What Jobs are available for Customer Service in Liphook?

• Handle escalated customer inquiries and provide advanced technical support via phone, email, and chat.
• Diagnose and troubleshoot complex customer issues, offering effective and timely solutions.
• Guide customers through product features, troubleshooting steps, and issue resolution.
• Maintain accurate and detailed records of customer interactions and resolutions in the CRM system.
• Collaborate with Tier 1 support, technical teams, and other departments to resolve customer issues.
• Identify recurring customer issues and provide feedback for product and service improvements.
• Manage customer expectations and de-escalate challenging situations effectively.
• Ensure a high level of customer satisfaction through professional and courteous service.
• Stay up-to-date with product knowledge and support procedures.
• Contribute to the team's knowledge base by documenting solutions and best practices.

• Proven experience in a customer service role, preferably Tier 2 or technical support.
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and troubleshooting skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain technical information clearly.
• Proficiency in using CRM software and other customer support tools.
• Ability to empathize with customers and handle difficult situations calmly.
• Self-motivated, organized, and able to work independently in a remote setting.
• Reliable high-speed internet connection and a suitable home office environment.
• Flexibility to work various shifts if required by the role.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to follow procedures.
• A genuine passion for helping customers and providing excellent service.

Harvey Water Softeners is a leading provider of high-quality water softeners, salts, and filters, dedicated to enhancing the water quality for households. With a commitment to excellence and customer satisfaction, we pride ourselves on delivering top-notch products and exceptional service.

Due to our continued growth, we are looking for a Customer Service Adviser to join our Customer Experience Team.

Serving as the first point of contact for our customers you will provide advice and guidance about our services and products. Ensuring customers have all the information or support they need to resolve any product related issues and scheduling engineer visits where necessary.

You will demonstrate understanding, professionalism, compassion and accuracy on every call. Providing a first class customer service experience for each and every customer.

Hours: 40 h p/w between the hours of 8am-8pm on a rota basis.

Days: Monday - Saturday, but 5 days in 6. If you work a Saturday, you will receive a day off in lieu.

This is an office based role.

Customer Interaction:

• Call Control - Engage with our existing customers, providing comprehensive information about our products and services
• Ability to influence and create engagement
• Troubleshooting to establish the root cause of technical issues and providing solutions to help resolve at first point of contact.
• Conflict Management and de-escalation within remit of role

Communication Skills:

• Working cross functionally with departments within the business and building effective relationships
• Build rapport and maintain a positive relationship with customers throughout their interactions with us

Systems:

• Use our CRM system (Salesforce) to manage customer interactions and to schedule engineer appointments
• Ensure customer records are updated and maintained accurately

Attention to detail:

• Handling high volume customer interactions within the contact centre effectively while maintaining high standard of quality and customer satisfaction requirements
• Ability to identify opportunities to deliver revenue for the business along with high customer service ratings
• Effectively manage time and resources to address queries efficiently without compromising quality.
• Data Entry - Capturing and maintaining customer records and details

Proactivity:

• Work to departmental and organisation targets whilst working individually and as a core team member
• Seek upselling opportunities
• Support our drive to proactively deliver the highest customer satisfaction scores.
• Problem Ownership:
• Ability to prioritise specific cases based on information provided by customer, handling these effectively and finding bespoke solutions to the customers’ needs

Requirements

The successful candidate will have excellent communications skills with a positive attitude.

Previous experience in a call centre environment is advantageous but not mandatory.

You will work effectively under pressure within a busy environment and have the ability to manage competing priorities.

Benefits

• 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays
• Flexible Holiday Scheme
• Opportunities for career growth and development
• Culligan Product discount
• Perks at Work retail/leisure/travel discounts and more
• Cycle to work program
• Wellbeing programs – Your wellbeing is important to us
• Enhanced maternity leave and paternity leave
• Social events: Summer Family BBQ and Annual Awards + activities and fundraisers throughout the year
• Free Parking
• Relaxed Dress Code
• Access to ongoing learning and development through our online learning platforms

Location: Portsmouth, PO6 4RS

Hours of work: 40

Contract Type: Permanent

The Global Service Centre provides a range of Helpdesk solutions to multiple clients, including reactive maintenance, facilities management, room bookings, and switchboard services.

As a Customer Service Administrator, you will play a key role in ensuring the effective and efficient operation of the 24x7x365 Service Centre. You will deliver high-quality Helpdesk services while maintaining excellent levels of customer satisfaction.

