Team Leader
Job title : Team Leader
Salary : £34,000 per annum
Location : Spires House | 5700 Oxford Business Park South, Oxford, OX4 2RW
Contract : Permanent, full time
Hours : 37.5 hours per week
Shifts : Monday through Friday 8:30am – 5:00pm
Break details : 1-hour unpaid
Work model : In person
Williams Lea seeks a Team Leader to join our team!
Williams Lea is the leading global provider of skilled business-critical support services to financial, legal and professional services firms.
Sound good so far? Then this is the perfect position for you, and you are just the individual that we are looking for!
Purpose of this role :
The role of the Team Leader is designed to ensure the team are providing an industry leading service with exceptional standards to the client.
This role involves working with the Account Manager to implement a service expansion plan for the Williams Lea services. The team leader will also develop an ongoing training programme for all Williams Lea staff on site, ensuring that follow up training is provided and recorded in line with our policies.
A Team Leader maintains and is accountable for a high level of Health and Safety within the Williams Lea service areas in line with policies and procedures from the Health and Safety Committee, helps clients and customers to achieve their Health and Safety targets.
Providing exceptional customer service during every interaction with the client, proactively demonstrating and living the company values and behaviours are all key elements of this role.
Experience managing a team of six or more staff is required.
Key responsibilities :
This role includes, but is not limited to, customer and client management.
Maintaining reports and compiling data in preparation for month-end financial duties and Account Review Reports
Working with the Account Manager on developing and maintaining excellent customer relations including customer feedback plan, client surveys and gathering regular feedback on performance
Fostering a customer service environment and ensuring that all processes reflect this, and all staff are appropriately trained
Working with the Business Services Manager to seek out opportunities to improve the service and add value, and develop proposals for additional Intelligent Office services
Participating in the account management programme including attending account review meetings and head of department or client team meetings as required
Developing strong, cohesive, well-informed, multi skilled and well-trained work teams
Ensuring proper resolution of all issues are brought forward by employees
Responsible for shift patterns and coverage including managing sickness and holiday absences
Initiating and carrying out elements of the recruitment process. Inducting, training, and developing all Williams Lea staff using individual career paths supported by Personal Development Plans
Managing Williams Lea staff in a manner which builds mutual trust and respect, high motivation, personal accountability and team participation
Completing monthly Continuous Feedback meetings with all direct reports, including review of dashboards, training plans and performance feedback
Providing daily real time feedback to direct reports
Managing a structured and efficient workflow for all service areas within your remit
Ensuring that all service levels agreed with the client as part of the contract service delivery are achieved and continuously improved
Scheduling workloads and planning staff rotas to ensure productivity and efficiency is maximised
Regularly reviewing services to ensure continuous improvement of their delivery
Ensuring equipment is properly utilised and maintained
Responsible for elements of vendor and supplier performance as required, including adherence to Williams Lea production standards, timelines and pricing policies
Ensuring all financial and budget processes and controls are managed and adhered to in line with company policies and procedures
Playing a flexible role covering for assistants across all service areas, including completing assistant tasks and duties as and when required
Keeping up to date with current and developing industry related policies, including the development of IT and equipment solutions relevant to our service areas
Keeping up to date with current and developing industry related policies, including the development of IT and equipment solutions relevant to our service areas
Promoting and participating in Williams Lea initiatives such as best practice development and implementation, Star Awards and staff recognition schemes
Any other reasonable request made by Williams Lea management or the client
Ensuring the multi services team are meeting and exceeding filing SLAs
Ensuring all paperwork and tracking sheets are correctly completed and recorded
Compliance is required at all times with Williams Lea corporate standards
To be aware of the day-to-day health and safety requirements surrounding working area
To immediately raise any health and safety concerns to your Manager or Team Leader
To participate in any on site health and safety audits or assessments
Any other reasonable request made by your Line Manager
Key skills :
Exemplary level of customer focus, with demonstrable experience in staff management in a customer service environment
Well presented with a professional manner
Flexible, computer literate and a quick learner
Confident effective communicator at all levels, both written and oral, with excellent writing and numeracy skills
Hands on team worker
High degree of attention to detail, ability to retain high levels of concentration in a busy working environment
Strong manager: self starter, motivated, driven, able to negotiate, influential leader
The Package
Private Medical Insurance, Life Insurance/Life Assurance, Company Pension, Corporate Eye Care, Personal Accident and Company Sick Pay. Additional benefits such as Dental Insurance, Gym Membership, Charity Donations, Employee Offers, Retail Vouchers and Season Ticket Loan are offered at a discount on a salary sacrifice basis. You will also have the opportunity to work for a global employer; and dedicated to offering each and every employee an enjoyable, challenging and rewarding career with future career development prospects.
The Company values the differences that a diverse workforce brings to the organisation and will not discriminate because of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race (which includes colour, nationality and ethnic or national origins), religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation (each of these being a “protected characteristic” in discrimination law). It will not discriminate because of any other irrelevant factor and will build a culture that values openness, fairness and transparency.
Please note: Due to the high volume of responses received for this role we will not be able to contact all applicants directly. If you have not heard from us in four weeks please consider your application unsuccessful.