327 Chief Customer Officer jobs in the United Kingdom

Customer Relations Advisor

Our client, a well-established and growing business based in Winchester, is seeking a Customer Relations Advisor to join their team.

This is a key role at the heart of the company, where you’ll act as the vital link between sales, production, logistics, and the customer ensuring every order runs smoothly from start to finish. Working with luxury products, you’ll take pride in maintaining the high standards expected by their clients, delivering an exceptional customer experience every time. If you’re someone who thrives on organisation, enjoys problem-solving and values excellence in service, this role could be perfect for you.

Key Responsibilities:

• Accurately process sales orders, confirming lead times, availability, pricing and bespoke requirements.
• Keep accurate client and order records within internal systems.
• Provide timely updates to clients on order status and proactively manage expectations
• Handle customer enquiries across phone, email and online platforms.
• Collaborate with logistics, warehouse, production and sales teams to ensure smooth fulfilment
• Identify and communicate any delays, shortages or issues, coordinating solutions such as returns or replacements.
• Keep accurate client and order records within internal systems.
• Support service reporting and take part in continuous improvement initiatives.

Who They're Looking For:

• 2+ years of experience in customer service, order processing, or operations within a luxury retail/ high net worth product environment
• Naturally customer-focused, with a calm, professional communication style.
• Exceptionally organised, with great attention to detail and accuracy.
• Resilient when working under pressure or managing multiple queries at once.
• Collaborative mindset to work cross-functionally with internal departments
• Confident using systems such as ERP, CRM, email, and Excel.
• Knowledge of sales order processing and systems such as SAP, Sage, or Datafile
• Experience with HubSpot or similar CRM software is desirable.

If you’re looking for a role where you can make a real difference to the customer journey, we’d love to hear from you.

Position: Customer Relations Advisor

Contract Type: Permanent / Full-time

Location: Ryton on Dunsmore, Coventry (Hybrid working)

Salary: £

Why choose DHL eCommerce UK?

Want to work for one of the UK's best workplaces? We are proud to announce that DHL eCommerce UK has been recognised as a Best Workplace 2025 and achieved Top Employer accreditation for the 5th year running. As well as competitive pay rates, you will be entitled to a range of benefits including discount vouchers for restaurants, cinemas, retail outlets, healthcare and much more as well as pension, enhanced family leave, childcare discounts, employee assistance programme and much more

About the role:

To manage enquiries and complaints to conclusion at a consistently high standard, making decisions to an agreed level that will assist with early resolution. The role is key in maintaining customer loyalty to the brand, preventing loss of business, and working across all areas of the business to establish route cause which will assist with continuous improvements, processes and performance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Promote a customer focused approach within DHL
• Manage customers expectations.
• Support escalations from the outsource provider.
• Organise and prioritise complaint investigations whilst achieving KPI's and standards of the role.
• Handle complex issues and objectives.
• Identify and document root cause information and contribute to the identification of improvement opportunities.

· Proactively communicate with customers and colleagues in order to resolve customer complaints in a timely manner in order to improve customer satisfaction levels and restore faith in DHL · Liaise with the relevant functions in order to look at ways we can improve our processes and performance to prevent future reoccurrences.

• Manage the complaint investigation, gathering all available information related to the shipment's transit to its final destination in line with the Claims and Complaint Handling guide.
• Record all real time data on each Complaint file.
• Where applicable, ensure that the details of completed complaints are passed to Claims personnel for settlement.
• Liaise with the Customer Relations Team Leader to agree and document root cause and potential improvement areas - for feedback to the business.
• Where the complaint has been received by a senior member of the business, ensure that they are updated

The ideal candidate will have:

• Planning and organisation skills with the ability to multi task whilst working under pressure.
• Excellent customer focus and attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills.
• Highly flexible approach with a keen eye for detail.
• Exceptional problem solving skills.
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment with tight deadlines.

What about career development?

We take every employee's career seriously and believe in realising their full potential. We have dedicated learning and development programmes that are open to every employee and an open working culture where everyone's voice is heard, so you can shape your future career path at DHL eCommerce UK.

What will you need to do next?