Job Description

In this role, you will action all Helpdesk requests received via telephone, email, or online submissions, ensuring all jobs are processed in line with agreed SLAs and priority response times. You will administer the CAFM system, keeping all information accurate and up to date, and liaise with site-based contacts to ensure jobs are completed and closed in a timely manner.

This position requires strong organisational skills, attention to detail, and a thorough understanding of customer service expectations, facilities management processes, and client requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Action all Helpdesk requests via telephone, email, or online submission.
• Ensure all jobs are processed in line with agreed SLAs and priority response times.
• Administer the CAFM system, ensuring information is accurate and kept up to date.
• Liaise with site-based contacts to ensure jobs are closed off in a timely manner.
• Keep customers informed of job progress and any reasons for delays.
• Respond professionally and courteously to every customer, recording all requests accurately and prioritising work based on health, safety, business criticality, and customer expectations.
• Ensure timely management of complaints, maintaining efficient and professional communications with all parties.
• Provide clerical and administrative support, including managing email inboxes, customer satisfaction surveys, meeting room booking reports, courier requests, and any ad-hoc tasks as required.

Professional and Personal Competencies/Qualifications

• Outstanding active listening skills.
• Ability to effectively communicate at all levels, both verbally and in writing.
• High level of data input accuracy and speed.
• Excellent customer service orientation with a strong understanding of customer complaint handling.
• Confident and assertive telephone manner.
• Enthusiastic and effective team player.
• Flexible, with the ability to adjust working patterns according to business needs.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word.

The Company

ISS is a world-leading workplace and facility management company, connecting people and places to make the world work better. Working with customers day by day, side by side, we understand every aspect of the user experience.

Through a unique combination of intelligent solutions, high standards and people who care, to help our customers achieve their purpose, whether it's hospitals healing patients, businesses producing the next great innovation, or airports bringing passengers home to their families. ISS is committed to doing business the right way, taking its corporate responsibility very seriously. Our passion is people.

We offer you a challenging and exciting career in an organisation with people at its heart. In ISS, everyone has the opportunity to develop, grow and make a difference. #ISSGreatPeople #ISSTalent #PeopleMakePlace

ISS is proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer.

ISS welcomes all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race (which includes race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin and caste), religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or educational background.

We are a Disability Confident Committed (Level 2) employer, proudly supporting and promoting inclusive hiring practices in line with the UK government's Disability Confident scheme.

Our passion for inclusivity and diversity makes ISS a more creative, productive and happy place to work.

If you have any further queries regarding this role, please contact the Resourcing Team by emailing

If you are interested in learning about other opportunities at ISS, please join our Talent community by clicking on the following link: TalentPlace

To find out more about what we do -

• Handling inbound customer calls, emails, and general enquiries.
• Providing accurate information about products, services, and company policies.
• Investigating and resolving customer complaints or issues promptly and efficiently.
• Processing customer orders, returns, and exchanges accurately.
• Maintaining up-to-date customer records and interaction logs.
• Liaising with other departments to resolve customer queries effectively.
• Seeking opportunities to upsell or cross-sell relevant products or services where appropriate.
• Contributing to a positive and supportive team atmosphere.

• Proven experience in a customer service or contact centre role.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and active listening skills.
• Strong ability to empathise with customers and resolve issues effectively.
• Proficient in using customer relationship management (CRM) software.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Good organisational skills and the ability to multitask.
• A polite, patient, and professional demeanour.
• Resilience and the ability to handle challenging customer interactions.

Key Responsibilities:

Qualifications:

Skills:

What We Offer:

About the opportunity:

We are the internal recruitment partner for our client, a well-established independent banking and financial services group.

We’re looking for someone who thrives on helping people, enjoys problem-solving, and wants to be part of a growing financial services business that’s doing things differently.

As a Customer Service Advisor , you’ll be on the frontline – answering calls, emails and live chat queries, making sure every customer gets the support they need. This isn’t a script-reading role. You’ll be trusted to listen, understand, and deliver outcomes that actually make a difference.

What you’ll be doing:

• Handling customer queries via phone, email and in-app messaging systems in a friendly, professional way
• Logging and tracking customer interactions, making sure nothing slips through the cracks
• Spotting when something doesn’t look right and escalating where needed
• Supporting vulnerable customers with care and empathy
• Sharing feedback to help us improve – we want your ideas
• Building knowledge of our products so you can give customers the right answers

What we’re looking for:

• Previous customer service experience (ideally in financial services or regulated environments, but not essential)
• A great communicator – both written and verbal
• Calm under pressure, resilient, and able to adapt to change quickly
• Someone who cares about doing the right thing for customers, not just ticking boxes
• Strong at complaints handling and problem solving
• Team player who’s also happy to take initiative when needed

In return we are offering:

• A competitive salary dependent on skills, knowledge and experience.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Discretionary bonus scheme.
• Pension contributions 4% employer, 5% employee.
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Death in service x4 annual salary.
• Various wellbeing and social events throughout the year.

