Onboard Customer Service Assistant – Talent bank - Edinburgh
- Posted 31 January 2025
- Salary £35,259
- LocationEdinburgh
- Job type Various
- Reference032553
- Job FunctionOnboard Team
Job description
Our Onboard team at Edinburgh are looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our team of Customer Service Assistants.
At Avanti West Coast it is our mission to be the transport of choice, connecting our customers and communities across the West Coast.
Are you PASSIONATE about delivering excellent customer service with INTEGRITY? Do you have an AMBITIOUS drive to make a genuine difference to others?
We are COMMITTED to delivering a service that sets new standards for Customer experience and operational excellence across the communities we serve. Every day on the railway brings something new. With over 500,000 customers traveling on our network each week, our Onboard Customer Service Assistants are essential in ensuring passengers stay refreshed and comfortable. Whether selling refreshments from the Onboard shop or providing exceptional at-seat service with our delightful range of food and drinks in First Class, they help make journeys at 125mph a pleasant experience.
In this role, we want you to bring your AUTHENTIC self to make our customers experience memorable as they travel onboard. We want to be YOU!
As an Onboard Customer Service Assistant, you will have:
- The ability to always provide excellent customer service.
- Good attention to detail ability to solve problems and think on your feet.
- A positive and proactive approach to the way you work.
- Strong communication skills
- The ability to work in a team
For more information take a look at the role profile
To excel in this role, you will have:
- The ability to always provide a high level of excellent customer service.
- Excellent attention to detail with the ability to solve problems and think on your feet.
- A positive and proactive approach to the way you work.
- Excellent communication skills.
If there's nothing you like better than learning new things and meeting new people, then THIS is THE opportunity for YOU!
If successful with your application you will be placed in a Talent Bank, and offered a role as and when they arise. Opportunities may be full time or part time.
**As well as working with a fantastic team at **Edinburgh you will also receive:-
- Final salary pension
- Free travel on Avanti West Coast for you/spouse/partner/dependents
- Privilege Travel card (75% off other train operators fares for leisure travel)
- 30 days holiday rising by 1 for every completed year of service to a maximum of 37 days (inclusive of bank holidays)
- 10 free journeys on other First Group Train Operators
Apply now to join our team and make a difference at Avanti West Coast. All training will be provided!
At Avanti West Coast, we value the differences that make each of us outstanding! Avanti West Coast recognises the benefits of building a diverse workforce and employing people from diverse backgrounds, which includes their race, religion, age, gender, gender identity, disability, and sexual orientation.
Everyone who joins Avanti West Coast becomes part of our close knit team. We're committed to ensuring that Avanti West Coast is inclusive, a place where people are encouraged to be themselves, and not an edited version to fit in. A place where differences are encouraged, recognised, accepted and put to good use.
Our Avanti West Coast Values
Passionate- We foster a culture where everyone is driven by our mission and are dedicated to achieving it together.
Committed- We are committed to safety, reliability and delivering the very best for our customers, our colleagues, stakeholders and the industry.
Integrity- We believe in taking responsibility for our reactions and decisions to ensure we do the right thing even when it is difficult to do and hold others accountable for doing the same.
Ambitious- We strive to be the best and are curious to new ways of working within our business and the wider industry.
Authentic- We are genuine, caring and grounded individuals that operate and communicate with openness, trust and clarity.