Team Manager

West Bromwich, West Midlands, United Kingdom

£ Competitive

Team Manager

Up to £28,000.00 PA

West Bromwich

Hybrid/Home-working - you may be required to attend site for support, team building or team meetings.

Permanent, Full or Part time

At Serco, not only is the nature of the work wedo important, everyone has a significant roleto play, from caring for vulnerable people tomanaging complex public services.We are a team of 50,000 people responsiblefor delivering essential public services aroundthe world in areas including defence, transport,justice, immigration, healthcare and citizenservices. We are innovators, committed toredesigning and improving public servicesfor the benefit of everyone.

If you're looking for a more rewarding and secure home for your talents, look no further than Serco. We need experienced and motivated people to support and manage a diverse team of roles and experience, in a varying and fast-paced working environment. This includes day to day delivery, client expectations, KPIs and Serco polices & procedures, ensuring the requirements of the contract are met, safely, ethically and in line with Serco values. To monitor team performance at all levels supporting achievement of contractual SLAs, Service and Contract outcomes whilst ensuring the workplace is inclusive, engaging and fulfilling for our people.

There will be a 5-week training course with a mandatory 100% attendance.

What you will need to do the role

Experience of leading/coaching/managing

People management skills

Have experience in Customer Service

Effective communication at all levels, verbally and in writing

Self-motivation

Commercial awareness

Ability to lead and work as part of a diverse and inclusive team, support colleagues and promote excellent employee engagement

Ability to plan and organise time and tasks effectively

Performance focused with a desire to deliver an excellent customer service

Numeracy skills

Creative approach; able to generate ideas for service enhancements

English and Math GCSE level qualification or equivalent

The successful candidate will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities, and duties:

Achievement and maintenance of all SLA's and KPI's in line with contractual requirements, understanding financial implications and penalties.

Actively seeks suggestions and feedback around team performance

Advisor engagement and work as an advisor when required.

Attendance / facilitation appropriate client meetings: delivery of operational actions

Attendance / facilitation of appropriate team and / or peer meetings ensuring consistence and sharing best practise

Awareness of commercial contract, specifically day to day SLAs to support delivery

Build and maintain strong relationships internally and externally enabling identification of appropriate resource to support when required, e.g. finance / commercial, HR, Technology, recruitment agency

Continuous monitoring of agent activity to ensure performance measures are delivered.

Ensure individual and team completion of all mandatory training (LMS) and this is updated regularly.

Ensure services are managed to meet KPI standards in all areas on a strategic and daily real time basis, including but not exclusively AHT, time to answer, wrap, break adherence, lateness and training targets.

Leads by example inspiring peers and team members alike to delivers team and personal objectives in line with commitments and obligations.

Make sure our people are safe and working safely, striving to eliminate or mitigate all health and safety risks

Manage customer complaints quickly and effectively.

Seek opportunities to improve operational performance and drive down costs without compromising service levels.

To deliver the recruitment, development and deployment of resources within and across the department to maintain a skilled and effective workforce to meet contractual obligations, in line with budget and capacity plan

To support the implementation of client projects and service improvements

Uses the Personal Development Review (PDR) framework, in place at the time. to manage performance and identify developmental needs of experience and new members of the team.

Working collaboratively with other Team Managers to deliver efficient operations and share best practice.

Take responsibility for one's own personal impact and development, focusing on increasing self-awareness as well as identify new areas for learning and profession development and creating learning opportunities.

By joining Serco you will have unlimited access to our Global Employee Networks - SercoInspire (Gender), SercoEmbrace (Multicultural), SercoUnlimited (Disability) and In@Serco (LGBT & Networks). Serco Employee Networks, led by colleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion and belonging.

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At Serco, we see people first and foremost for their performance and potential. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all. As such we will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment for our candidates and strongly encourage applications from a diverse candidate pool. We are open to discussions around flexibility and flexible working. We operate a hybrid work structure in many of our business areas. We are proudly Disability Confident Leader employers and holder of the Gold Inclusive Employer Standard. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview. For help with your application please contact 0345 010 4000.

At Serco we support fair access to employment for those with unspent criminal convictions through the 'Ban the Box' pledge (some may be exempt due to the nature of the role and the security clearance required). Please contact our recruitment team directly on 0345 010 4000 to discuss.