Customer Ambassador CO1/2

at  South Western Railway

Haslemere, England, United Kingdom -

Start DateExpiry DateSalaryPosted OnExperienceSkillsTelecommuteSponsor Visa
Immediate22 Dec, 2024GBP 30000 Annual24 Sep, 2024N/AGood communication skillsNoNo
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Description:

WHO ARE WE?

South Western Railway (SWR) operates over 1,500 services each weekday across the network and employs more than 5,000 people. We provide easy and convenient mobility, connecting people and communities in South West London, southern counties of England and the Isle of Wight.

THERE MAY ON OCCASIONS BE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON REST DAYS OR TO DO OVERTIME. THIS MAY GIVE THE POSSIBILITY OF YOUR OVERALL PAY BEING APPROXIMATELY £32,000 PER ANNUM PLUS REGIONAL ALLOWANCE.

As well as a competitive salary, we offer a variety of valuable benefits, including:

  • Free duty and leisure travel on SWR services for employee
  • Free leisure travel for spouse/partner and dependants (criteria dependant)
  • 75% discount on many other train operating companies
  • Full training and support with development
  • Large range of exclusive retail offers
  • Excellent pension scheme

We all belong at SWR. FirstGroup’s vision is to provide an inclusive environment for all colleagues, across its group of businesses, ensuring all candidates have an equal opportunity to access meaningful employment.
We value our differences such as age, gender, LGBTQIA+, ethnicity, religion, and disability. We maintain a zero tolerance towards any form of prejudice towards our colleagues, customers, and future talent.
We celebrate and encourage diversity of thought, progressive ways of working and seeing all our colleagues grow and thrive.
We review all roles and job descriptions to ensure they are accessible and, where possible, we support and provide flexible working options; we recommend that you refer to each vacancy description for further details.
If you require additional support to complete your application due to a disability or neurodivergent condition, for example, dyslexia, dyspraxia, or autism, please follow the links below. We encourage you to share any additional needs you may require so we can provide a fair and equal process for all who apply.

Responsibilities:

  • You will be approaching customers in the station concourse offering help with purchasing tickets, as well as recommending best routes to those that need assistance.
  • Proactively assist customers with the self-service machines ensuring they purchase the appropriate ticket for their journey while coaching and educating them on how to use the machine.
  • This role will involve using several types of technology as well as performing routine maintenance to ticket vending machines.
  • As your experience grows, you will become the font of all knowledge about not only the customer’s SWR journey, but about key destinations, attractions and London transport.
  • You will need to be flexible in your approach and not afraid to get stuck in with a variety of tasks as you are responsible for your station and making sure it meets the quality and safety standards our customers expect. Whether this be checking everything is working and safe, to clearing up rubbish, or providing a helping hand to a customer, you are the face of SWR and can make a difference to someone’s day.
  • To help you deliver great customer service we will give you the tools for the job. These will range from the smart technology you will need to offer the best possible up to the minute information about our services to the outstanding training programme that will give you the knowledge to provide customers with the correct ticket for their journey.


REQUIREMENT SUMMARY

Min:N/AMax:5.0 year(s)

Outsourcing/Offshoring

Sales / BD

Customer Service

Graduate

Proficient

1

Haslemere, United Kingdom