If you meet the requirements for this role and are looking for your next career move, submit your application to us along with an up-to-date CV

Our approach to Diversity and Inclusion

As a global company, we see the diversity of our employees as a genuine strength. A strength that we will only really leverage if we ensure that our employees sincerely feel that they can bring their true selves to work every day.

We're committed to attracting the best possible person for every vacancy irrespective of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will ensure that all our resourcing activities are fair, transparent, and consistent across the UK.

Speedwell Court is a beautiful, purpose built home that provides an exclusive setting and high quality residential and Dementia care to its elderly residents. Staff are committed to looking after the health and wellbeing of residents. This includes providing a range of activities to get involved with, serving delicious, nutritious meals and helping them to enjoy their lives to fullest.

Purpose of the Role

Starting hourly rate: £17.50-£18.60.

Hours: 35 hours per week, with 1 hour unpaid break a day. Monday-Friday.

To lead and deliver activities that achieve occupancy targets for the home, by managing the complete sales process — from initial enquiry to move-in — while developing and implementing local marketing and engagement strategies that raise awareness and drive interest in the service.

Key Responsibilities

Customer Journey Management:

• Be the first and primary point of contact for all on-site prospective residents and their families.
• Deliver engaging and informative show rounds of the home.
• Guide customers through every stage of the admissions process — from eligibility to move-in.
• Maintain a high enquiry-to-admission conversion rate by providing outstanding customer service.
• Track, monitor, and report on all enquiries, conversions, and projected occupancy trends.

Marketing & Community Engagement:

• Develop and implement local marketing plans in line with Abbeyfield's brand and values.
• Organise and attend open days, events, and exhibitions to promote the home.
• Foster strong community links with schools, charities, local businesses, and organisations.
• Manage and grow online profiles on platforms like and Google Reviews.
• Build and maintain strong professional relationships with key stakeholders including GPs, commissioners, hospitals, and local authorities.
• Collaborate with internal teams to ensure cohesive marketing efforts and messaging.

Reporting & Administration:

• Maintain accurate records and databases of enquiries and sales progress.
• Ensure timely completion and processing of all care agreements and paperwork.
• Produce regular reports on activity, market trends, and competitor activity.
• Lead on key marketing events and campaigns, promoting them through social and local media.

About You

Essential:

• Proven ability to lead customer engagement in a service-focused environment.
• Strong relationship-building skills with a customer-first mindset.
• Organised, self-motivated, and results-driven with the ability to manage your own workload.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Confident using Microsoft Office and customer databases to manage leads and reporting.
• Capable of working collaboratively with management teams and contributing to strategic planning.

Desirable:

• Previous experience in a sales or customer service role.
• Experience within the care, senior living, or supported housing sectors.

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If you're passionate about connecting people to great services, and you're ready to make a real impact in people's lives — we want to hear from you.

Customer Relations Advisor

Our client, a well-established and growing business based in Winchester, is seeking a Customer Relations Advisor to join their team.

This is a key role at the heart of the company, where you’ll act as the vital link between sales, production, logistics, and the customer ensuring every order runs smoothly from start to finish. Working with luxury products, you’ll take pride in maintaining the high standards expected by their clients, delivering an exceptional customer experience every time. If you’re someone who thrives on organisation, enjoys problem-solving and values excellence in service, this role could be perfect for you.

Key Responsibilities:

• Accurately process sales orders, confirming lead times, availability, pricing and bespoke requirements.
• Keep accurate client and order records within internal systems.
• Provide timely updates to clients on order status and proactively manage expectations
• Handle customer enquiries across phone, email and online platforms.
• Collaborate with logistics, warehouse, production and sales teams to ensure smooth fulfilment
• Identify and communicate any delays, shortages or issues, coordinating solutions such as returns or replacements.
• Keep accurate client and order records within internal systems.
• Support service reporting and take part in continuous improvement initiatives.

Who They're Looking For:

• 2+ years of experience in customer service, order processing, or operations within a luxury retail/ high net worth product environment
• Naturally customer-focused, with a calm, professional communication style.
• Exceptionally organised, with great attention to detail and accuracy.
• Resilient when working under pressure or managing multiple queries at once.
• Collaborative mindset to work cross-functionally with internal departments
• Confident using systems such as ERP, CRM, email, and Excel.
• Knowledge of sales order processing and systems such as SAP, Sage, or Datafile
• Experience with HubSpot or similar CRM software is desirable.

