquiries and complaints.
* Experience of dealing with challenging behaviour and resolving difficult situations.
* Experience of problem solving and making decisions based on sound judgment.
* Experience of understanding and applying policies, procedures and guidelines.
* Ability to communicate clearly and use the most appropriate style and method of communication with internal and external customers and stakeholders.
* Good standard of written communication skills, able to write for a variety of audiences.
MMP Consultancy are working with a fantastic organisation based in East London who are looking to recruit a Income Officer on a ongoing basis.
Main Responsibilities:
* Manage rent, service charge, major works, cyclical and rechargeable accounts, and other housing related debts such as court cost, rechargeables on a regular basis in line with the organisations policies and procedures including legislation.
* To negotiate repayment plans that will clear arrears within a realistic timescale and take corrective action where such payment plans are not complied with.
* Referring residents for support when required to enable them to maximise their income, resolve their debts and sustain their tenancy.
* To take personal responsibility for all aspects of recovery work within the team ensuring cases are progressed in line with policy, procedure and legislation.
* To maximise income collection by leading the management of serious and complex cases across
- Rents and Service Charges
- Leasehold
- Commercial rents
- Sales Ledger & Sundry Debts
* To support Customer Accounts Advisors to maximise income collection for complex cases including:
- Non-Residential Income
- Former Tenant balances
- Sales Ledger
- Sundry Debts
* To pro-actively monitor accounts and take appropriate recovery action.
* Review and monitor former tenant balances including investigating cases and making recommendations for write-off.
* Undertake all aspects of income recovery, court case work presentation and debt recovery case work, including eviction where alternative solutions cannot be found, in accordance with procedures.
* To liaise and maintain good working relationships with all relevant external agencies to ensure residents experiencing difficulties are referred appropriately for support.
* Providing basic financial capability and benefits advice referring cases on to the relevant agencies or the Tenancy Support Officers.
* To visit customers in their homes to discuss their accounts and provide advice and support.
* To meet with leaseholders and commercial tenants where necessary to resolve complex cases.
* Ensure ICT is used efficiently to improve collection of debts, maintaining accurate information.
* Contribute to testing and further development of IT systems to achieve efficient income collection.
MMP Consultancy are looking to recruit a Customer Service Team Leader on a Temp to Perm basis for an excellent social housing contractor based in Norwich.
Key Responsibilities:
* Dealing with a broad range of customers and their different types of enquiries in relation to property, housing and/or repairs
* Working effectively as part of a dynamic/flexible team.
* Leading and developing project work.
* Working with multiple computer systems.
* Analysing data and compiling reports, showing trends etc.
* Dealing with complex customer enquiries and confrontational customers.
* Leading a team, conducting 121's, performance reviews, coaching and mentoring.
* Producing training programmes and delivering training using a variety of methods.
* Work in a pressurised, fast moving environment.
* Knowledge of housing repairs and customer service skills.
* Managing employees within a customer contact team or similar field.
* Working in a customer services environment using customer processes, customer contact software and proprietary systems.
* How to give excellent customer services whilst complying with corporate and legal guidelines.
Skills & Atribuites:
* Effective communication skills to assess and meet the needs of customers, colleagues and managers.
* Write clear and concise responses to customer enquiries.
* Create develop and maintain effective working relationships with service areas, partners and contractors.
* The ability to lead and be part of a project team.
* Capacity to deal with complex enquiries and put responses into clear plain English, with good use of language and grammar.
* Make decisions, in line with legislation and organisaional policy, on customer issues which may affect their home, finances and family.
* Participate in and contribute to the team performance and ensure effect team behaviour.
* Plan and priorise work effectivley for self and team members.
* Be highly organised and methodical with excellent attention to detail.
* Use a variety of computer software packages and workflow processes to deliver customer service.
* Work with confrontational customers and effectively manage escalated enquiries / complaints.
* Create training plans and procedures and deliver training using different training methods and systems. Monitor and evaluate training.
* Provide the team with leadership, expertise, support and assistance.
* Motivate and support the team members to achieve goals and targets.
* Demonstrate ability to undertake recruitment in line with policy.
* Work in a rotation of duties in line with customer demands and requirements.
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