Customer Service Manager
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Join a growing team and make a difference to people’s lives. We’re looking for a Customer Service Manager who is passionate about leading teams, delivering outstanding customer experiences, and upholding the highest standards in a fast-growing business.
Customer Service Manager Opportunity – Lead and Inspire Our Customer Care Team
🕰️ Hours: 37.5 per week between Monday & Friday 08:00-18:00
💸 Salary: £45-50,000pa dependent on experience
📍 Location: Hybrid – Norwich minimum 70%in office
📆 Start Date: ASAP
- 248 hours annual allowance including bank holidays
- Individual Private medical cover
- Employee discounts on shopping, holidays, insurance, restaurants and more
- 24/7 employee assistance programme
- Pension scheme 3% Company matched
- Smart Tech Benefit Scheme
- Free on-site parking
About the Customer Service Manager Role
The Customer Service Manager is the driving force behind a high-performing, member-first operation that blends customer service, technical support, accounts, dispatch, and systems into one seamless function. With full accountability for service leadership and delivery, this role ensures every interaction is professional, efficient, and compassionate.
A key mission: achieve and sustain a Trustpilot score of 4.8, securing our position as the UK’s leading direct-to-consumer telecare provider. This demands relentless focus on quality, operational excellence, and a frictionless customer journey.
More than a manager, the Head of Service is a change-maker—setting the pace, shaping culture, and leading transformation. They anticipate future needs, champion innovation, and drive continuous improvement to build trust, loyalty, and long-term resilience.
This is a role for bold leadership, not business-as-usual. It’s about redefining what outstanding telecare looks like—and making it the standard.
Key Responsibilities – Customer Service Team Leadership
1. Leadership and Culture Inspiring a high-performing, member-focused workforce that thrives on accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement. In short, the Head of Service is entrusted to raise the bar, protect the brand, and accelerate growth, ensuring the organisation remains the benchmark for trust, quality, and leadership within the telecare sector
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2. Customer and Technical Support Delivering world-class standards that ensure consistency, reliability, and compassion in every interaction.
- Service – Oversee customer and technical support functions, ensuring all inbound calls, queries, and complaints are handled within agreed SLAs.
- Resolution – Drive first-call resolution and ensure effective management of callbacks, escalations, and complaint investigations.
- Records – Maintain accurate records of interactions, technical faults, and resolutions to support compliance, reporting, and improvement.
- Feedback – Provide structured feedback on recurring issues, service gaps, and product performance to inform process and product improvements.
- Collaboration
– Collaborate with other departments to ensure seamless handoffs and clear accountability for outcomes.
- Accounts – Manage member accounts, including daily reconciliation, payment processing, invoicing, and record-keeping.
- SLAs – Ensure all account-related tasks meet agreed SLAs, with timely corrective action where performance risks arise.
- Compliance – Safeguard financial compliance and support accurate reporting through Business Central and other systems.
- Budgets
– Take accountability for budgets, controlling costs and identifying efficiencies without compromising quality.
- Dispatch – Support dispatch operations, ensuring resources are coordinated to meet response times and service standards.
- Stock – Oversee scheduling, stock management, and allocation of equipment and devices to ensure reliable delivery.
- Transactions – Maintain oversight of POS processes for dispatch, ensuring accuracy in transactions, integration with accounts, and audit readiness.
- Performance
– Monitor operational and supply chain performance, using KPIs to drive efficiency and member satisfaction.
- Revenue – Safeguard subscription income through accurate billing, amendment handling, and rigorous credit control.
- Collections – Oversee proactive collection strategies and ensure timely recovery of outstanding balances.
- Amendments – Ensure upgrades, downgrades, cancellations, and other subscription changes are processed quickly and accurately.
- Order to Cash – Maintain oversight of the end-to-end order-to-cash process, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and minimal disputes.
- Insight – Produce clear analysis of debt recovery, subscription trends, and performance to inform decision-making.
- Direction – Provide leadership and strategic direction, ensuring high-quality, efficient, and member-focused outcomes.
- Team – Build, motivate, and develop a resilient, high-performing team with a culture of professionalism, care, and accountability.
- Training – Drive staff training and support, ensuring all users are competent, confident, and maximising system capability.
- Well-being – Promote staff well-being, resilience, and safe working practices.
About You – Skills & Experience We’re Looking For
- Experience
- Proven leadership experience at departmental or service level.
- Skilled in managing customer service operations and technical support, ensuring SLA compliance.
- Experienced in developing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), training programmes, and compliance frameworks.
- Strong background in budget management, cost control, and financial reporting.
- Familiar with Technology Enabled Care, health and social care, or regulated service sectors.
- Knowledgeable in commissioning frameworks and collaboration with local authorities or the NHS.
- Demonstrated ability to manage budgets and deliver against financial targets.
- Effective team leader with a focus on accountability and high performance.
- Proficient in Customer Service Platforms and scheduling/dispatch systems.
- Strong grasp of customer service best practices and SLA management.
- Skilled in problem-solving related to systems, customer issues, and operational challenges.
- Familiar with dialler platforms and technologies such as Genesys and Business Central.
- Experience in order fulfilment and operational efficiency.
- Excellent communicator with strong interpersonal skills, able to engage stakeholders at all levels.
- Resilient and calm under pressure, with a decisive and solution-focused approach.
- Proactive and forward-thinking, with a track record of anticipating challenges and implementing improvements.
- Inspirational leader who fosters collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning.
Skills & Knowledge
Personal Attributes
Qualifications & Training
- 8 GCSEs at Grade C or above (or equivalent).
- Minimum of 2 years in a departmental leadership role.
- Holds a professional qualification in leadership, management, or a relevant discipline.
- Previous experience in a Head of Department role.
- Demonstrated ability to manage budgets and deliver against financial targets.
- Effective team leader with a focus on accountability and high performance.
- Proficient in Customer Service Platforms and scheduling/dispatch systems.
- Strong grasp of customer service best practices and SLA management.
- Skilled in problem-solving related to systems, customer issues, and operational challenges.
- Familiar with dialler platforms and technologies such as Genesys and Business Central.
- Experience in order fulfilment and operational efficiency.
- Excellent communicator with strong interpersonal skills, able to engage stakeholders at all levels.
- Resilient and calm under pressure, with a decisive and solution-focused approach.
- Proactive and forward-thinking, with a track record of anticipating challenges and implementing improvements.
- Inspirational leader who fosters collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning.
Why Apply for a Customer Service Manager Role with Us?
- This is an exciting time to join our business as we continue to grow and innovate
- We offer a supportive, inclusive work environment with excellent career progression opportunities
- You will truly help shape our customer journey and be part of a team that values your ideas
Ready to Apply? ✅
If you want to join us as our new Customer Service Manager, please upload your CV and complete the application questions so we can get to know you better!
Further Information on Our Recruitment Process
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applicants regardless of religious beliefs, political opinion, race, sex, marital status, age or disability.
If you require assistance during the recruitment process, please get in touch with our careers team on 01425 626337.
Apply now and become part of our success story!
- Department
- Careline365 - Customer Contact Centre
- Locations
- Norwich
- Remote status
- Hybrid
- Employment type
- Full-time
- brand
- Careline365