If you’re looking for a role where you can make a real difference to the customer journey, we’d love to hear from you.

Make a Home at Taylor Wimpey

At Taylor Wimpey, we don’t just build houses; we build futures. Not just for the people who live in our homes, but for our own people too. When we bring our collective skills together, we make amazing things happen - for ourselves, for each other and for our customers. There are incredible opportunities on your doorstep, and we want you to discover them all. 

With 22 regional offices across the UK and operations in Spain, we bring our vision to life locally. Here, you’ll be given the tools to develop your skills and the freedom to explore new avenues. Share your ideas, experience a no-blame culture, and shape your work around your life.

Every single one of us plays a vital role in bringing to life incredible places and spaces, where anyone can thrive. We believe in making a positive difference to our planet, as well as to people. 

Home to work that matters, and you can be a part of it.

Job Summary

The Customer Relations Manager acts as the key point of contact for customers as they move through the Taylor Wimpey Customer Journey from the point they are introduced to their finished home prior to legal completion until they have settled into their new home (typically 8-weeks). They will be responsible for ensuring that the homes handed over to customers meet the Taylor Wimpey Consistent Quality Standards and are “customer-ready” and working with Sales and the Site team to ensure customers legally complete in the timeframes expected. They are also responsible for carrying out quality Home Demonstrations and all aftercare events in a timely and quality way, keeping customers informed on the progress of any issues they raise and working in partnership with the Site team to resolve these as quickly as possible.
The Customer Relations Manager should be conversant in using the technology provided to carry out their role and be adherent to the relevant processes and procedures, including all health and safety regulations and protocols.

Primary Responsibilities

Demonstrates role model customer behaviour

• Acts as an inspiring role model across the team in the delivery of great customer service
• Always demonstrates positive behaviour when discussing or interacting with customers
• Always engage with customers in a professional manner so they are assured we have understood their problem and trust that we will act to resolve this quickly
• Role models Taylor Wimpey’s values by always behaving with integrity and professionalism, acting in a positive, collaborative and encouraging style with everyone

Drives operational performance to achieve key business objectives and priorities

• Works collaboratively with the Site and Sales team to ensure Home Quality Inspections, Home Demonstrations and Customer Journey Aftercare events are carried out in a timely manner, relative to the customers anticipated legal completion date
• Invites all customers to a Home Demonstration and Pre-Completion Inspection ahead of legal completion, so their moving-in day is as easy as possible
• Visits customers after they have moved in to collect their snagging list and any defects and works in collaboration with the Site team to resolve issues
• Demonstrates a solution focused approach to ensure SLA’s are achieved and conflicting priorities are managed well
• Works independently and in an organized and well-planned manner to resolve issues, tasks and complaints within the required SLA
• Looks for solutions when blockers to remedying customer issues arise and ensures the Customer Director is made aware when issues cannot be resolved within SLA
• Ensures issues have quality notes for reference so there is an accurate record of all customer interactions
• Builds relationships with other functions and works collaboratively with them to resolve customer issues
• Builds relationships with subcontractors and suppliers to ensure they understand our expectations of their customer commitments and provide feedback where appropriate to ensure continuous improvement of our service offering
• Builds relationships with other functions and works collaboratively with them to resolve issues.

Committed to continuous improvement

• Takes responsibility for their own development by asking for feedback on their performance to ensure ongoing improvement
• Identifies gaps in their customer engagement ability (verbal and written) and takes responsibility for the continuous improvement of these
• Identifies ways of working that could be more efficient and/or cost effective and puts forwards ideas for improvement
• Keeps up to date with house type ranges, products, specifications and new technology in the home, to ensure informed conversations with customers

Experience, Qualifications, Technical Requirements

• Able to demonstrate ability to work flexibly, efficiently and reliably, with some weekend and end of day hours 
• Strong interpersonal, communication and relationship building skills
• Proven ability to work collaboratively, manage complex internal relationships and challenge appropriately
• Proven ability to remain calm, measured and resilient in challenging situations
• Proven track record of ability to manage complex customer matters
• Previous experience of working in the housebuilding industry

What we offer at Taylor Wimpey

At Taylor Wimpey, we are committed to enabling you to make a home with us. Our work is not just about building homes; it's about doing work that matters, making a positive impact on the lives of our customers and the communities we serve.

