Customer Enabling Advisor
CurrentTo act as a first point of contact, owning and resolving customer issues at first point of contact. Providing online and telephone support on all matters including the following functions:Incomes; responsive repairs; gas servicing; improvements and housing services. Ensuring value for money in allactivities.Diagnosing repair requests, raising appropriate works orders or inspections withcustomers;Liaise with contractors as required to ensure that repairs are completed within timescales via phone and contractor portal;Receiving payments, providing receipts, undertaking proactive prevention, control and recovery of early stage rent arrears, former tenant arrears across all tenures;Processing and responding to all Housing Benefit & Universal Credit notifications and verifications, direct debit and rent notifications. Request rent refunds where appropriate;Amend direct debit payments in line with rent and service charge payments;Log MEX applications to the Housing system and verify Homeswapperapplications through the web portal;Take notice from customers leaving their properties and completing the end of tenancy process in conjunction with the Lettings team;Assisting customers by offering advice and signposting in dealing with ASB cases, tenancy management, lettings, moving home and improvement programs;Maintaining customer information within the Housing system to ensure that this is up to date;To resolve complaints at first point of contact by taking proactive action to resolve the issue to the customers satisfaction. To log formal complaints to the appropriate team where service failures have occurred.