Customer Service OOH Agent

Location: Milton Keynes

Salary: £26,477.31 per annum

Contract: Full-time, Permanent, Night Shift, 4-on-4-off rotation, 8am-8pm

Mears Group is one of the UK’s leading providers of housing and care services. We deliver essential maintenance, regeneration, and customer support services to homes and communities across the country. Our teams work in partnership with local authorities, housing providers, and residents to ensure safe, well-maintained environments and exceptional customer experiences.

About the Role:

As a Customer Service Advisor, no two days are the same. The ideal candidate will be outgoing, hardworking, organised, reliable, and possess good time management and problem-solving skills. Based at our Milton Keynes branch you will be a part of a local team supporting high standards of customer service across housing properties. Whilst ensuring best in class customer service and satisfying all safety, quality and cost control standards.

Key Responsibilities

· Handle all repair and/or non-repair queries in a professional & timely manner, ensuring all appointments are booked in line with contractual commitments

· Accurately diagnose repairs by using the branch operating system.

· Maintain a customer focused approach by communicating professionally with all service users, clients, and both internal/external stakeholders.

· Record and respond to all communication in line with the standard operating procedures including communicating all updates regarding ongoing work and liaising with colleagues to be able to provide accurate information on time.

Role Criteria:

· Customer service focused

· IT literate especially Microsoft

· Ability to deal with challenges and complaints

· Reliable and hardworking

· Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Desirable:

· Call centre experience

· Background in repairs

Benefits we can offer you

· 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

· Annual Mears Fun Day (e.g. Drayton Manor)

· Paid volunteering leave

· Mears Rewards – discounts on groceries, holidays, eye tests and more

· Share save scheme

· Family friendly policies

All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK, Mears does not currently offer visa sponsorship.

Candidates should be aware that all our roles are subject to relevant Background, Identity & Security checks before commencement of employment.

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At Mears Group, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive, we are a Disability Confident employer, valuing individuality and ensuring equal opportunities for all.

We proudly support the Armed Forces Covenant and are honoured to have achieved the Gold Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) to coincide with this, we hold an Endorser Award for the Career Transition Partnership, recognising our commitment to veterans transitioning into civilian careers.

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