We enjoy many benefits as standard, including excellent retail discounts, company funded life insurance and private healthcare, and access to a quality pension scheme with company contributions.  We also offer our discounted house purchase scheme, car leasing scheme and share plans, as well as the opportunity to tailor your benefit package to suit your needs with options such as buying extra annual leave or adding dependants to your benefit cover.  Our total reward offer works perfectly with our culture, we are a welcoming community where everyone can feel at home.    

We create a home to your future by providing opportunities for growth and development. We offer industry leading professional training and development, which supports you to unlock your potential and fulfil your career and personal goals in a variety of opportunities and environments. We look to develop our people in the skills and areas they are most interested in, leveraging your qualities and appreciating your unique competencies, skills and expertise that, when we come together, make this a great place to work.

If you want to do work that matters and build a career that lasts, make a home at Taylor Wimpey. 

Inclusivity Statement

As a proud Disability Confident Employer, Taylor Wimpey is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce. We actively collaborate with individuals who have disabilities and long-term health conditions which have an effect on their ability to do normal daily activities, ensuring that barriers are eliminated when it comes to employment opportunities. In line with our commitment, we guarantee an interview to applicants who declare to us during the application process that they have a disability and meet the minimum requirements for the role. Join us in building a truly diverse and empowered team.

Internal Applicants:

Please inform your line manager if you wish to apply for this role.

Make a Home at Taylor Wimpey

At Taylor Wimpey, we don’t just build houses; we build futures. Not just for the people who live in our homes, but for our own people too. When we bring our collective skills together, we make amazing things happen - for ourselves, for each other and for our customers. There are incredible opportunities on your doorstep, and we want you to discover them all. 

With 22 regional offices across the UK and operations in Spain, we bring our vision to life locally. Here, you’ll be given the tools to develop your skills and the freedom to explore new avenues. Share your ideas, experience a no-blame culture, and shape your work around your life.

Every single one of us plays a vital role in bringing to life incredible places and spaces, where anyone can thrive. We believe in making a positive difference to our planet, as well as to people. 

Home to work that matters, and you can be a part of it.

Job Summary

The Customer Relations Manager acts as the key point of contact for customers as they move through the Taylor Wimpey Customer Journey from the point they are introduced to their finished home prior to legal completion until they have settled into their new home (typically 8-weeks). They will be responsible for ensuring that the homes handed over to customers meet the Taylor Wimpey Consistent Quality Standards and are “customer-ready” and working with Sales and the Site team to ensure customers legally complete in the timeframes expected. They are also responsible for carrying out quality Home Demonstrations and all aftercare events in a timely and quality way, keeping customers informed on the progress of any issues they raise and working in partnership with the Site team to resolve these as quickly as possible.
The Customer Relations Manager should be conversant in using the technology provided to carry out their role and be adherent to the relevant processes and procedures, including all health and safety regulations and protocols.

Primary Responsibilities

Demonstrates role model customer behaviour

• Acts as an inspiring role model across the team in the delivery of great customer service
• Always demonstrates positive behaviour when discussing or interacting with customers
• Always engage with customers in a professional manner so they are assured we have understood their problem and trust that we will act to resolve this quickly
• Role models Taylor Wimpey’s values by always behaving with integrity and professionalism, acting in a positive, collaborative and encouraging style with everyone

Drives operational performance to achieve key business objectives and priorities

• Works collaboratively with the Site and Sales team to ensure Home Quality Inspections, Home Demonstrations and Customer Journey Aftercare events are carried out in a timely manner, relative to the customers anticipated legal completion date
• Invites all customers to a Home Demonstration and Pre-Completion Inspection ahead of legal completion, so their moving-in day is as easy as possible
• Visits customers after they have moved in to collect their snagging list and any defects and works in collaboration with the Site team to resolve issues
• Demonstrates a solution focused approach to ensure SLA’s are achieved and conflicting priorities are managed well
• Works independently and in an organized and well-planned manner to resolve issues, tasks and complaints within the required SLA
• Looks for solutions when blockers to remedying customer issues arise and ensures the Customer Director is made aware when issues cannot be resolved within SLA
• Ensures issues have quality notes for reference so there is an accurate record of all customer interactions
• Builds relationships with other functions and works collaboratively with them to resolve customer issues
• Builds relationships with subcontractors and suppliers to ensure they understand our expectations of their customer commitments and provide feedback where appropriate to ensure continuous improvement of our service offering
• Builds relationships with other functions and works collaboratively with them to resolve issues.

