Customer Liaison Officer
Peterborough
£28,186.33 per annum, plus company van and fuel card
Full time - Permanent – 42.5hrs per week Monday – Friday 8am till 5pm
About the role:
As a Customer Liaison Officer, you will be the key link between residents, the Council, and operational teams, ensuring customers are informed, supported, and engaged throughout planned and responsive maintenance works. You'll manage customer enquiries and complaints, coordinate communication activities, gather feedback, and help deliver excellent customer service. Working closely with colleagues across the branch, you'll promote resident engagement, support social value initiatives, maintain accurate records, and ensure customer needs remain at the heart of service delivery.
Role responsibilities
- Act as an ambassador for Mears and the Council and support customer engagement activities across all work streams; planned and responsive works.
- Work with the Council to support their resident engagement programme, attending resident meetings/consultation activities as necessary.
- Work with supervisors to ensure that appropriate consultation and communication with residents is undertaken, in their homes or during specific events, providing a point of contact during planned works and ensuring that feedback is obtained on works completion.
- Provide support and feedback to the Helpdesk, taking escalated calls as appropriate.
- Provide a single point of contact for customer and client throughout the complaint process, investigating issues, providing full responses or information within target times.
- Ensure that lessons learned from complaints, and complaint resolution actions are recorded and acted upon throughout the branch.
- Escalate any concerns about work processes, behaviour, safeguarding to the appropriate manager.
- Ensure all related policy, process and procedures are fully adhered to, and maintain accurate and relevant complaint, customer satisfaction and feedback records using company systems providing reports for the Council as required.
- Review, coordinate and monitor all customer related tasks and communication materials as appropriate.
- Support delivery of customer training, including standards and safeguarding, to operational teams and subcontractors.
- Act as a champion for social value, supporting the branch in specific activities and recording and promoting achievements.
- Provide administrative support across the office team and work closely to support other colleagues as required.
Key Criteria
- Previous experience in a customer facing role with experience in the above duties
- Proactive in supporting colleagues, sharing knowledge, and contributing to team objectives while maintaining a positive and adaptable attitude.
- Demonstrated ability to manage enquiries, resolve issues promptly, and maintain high levels of customer satisfaction in fast-paced environments.
- Skilled in verbal and written communication, including drafting professional correspondence, formal letters, and clear reports for diverse audiences.
- Experienced in handling sensitive situations, mediating disputes, and achieving mutually beneficial outcomes with residents and stakeholders.
- Able to work under pressure, adjusting priorities to meet changing deadlines and project requirements.
- Previous experience managing documentation, maintaining accurate records, and ensuring compliance with organisational standards.
- Ability to use of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook) and other digital platforms for scheduling, reporting, and communication.
- UK Full Driving licence.
Benefits we can offer you.
- Company Sick Pay
- Life Assurance (2x annual salary)
- 5% employee and 3% employer pension contribution with People pension
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Family friendly policies including enhanced maternity (14 weeks full pay, 12 weeks half pay and 13 weeks statutory pay), paternity (2 weeks full pay) and adoption leave
- Employee Assistance Programme - free confidential support and counselling available
- Mears Rewards offering discounts and cashback at leading retailers including travel, household items and shopping
- Annual Mears Fun Day - Our annual Fun Day is organised as a massive thank you from the Executive team for all the hard work!
- Volunteering leave – up to two days per year to support community initiatives
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Share save scheme
- Recognition and long service awards
- Buy up to 5 days holiday each year depending on length of service
- Learning and development opportunities
- Career progression opportunities across Mears Group
- Occupational health support
- Green car scheme with Tusker after successful probation period
- We have a range of internal forums that Aline with our company core values and beliefs including Mears Men, Women’s Heath, Pride at Mears, R.E.A.C.H, Women Operative support, Armed Forces, Women in Leadership, Diverse
All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK, Mears does not currently offer visa sponsorship.
To drive a Mears vehicle, you must be aged over 21 have held your licence over 3 months and have less than 9 points.
Candidates should be aware that all our roles are subject to relevant Background, Identity & Security checks before commencement of employment.
Apply below or to discuss your application further; contact:
Francesca Swan ([email protected])If you need any help with your application process, we are here to support you. We will be accessible every step of the way.
At Mears Group, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive, we are a Disability Confident employer, valuing individuality and ensuring equal opportunities for all.
We proudly support the Armed Forces Covenant and are honoured to have achieved the Gold Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) to coincide with this, we hold an Endorser Award for the Career Transition Partnership, recognising our commitment to veterans transitioning into civilian careers.
In our continued effort to promote social mobility, we invite applicants to voluntarily share their background information during the application stages to help us better understand the diverse experiences of our candidates. This is to ensure we are committed to improving social mobility. We use the Social Mobility Index to assess and enhance opportunities for individuals from diverse backgrounds. These questions are optional and will not impact your ability to apply.
Skills Required
- Previous experience in a customer-facing role, including duties such as enquiries, complaints, engagement, or liaison
- Ability to manage enquiries, resolve issues promptly, and maintain customer satisfaction in fast-paced environments
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, including professional correspondence, formal letters, and reports
- Experience handling sensitive situations, mediating disputes, and achieving mutually beneficial outcomes
- Ability to work under pressure and adjust priorities to changing deadlines and project requirements
- Experience managing documentation, maintaining accurate records, and ensuring compliance with organisational standards
- Ability to use Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, and Outlook, and other digital platforms
- UK full driving licence
- Entitlement to work in the UK
- For driving a Mears vehicle: applicant must be over 21, have held their licence for more than three months, and have fewer than nine points
Mears Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Mears Group and has not been reviewed or approved by Mears Group.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — 25 days’ holiday with the option to buy additional days, plus paid volunteering time, signal a comparatively generous time-off offering. Flexible working available in many roles further supports practical time-off and balance.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Retail discounts, Cycle to Work, an employee assistance line, volunteering days, and company family events add tangible non-cash value. Access to training and UK‑recognised qualifications reinforces the broader wellbeing and development offering.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — A stated commitment to pay at or above the Real Living Wage and the publication of pay-related reports indicate governance and baseline fairness focus. Independent snapshots also suggest many roles meet living‑wage thresholds.
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What We Do
Mears Group is a market-leading housing and care company that provides bespoke services to our clients. We provide and manage 11,000 homes for local and central Government and are also responsible for keeping 750,000 of all social housing in the UK in good repair. Mears has 6,500 employees and a footprint across the country