Interested? Then APPLY now for immediate consideration.

Service Manager - Frimley, Surrey.

Due to the continued growth at ACL (Alarm Communication Limited), we have a requirement for an additional Service Manager to join our established team at our main offices in Frimley Surrey.

You will work within one of our Key Account Divisions, which look after a selection of Key Accounts made up of several prestigious large-scale commercial properties, ranging across the Commercial, Education, Healthcare, Hospitality and Stadia sectors.

This position is a people management role, with the office based service delivery administration team within your division reporting to you.

Basic Salary – £40,000 - £6,000 - DOE

Overtime, Travel Time & Call-out

Pension, Life Assurance & much more. – Please see our generous remuneration packages below

What this role will look like

• Working directly alongside the Contract Managers (Technical Account Manager) within your Division and acting as a vital, personable, and responsive point of contact for our clients and their estates/security teams onsite.
• Responsible for all planned maintenance works, reactive callouts, and monitoring critical Remedial repairs.
• Preparing service reports before meeting key accounts and completing any client-specific requests, including tailoring our reporting to suit their needs.
• Regularly meeting clients alongside the relevant Contract Manager to deliver Service-related information and reports whilst building and nurturing strong client relationships.
• Pricing all new Service Contracts, monitoring annual financial performance for each contract, and pricing all renewals.
• Auditing Maintenance Contract Asset Data and escalating any concerns to the Contract Manager.
• Regularly reviewing Maintenance activities, Callouts, Asset Failures, and system compliance and ensuring that we meet or exceed all clients’ SLAs.
• Ensure that all planned maintenance works are raised on time and work with the Service Coordinators and the Contract Manager to allocate labour resources efficiently.
• Monitoring the financial performance of the Service Team and ensuring that all works are approved for invoiced on time each month.
• Build relationships of trust through open and honest communication with clients, suppliers, and colleagues.
• Oversight for all ARC Connections within the division. Completing all initial setups, renewals and monitoring and reporting on all police and fire brigade attendances.

Requirements

Who We're Looking For:

• Proven customer support experience
• Strong phone manner, conflict-handling skills, and exceptional active listening
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work well under pressure.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Solid technical knowledge and understanding of various systems.
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
• Attention to detail and ability to complete work accurately and efficiently.
• Professional and customer-oriented approach.

Benefits

• Basic Salary – £ subject to experience
• Overtime, Travel Time & Call-out
• Aviva Pension
• Life Assurance 4x Salary
• 22 Days Paid Holidays plus Bank Holidays
• Paid Candidate Referral Scheme – up to £1 00 per referral, unlimited referrals.
• Mental Health & Well-being Scheme
• Employee Recognition Scheme
• Free, secure, onsite parking
• Development and progression opportunities

A Little More About Alarm Communications

Alarm Communications Limited (ACL), a specialist division of Marlowe Fire & Security Group, installs and maintain intelligent building systems that allow our clients to keep the people that rely on them safe from harm and secure their businesses' future. Working across our three core service; Fire & Life Safety systems, Securitysystems,and Building Energy Management systems.

Marlowe Fire & Security Group is the UK’s fastest growing and most innovative consortium of fire life safety and security service providers providing protection to our customer's property and people. Consisting of established and complimentary brands: ACL, BBC Fire & Security, FAFS Fire & Security, Hadrian Technology, Island Fire Protection, Marlowe Fire & Security, Marlowe Kitchen Fire Suppression, Morgan Fire Protection.

Our Business Includes:

• Alarm Communications - acl.uk.com
• Clymac - clymac.co.uk/
• FAFS Fire & Security - fafsfireandsecurity.com
• Marlowe Kitchen Fire Suppression - marlowefireandsecurity.com
• Morgan Fire Protection - morganfire.co.uk
• Marlowe Smoke Control - marlowe-aov.co.uk
• Marlowe Fire & Security - marlowefireandsecurity.com

Equal Opportunities

We strive to create a diverse, inclusive environment to encourage all our employees to be themselves. We celebrate what makes us unique and believe that adopting a culture of inclusion helps us to best serve our customers. We are committed to supporting equal opportunities, please inform us if you require any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate in the recruitment process.

Right to Work

Regrettably, we are unable to offer Right to Work Sponsorship.

If you do not currently have the Right to Work in the UK or will need additional support to extend your current Right to Work status, your application cannot be considered.