Committed to continuous improvement

• Takes responsibility for their own development by asking for feedback on their performance to ensure ongoing improvement
• Identifies gaps in their customer engagement ability (verbal and written) and takes responsibility for the continuous improvement of these
• Identifies ways of working that could be more efficient and/or cost effective and puts forwards ideas for improvement
• Keeps up to date with house type ranges, products, specifications and new technology in the home, to ensure informed conversations with customers

Experience, Qualifications, Technical Requirements

• Able to demonstrate ability to work flexibly, efficiently and reliably, with some weekend and end of day hours 
• Strong interpersonal, communication and relationship building skills
• Proven ability to work collaboratively, manage complex internal relationships and challenge appropriately
• Proven ability to remain calm, measured and resilient in challenging situations
• Proven track record of ability to manage complex customer matters
• Previous experience of working in the housebuilding industry

What we offer at Taylor Wimpey

At Taylor Wimpey, we are committed to enabling you to make a home with us. Our work is not just about building homes; it's about doing work that matters, making a positive impact on the lives of our customers and the communities we serve.

We enjoy many benefits as standard, including excellent retail discounts, company funded life insurance and private healthcare, and access to a quality pension scheme with company contributions.  We also offer our discounted house purchase scheme, car leasing scheme and share plans, as well as the opportunity to tailor your benefit package to suit your needs with options such as buying extra annual leave or adding dependants to your benefit cover.  Our total reward offer works perfectly with our culture, we are a welcoming community where everyone can feel at home.    

We create a home to your future by providing opportunities for growth and development. We offer industry leading professional training and development, which supports you to unlock your potential and fulfil your career and personal goals in a variety of opportunities and environments. We look to develop our people in the skills and areas they are most interested in, leveraging your qualities and appreciating your unique competencies, skills and expertise that, when we come together, make this a great place to work.

If you want to do work that matters and build a career that lasts, make a home at Taylor Wimpey. 

Inclusivity Statement

As a proud Disability Confident Employer, Taylor Wimpey is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce. We actively collaborate with individuals who have disabilities and long-term health conditions which have an effect on their ability to do normal daily activities, ensuring that barriers are eliminated when it comes to employment opportunities. In line with our commitment, we guarantee an interview to applicants who declare to us during the application process that they have a disability and meet the minimum requirements for the role. Join us in building a truly diverse and empowered team.

Internal Applicants:

Please inform your line manager if you wish to apply for this role.

Make a Home at Taylor Wimpey

At Taylor Wimpey, we don’t just build houses; we build futures. Not just for the people who live in our homes, but for our own people too. When we bring our collective skills together, we make amazing things happen - for ourselves, for each other and for our customers. There are incredible opportunities on your doorstep, and we want you to discover them all. 

With 22 regional offices across the UK and operations in Spain, we bring our vision to life locally. Here, you’ll be given the tools to develop your skills and the freedom to explore new avenues. Share your ideas, experience a no-blame culture, and shape your work around your life.

Every single one of us plays a vital role in bringing to life incredible places and spaces, where anyone can thrive. We believe in making a positive difference to our planet, as well as to people. 

Home to work that matters, and you can be a part of it.

Job Summary

The Customer Relations Manager acts as the key point of contact for customers as they move through the Taylor Wimpey Customer Journey from the point they are introduced to their finished home prior to legal completion until they have settled into their new home (typically 8-weeks). They will be responsible for ensuring that the homes handed over to customers meet the Taylor Wimpey Consistent Quality Standards and are “customer-ready” and working with Sales and the Site team to ensure customers legally complete in the timeframes expected. They are also responsible for carrying out quality Home Demonstrations and all aftercare events in a timely and quality way, keeping customers informed on the progress of any issues they raise and working in partnership with the Site team to resolve these as quickly as possible.
The Customer Relations Manager should be conversant in using the technology provided to carry out their role and be adherent to the relevant processes and procedures, including all health and safety regulations and protocols.

