New Client Coordinator (Permanent)

New Client Coordinator

Join Our Amazing New Team and Let's Deliver Exceptional Service Together!

Are you a customer-focused individual who enjoys building rapport with clients and providing them with outstanding experiences? Do you want to work for a company that values its employees and prioritises their well-being and growth while providing exceptional customer service? If so, read on!

About Us:

Established in 2000, Express Solicitors is an award-winning law firm that deals personal injury and clinical negligence claims. Based in South Manchester, we serve clients nationwide. We are proud of the work we do helping injured people.

Express Solicitors are currently ranked 80 out of more than 10,000 law firms in the UK and ranked in the top ten for the Best Law Firm to work for in the UK by Best Companies. We have a 5-star ranking with Trust Pilot from over 4,500 reviews, which, coming from our clients, means a lot to us.

Over the last 20 years we've recovered over £160 million in compensation for more than 20,000 people and helped tens of thousands more with legal advice and support.

Due to continuous expansion and progression, we have an on-going requirement to increase our existing team of Client Co-ordinators; in the role you will be the first point of contact for new enquires. We operate a hybrid working pattern which allows colleagues to gain a work life balance with the opportunity to work from office and home for part of the week once initial training and probation has been successfully completed.

As a Client Coordinators, you will be responsible for providing exceptional service to our clients via phone and email. You will work closely with other members of the team to ensure that our clients' needs are met and their expectations are exceeded.

Your role will be focussed on taking initial enquiries by phone and web and then passing clients to our superb team of New Client Enquiry Specialists.

About You:

• You are passionate about delivering exceptional customer experience
• You have excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, and can handle difficult conversations with empathy and professionalism
• You may have experience in a role where you have exceeded client expectations, but more important than experience is having impressive interaction skills, a positive attitude, a willingness to develop and strong personal values
• You have strong organisational and IT skills
• You want to be rewarded for your hard work
• You are tenacious
• You value teamwork and are committed to supporting your colleagues. We believe that our team is our greatest asset, and we are committed to fostering a supportive and inclusive work environment where everyone feels valued and motivated to do their best work

Salary, Hours & Benefits:

• Competitive Remuneration comprising of a base salary of £11.20 per hour this will increase to £12.30 from 1st April 2024-with hours worked after 6pm being paid at an enhanced rate (time and a half) as per the alternate week shift pattern and uncapped commission but average earnings £2,000 per annum
• 3/2 alternate working from home pattern after probation has been successfully completed
• 23 working days holiday (pro rata if working reduced hours), plus an extra day's holiday for your birthday (after 2 years' service)
• Time in lieu for any bank holidays worked
• Lots of other benefits like holiday buyback, death in service, free fruit, Employee Assistant Programme, paid for social events, sports teams and annual flu jabs
• We also provide ongoing training and development opportunities to support your professional growth and career advancement

We rate attitude, skill and ability above all else and our recruitment policy encourages applications from all.

Working Days:

We have a number of different shift patterns available for this role and we therefore encourage applications from candidates who can work regular set hours across our hours of operation (8.30am - 8pm Monday to Friday and 10am - 6pm on Saturdays and Sundays) to include at least some weekend hours - availability and schedules will be discussed further with candidates who move forwards to the interview stage.

For example, we will consider applicants who can work:

• Only Late Shifts
• Only Early Shifts
• Evening only e.g. 3-8pm or only Mornings
• School Hours only during the week
• Friday to Monday Pattern

Finding the right candidates for the role to ensure our client's experience is the best it can be is our focus so if you think you would be a great fit for this role then apply today. Please let us know when applying if you have any specific hours requests to meet your needs and we will consider them further.

Our Standard Working Hours & Shift Pattern is as below:

Early Shift: 08.30 - 17.00

Late Shift: 12.00 - 20.00 (11:30 - 19:30 on Friday)

Saturday - Sunday: 10.00 - 18.00

Bank Holidays: 10.00 - 18.00

There will be an initial paid training period and we are open to applicants who wish to discuss an alternative working pattern from the standard set out above.

Next steps:

If this sounds exciting to you, then we would love to hear from you!