Customer Service Apprentice

NEW LOOK RETAILERS LIMITED

Sheffield, S1 4PF

Closes in 8 days (Monday 30 September)

Posted on 3 September 2024


Summary

You are customer-obsessed and passionate about fashion. You're genuine about wanting to deliver a shopping experience that helps our customers express their individuality, personality and unique style through fashion. You'll be part of a team that has fun, supports each other and delivers results.

Annual wage
£12,480 a year

Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)

Training course
Customer service practitioner (level 2)
Hours
Working hours to be agreed between successful candidate and line manager.

37 hours a week

Possible start date

Tuesday 1 October

Duration

1 Year

Positions available

1

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

  • Building close relationships to create our best work, together
  • Role-modelling our behaviours and demonstrate how proud you are to work for New Look
  • Being confident to express your ideas and opinions
  • Seeking out opportunities to learn and stretch yourself to fulfil your future potential
  • Showcase your personality, bringing fun and energy to the team around you
  • Ensuring the store environment is safe for our customers and colleagues by understanding your responsibility to follow all H&S procedures
  • Making our customer feel like they are shopping with one brand whether it's online or instore, ensuring a seamless customer journey
  • Maintaining a great looking store that excites our customers, making them come back again and again

Where you’ll work

Unit 19, 17-19 The Moor, Sheffield City Centre,

Sheffield

S1 4PF

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

LEARNING CURVE GROUP LIMITED

Your training course

Customer service practitioner (level 2)

Equal to GCSE

Course contents
  • Use a range of questioning skills, including listening and responding in a way that builds rapport, determines customer needs and expectations and achieves positive engagement and delivery.
  • Depending on your job role and work environment: Use appropriate verbal and non-verbal communication skills, along with summarising language during face-to-face communications; and/or
  • Depending on your job role and work environment: Use appropriate communication skills, along with reinforcement techniques (to confirm understanding) during non-facing customer interactions.
  • Depending on your job role and work environment: Use an appropriate ‘tone of voice’ in all communications, including written and digital, that reflect the organisation’s brand.
  • Provide clear explanations and offer options in order to help customers make choices that are mutually beneficial to both the customer and your organisation.
  • Be able to organise yourself, prioritise your own workload/activity and work to meet deadlines.
  • Demonstrate patience and calmness.
  • Show you understand the customer’s point of view.
  • Use appropriate sign-posting or resolution to meet your customers needs and manage expectations.
  • Maintain informative communication during service recovery.
  • Your training plan

    The successful applicant will complete and obtain a Customer Service Practitioner Level 2 Qualification through Learning Curve Group.

    You will be taught through:

    • 4-6 Weekly 1-2-1 Sessions with your tutor
    • 20% Off The Job Training
    • The course is a 14-17 months programme
      Please use this link to find out more about the qualification - Customer Service Practitioner Apprenticeship (learningcurvegroup.co.uk)
    • Functional Skills English and maths if required

    Requirements

    Desirable qualifications

    GCSE or equivalent in:

    • English / Maths (grade A* - C / 9 - 4)

    Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

    Skills

    • Communication skills
    • Attention to detail
    • Organisation skills
    • Customer care skills
    • Logical
    • Team working
    • Initiative
    • Patience

    About this company

    n/a

    After this apprenticeship

    • Upon completion of the qualification, there is the opportunity for a full-time role within the business

    Ask a question

    The contact for this apprenticeship is:

    LEARNING CURVE GROUP LIMITED

    The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000274736.

    Apply now

    Closes in 8 days (Monday 30 September)

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