Job Title - Technical Support 2nd Line – Out of Hours
Salary - Up to £36,000 (DOE)
Location - UK Remote
Established in 2003, Focus Group is proud to be one of the UK’s fastest growing independent providers of essential business technology, providing digital workplace solutions to over 30,000 customers across the UK. From our small but ambitious beginnings, we have grown into a nationwide company with over 1000 employees across 16 offices and have recently joined the ranks of Britain’s private company ‘unicorns’ after securing a new $1bn valuation. Our recent investment from PE backers, Hg, will support Focus Group’s organic growth plan, M&A ambitions and product development initiatives, enhancing our ability to deliver innovative solutions to businesses of every size, shape and sector.
We are now looking for an experienced (2nd line) Technical Support Advisor.
Principal Responsibilities/Duties
• Ensuring that the Customer is at the centre of everything that we do.
• Providing 1st and 2nd line support to customers for Telephony, Data and IT Services.
• Responsible for handling incoming queries by receiving phone calls, emails, and portal requests. Responding to these within the agreed target time and meeting any agreed personal targets.
• To diagnose, log, action and follow through to resolution cases, including escalations whilst keeping the customer informed of progress. Be able to identify when a case cannot be fixed remotely and handover the case to be progressed for a site visit to the relevant departments.
• Take full responsibility for cases assigned to you, even when tasks have been allocated to alternative resources/teams, ensuring that an excellent Customer Experience is always maintained.
• Talk to customers, by the most appropriate method to resolve cases in a timely manner and avoid delays where possible.
• Work with 3rd Parties to resolve cases where required.
Requirements
• Customer service focussed with an excellent telephone manner.
• Comfortable troubleshooting and resolving customer faults.
• A demonstrable ability to follow process and build a reassuring rapport with customers.
• The ability to remain calm and composed when dealing with a difficult situation to establish confidence whilst an issue is resolved.
• Quickly gather the right information from the customer, analyse the issue and take appropriate and timely action.
• Target focussed, and able to keep on top of all tasks and escalations whilst always assuring excellent customer service.
• Accurate numeracy, written and data entry skills.
• An analytical and methodical problem solver.
• Be adaptable to change in processes.
At Focus Group you can be proud of what you do, how you do it and feel a true part of the team. We work hard to create an inclusive, collaborative and rewarding environment where you are inspired to achieve brilliant things and really make a difference to the future of our business.
We’re proud to have built an outstanding place to work where people thrive and are recognised for their achievements. We’re delighted to have been named one of the UK’s best 100 Companies to Work for 2021 and a British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA) 2023 Vision Award Winner for London & South East for our commitment to culture and ESG.
We welcome all applications and if you struggle to apply online, please contact us for a chat, or email us directly. We can make any reasonable adjustments to the working environment to ensure all employees are included and can work safely in our offices.
Benefits
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We’re here to help your business shine. We’re committed to creating opportunities for our customers and for our own team, together with developing trusted relationships in our local communities. Ultimately, we believe in doing business the right way and we’re here to make good things happen.
Employing over 1000 exceptional individuals across the UK, in offices from the south coast to Scotland, we’re here to take care of all your IT, telecoms and connectivity services. This means everything you need in one place. Leaving you free to focus all your energy on the important stuff. Like growing your business.
Our teams are experts in their field; passionate about finding the right solutions for you and committed to ensuring your business runs like clockwork. We’re by your side to keep your IT optimised, your business phone system at the top of its game, your data secure, your teams connected and your customers happy. At all times.
Whether you’re an SME or global enterprise business; in the public sector, private sector or a charity…whatever your size, shape or service, we’ll take the time to get to know your business and deliver the technology to fit the bill.
Beyond technology, we are deeply committed to taking positive and meaningful steps towards a sustainable future.