Primary Responsibilities

Demonstrates role model customer behaviour

• Acts as an inspiring role model across the team in the delivery of great customer service
• Always demonstrates positive behaviour when discussing or interacting with customers
• Always engage with customers in a professional manner so they are assured we have understood their problem and trust that we will act to resolve this quickly
• Role models Taylor Wimpey’s values by always behaving with integrity and professionalism, acting in a positive, collaborative and encouraging style with everyone

Drives operational performance to achieve key business objectives and priorities

• Works collaboratively with the Site and Sales team to ensure Home Quality Inspections, Home Demonstrations and Customer Journey Aftercare events are carried out in a timely manner, relative to the customers anticipated legal completion date
• Invites all customers to a Home Demonstration and Pre-Completion Inspection ahead of legal completion, so their moving-in day is as easy as possible
• Visits customers after they have moved in to collect their snagging list and any defects and works in collaboration with the Site team to resolve issues
• Demonstrates a solution focused approach to ensure SLA’s are achieved and conflicting priorities are managed well
• Works independently and in an organized and well-planned manner to resolve issues, tasks and complaints within the required SLA
• Looks for solutions when blockers to remedying customer issues arise and ensures the Customer Director is made aware when issues cannot be resolved within SLA
• Ensures issues have quality notes for reference so there is an accurate record of all customer interactions
• Builds relationships with other functions and works collaboratively with them to resolve customer issues
• Builds relationships with subcontractors and suppliers to ensure they understand our expectations of their customer commitments and provide feedback where appropriate to ensure continuous improvement of our service offering
• Builds relationships with other functions and works collaboratively with them to resolve issues.

Committed to continuous improvement

• Takes responsibility for their own development by asking for feedback on their performance to ensure ongoing improvement
• Identifies gaps in their customer engagement ability (verbal and written) and takes responsibility for the continuous improvement of these
• Identifies ways of working that could be more efficient and/or cost effective and puts forwards ideas for improvement
• Keeps up to date with house type ranges, products, specifications and new technology in the home, to ensure informed conversations with customers

Experience, Qualifications, Technical Requirements

• Able to demonstrate ability to work flexibly, efficiently and reliably, with some weekend and end of day hours 
• Strong interpersonal, communication and relationship building skills
• Proven ability to work collaboratively, manage complex internal relationships and challenge appropriately
• Proven ability to remain calm, measured and resilient in challenging situations
• Proven track record of ability to manage complex customer matters
• Previous experience of working in the housebuilding industry

What we offer at Taylor Wimpey

At Taylor Wimpey, we are committed to enabling you to make a home with us. Our work is not just about building homes; it's about doing work that matters, making a positive impact on the lives of our customers and the communities we serve.

We enjoy many benefits as standard, including excellent retail discounts, company funded life insurance and private healthcare, and access to a quality pension scheme with company contributions.  We also offer our discounted house purchase scheme, car leasing scheme and share plans, as well as the opportunity to tailor your benefit package to suit your needs with options such as buying extra annual leave or adding dependants to your benefit cover.  Our total reward offer works perfectly with our culture, we are a welcoming community where everyone can feel at home.    

We create a home to your future by providing opportunities for growth and development. We offer industry leading professional training and development, which supports you to unlock your potential and fulfil your career and personal goals in a variety of opportunities and environments. We look to develop our people in the skills and areas they are most interested in, leveraging your qualities and appreciating your unique competencies, skills and expertise that, when we come together, make this a great place to work.

If you want to do work that matters and build a career that lasts, make a home at Taylor Wimpey. 

Inclusivity Statement

As a proud Disability Confident Employer, Taylor Wimpey is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce. We actively collaborate with individuals who have disabilities and long-term health conditions which have an effect on their ability to do normal daily activities, ensuring that barriers are eliminated when it comes to employment opportunities. In line with our commitment, we guarantee an interview to applicants who declare to us during the application process that they have a disability and meet the minimum requirements for the role. Join us in building a truly diverse and empowered team.

