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Call Support Lead - FTC 12 months

Salary £30,300 per annum
Location Nationwide
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  • Call Support Lead - FTC 12 months
  • £30,300 per annum
  • Nationwide  
  • Working Pattern - Monday to Friday, 8 hours a day between 8am to 6pm

We offer a sensitive, professional service to the families in our care and are proud to be part of the Funeral Partners family. Together, we are leading the way in setting new standards of excellence within the profession. Our people are key to our success, they bring a wealth of experience from both inside and outside the Funeral industry and, as an organisation, we really know what it means to work as a team. But, don’t take our word for it, see what our people say about working for Funeral Partners.

The Opportunity

This role is office based and can be based at any of our branches with offices out of public areas. This role will be our first point of contact for our clients making their first enquiry with us.  The Call Support Lead will use their natural interpersonal and decision-making skills to ensure our clients are provided with all of the information they need to make the right choice for them. This role supports the wider operational team within Funeral Partners in responding to our client’s needs.

As well as answering the initial enquiry  – which may cover a host of topics – the Call Support lead will ensure the detail  of each interaction with the client are recorded accurately and calls are answered in a timely manner to ensure an efficient service is delivered

This role will require:

  • Experience of arranging funerals and supporting clients (Not essential as training will be provided)
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office applications such as email and Word
  • Intermediate Numeracy and Literacy skills
  • Strong decision-making skills
  • Strong negotiation skills
  • Active listening skills
  • Client focused
  • Able to build rapport and trust with clients
  • Able to build and maintain strong working relationships
  • Effective communication and interpersonal skills
  • Resilience and working effectively in a pressurised environment
  • Approachable and diplomatic
  • Flexible and reliable
  • Accurate with excellent attention to detail
  • Empathic

Our Call Support Lead has a very important role within the team and must be able to build strong working relationships throughout the varied interactions with colleagues  each day.

This role is working 40 hours per week, 8 hours per day between 8am and 6pm Monday to Friday. 


Being a Call Support Lead can be an opportunity to make a real difference to our clients during a difficult time in their lives. To learn more about this important role, go to our Careers page.
 

What We Offer

Working from one of our local Funeral Partners’ Branches you’ll enjoy the satisfaction of working within a small team alongside all the benefits of a much larger national company. We have family friendly policies and can offer flexible working as well as:

•    Comprehensive training for all our roles and opportunities to achieve industry             recognised qualifications.
•    Full uniform
•    Opportunities to work within the local community
•    Reward and recognition scheme
•    Regular feedback surveys and opportunities to join project groups
•    Employee assistance service

About You

You will have worked in the Funeral industry for many years with a proven track record of looking after and supporting families and  you may now be you’re looking for a new challenge. For us it’s more important that you have the right skills and attributes because we will give you all the training you need. Come and join us, we will give you all the tools you need to be a success.

For further information about Funeral Partners, please visit our website
 http://corporate.funeralpartners.co.uk/

Funeral Partners Ltd is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

If you require any reasonable adjustments to support you through the recruitment and selection process, please do not hesitate to contact our HR team on 0118 9406900 or via email hr@funeralpartners.co.uk for any assistance.

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Funeral Partners is the third largest funeral services provider in the UK, with over 240 funeral homes, almost 1000 employees overseeing over 20,000 funerals annually.

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