Customer Service Apprentice

Zeal Tax (Worcester) Limited

Worcester, WR1 1LN

Closes in 14 days (Friday 1 November at 11:59pm)

Posted on 11 June 2024

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Summary

Zeal Tax has an amazing opportunity for an apprentice to join their dynamic and ambitious sales team with plenty of opportunities for progression within the company. The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the team in researching potential clients and developing and executing strategies to generate leads.

Annual wage
£13,312 a year

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Training course
Customer service practitioner (level 2)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 09:00 - 17:00 (including 1-hour of unpaid lunch).

40 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 4 November

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

  • Develop and maintain relationships with existing and potential customers
  • Lead generation
  • Identify and develop new business opportunities
  • Analyse customer needs and market trends to identify new business opportunities
  • Develop and execute strategies to increase sales and market share
  • Develop and implement sales plans to meet customer needs
  • Supporting the current sales team to help develop customer experience

Where you’ll work

14 Sansome Walk

Worcester

WR1 1LN

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

STAFF SELECT LTD

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

    • Customer Service Practitioner Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard
    • Maths/ English Functional Skills (if required) 
    • No day release - work-based learning

    Requirements

    Desirable qualifications

    GCSE or equivalent in:

    • English (grade 4)
    • Maths (grade 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
    • Problem solving skills
    • Logical
    • Team working
    • Initiative
    • Patience

    About this company

    A company determined to provide straightforward advice to change the way you think about tax. After a few years Zeal Tax has had rapid growth.

    After this apprenticeship

    • Plenty of opportunities for progression within the company beyond the initial apprenticeship

    Ask a question

    The contact for this apprenticeship is:

    STAFF SELECT LTD

    Nova Training

    apprenticeships@novatraining.co.uk

    The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000256794.

    Apply now

    Closes in 14 days (Friday 1 November at 11:59pm)

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