Internal Applicants:

Please inform your line manager if you wish to apply for this role.

Executive Officer

Location: Remote working (Travel required to attend meetings within Wychbold)

Salary: SCP: 33 - 36 (£44,075 - £47,181per annum pro rata) Plus generous Local Government Pension Scheme

Vacancy Type: Permanent, (Part time – 25 hours per week)

Closing Date: 29th October 2025

Are you a strategic thinker with a strong leadership presence? Can you inspire, communicate clearly, and drive meaningful change in a public service environment?

The Parish Council is seeking an experienced and proactive Executive Officer (Parish Clerk) to lead its operations and strategic initiatives.  This pivotal role offers a rewarding challenge – ensuring the Council functions effectively, meets statutory obligations, and delivers exceptional services to the community.

The Role

As Executive Officer you will:

• Lead and support the Council – preparing agendas, recording minutes, advising councillors and, and ensuring decisions are implemented. 
• Shape strategy – supporting councillors to develop and deliver the new Strategic Plan for .
• Oversee finances – managing budgets, precepts, financial records and ensuring strong controls.
• Engage the community – being the first point of contact for residents, partners and stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance & governance – acting as Proper Officer and Responsible Finance officer, upholding statutory duties.
• Deliver projects – coordinating initiatives such as community facilities, parks and local development projects.

Skills and Qualifications

You’ll need:

• Strong leadership and organisational skills.
• Confidence working with complex information, budgets and legal frameworks.
• Sound judgement in resource management and value for money, with practical experience of contracts and funding.
• Strong interpersonal skills to engage constructively with diverse views and build consensus around community priorities.
• A diplomatic and principled approach, that encourages respectful dialogue and supports the Council’s Civility and Respect Pledge.

As local government structures evolve, you’ll bring a flexible mindset to shape systems and approaches for future challenges.  Local government or Clerk experience is an advantage, but they welcome candidates with transferable skills and a willingness to work towards the Certificate in Local Council Administration (CiLCA) (with training support provided). 

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for this reputable Council, please do not hesitate to apply.

Executive Officer

Location: Somerset, TA21 0AF

Salary: Scale SCP: 29-32 (£39,862 - £42,839 pro rata) dependent on skills, experience and qualifications.  Plus NEST Pension Scheme.

Vacancy Type: Part time – 20 hrs per week

(Candidates without the relevant local government qualifications can expect to start at SCP 29 and receive an incremental increase on completion of qualifications).

Join Them in Shaping Parish Council’s Future

Are you an experienced leader with the vision, drive and integrity to make a real difference? Do you want a role at the heart of local democracy where you can drive meaningful change?

The Parish Council is seeking an experienced and proactive Executive Officer (and Responsible Financial Officer) to lead its operations and strategic initiatives.  This pivotal part time role offers a rewarding challenge – ensuring the Council functions effectively, meets statutory obligations, and delivers exceptional services to the community.  You will provide clear, professional advice to councillors, support evidence-based decision-making, and ensure that policies and priorities are delivered in line with statutory duties.

Your responsibilities will include:

Strategic advice – Support councillors with development of projects, advising on future priorities and direction and support the delivery of the Neighbourhood Plan

Financial Management – Oversee budgets, precepts, and financial records including the inputting of financial data into the accounts package.

Community Engagement – Be the first point of contact for residents and stakeholders.

Compliance & Governance – Ensure statutory duties and best practices are upheld, including the preparation of council meetings and related statutory obligations.

What you’ll bring

They are looking for someone with strong commercial acumen and excellent communication skills.  You be able to navigate local government complexities while guiding councillors and partners to remain focused on the community needs.  As local government structures evolve, you’ll be confident working with ambiguity, adapting to change, and reshaping systems and approached for future challenges.  The successful candidate will bring confidence, resilience, collaborative leadership and strategic focus.

Local government or Clerk experience is an advantage, but they welcome candidates with transferable skills and a willingness to work towards the  Certificate in Local Council Administration (CiLCA) (with training support provided). 

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for this reputable Parish Council, please do not hesitate to apply.

Applications must be received by 5pm, Sunday 2nd November 2025

Interviews will be held w/c 17th November 2025