Barclays Bank Uganda Careers – Service Quality Officer

Organisation: Barclays
Bank Uganda
Duty Station:  Kampala,
Uganda
Reports to: Head of
Service Quality
 About Barclays Bank
Uganda: 
Barclays Bank (Uganda) Limited,
commonly known as Barclays Bank (Uganda), is a commercial
bank in Uganda. It is one of the commercial banks licensed
by Bank of Uganda, the national banking regulator.  Barclays
Bank (Uganda) opened for business in Uganda in 1927, with two branches in the
capital city, Kampala and one in Jinja, the country’s
second-largest commercial centre. In February 2007, Barclays Bank completed the
acquisition of Nile Bank Uganda Limited, strengthening its presence in the
country. As of April 2012, Barclays Bank (Uganda) employed more than 800
individuals (known as “colleagues”, within the bank). At that time,
it had forty-four branches and sixty-five ATMs in service.
Job Summary: The Service
Quality Officer will be part of the Service Quality Team whose roles include:
  • Maintain
    and enhance our Service Quality tracking performance through world class
    MI relating to CSAT calling, mystery shopping, TCF and customer surveys
  • Drive
    & deliver a radical improvement in customer service
  • Support
    process improvement and Culture change
  • Act
    as an integral member of the Customer Service team
Key Duties & Responsibilities:
1. Service Improvement (60%)
  • Proactively implement the service
    quality strategy to gain staff commitment to provide world class service.
  • Own the results from the various service
    measures; work with stakeholders to come up with corrective measures that
    are tracked. 
  • Regularly visit to branches and other
    departments to drive appropriate customer service behaviours and share
    best practice.
  • Champion and promote the delivery of an
    excellent and consistent customer service experience for customers
    ensuring that all processes defined by the business are customer centric
  • Initiate and/or support management in
    the planning and launch of customer service initiatives and projects
    across the business.
  • Provide ongoing feedback on customer
    service to all levels
  • Identify and solve problems for
    potential and existing customers’ generated day to day activities,
    introducing them to more specialist advice, products and services as
    required.
  • Assist  in conducting customer
    surveys/self assessments (i.e. Primary point of contact for CSAT
    calling/surveys, Mystery shopping, TCF and independent/outsourced surveys)
  • Support in Complaint & query
    management following the Bank’s policies and procedures and engaging
    colleagues as appropriate.
  • Achieve and seek to exceed all agreed
    service targets.
  • Be an active member of the Customer
    Service team, supporting colleagues and others in the delivery of
    excellent customer service.
  • Support management in the design,
    planning, and launch of all customer service initiatives and projects
2. Business Support (20%)
  • Proactively generate customer interest
    in products and services, either by face-to-face, mail or telephone
    contact, following up given to sales colleagues
  • Identify systems & processes which
    create barriers to serving customers & improve/support in eliminating
    these to create value for customers.
  • Motivate & inspire colleagues across
    the business to improve service levels, through implementation of service
    initiatives & ongoing coaching.
  • Provide ongoing feedback on customer
    service to all levels within the business, ensuring an integrated country
    effort around service initiatives.
 3. Developing Capability (10%)
  • Provide active and inspiring guidance
    team members and front end colleagues.
  • Be a visible advocate of quality
    service, role modelling all behaviours as related to customer service.
4. Reporting & Control
(10%)
  • Ensure necessary regulatory and
    compliance requirements related to service are adhered to and strictly
    applied.
  • Provide ongoing feedback on current
    status of service initiatives & customer service levels to your line
    manager, Service Team, business and BA (as required), suggesting
    improvements where appropriate.
  • Oversee, Monitor and Report on Key
    Performance Indicators for Service Quality unit.
  • Perform any other duties as assigned.
Qualifications, Skills & Experience:
  • The applicant should possess a broad
    understanding of world class service in both financial services and other
    industries. 
  • Possess the ability to implement
    Initiatives / projects according to set objectives & timelines
  • The job holder must have a strong
    buoyant personality.
  • Good team Management and extensive
    experience in a senior customer service management role.
  • Previous service-orientated,
    customer-facing role.
  • General knowledge of the challenges
    faced by a range of different (Retail/Corporate) customers
  • Good working knowledge of Bank’s
    internal systems
  • Possess a passion and instinctive
    inclination towards excellent customer service.
  • Proven leadership, coaching and
    development skills.
  • Excellent communication and presentation
    skills, both written and oral.
  • Excellent interpersonal and networking
    skills, with the ability to influence
  • Training delivery and facilitation
  • Excellent team Player
How to Apply:
If you feel challenged by any
of the above positions, and believe you can deliver on key deliverables as
outlined above, upload your application letter, current curriculum vitae and
photocopies of academic certificate to our recruitment website detail below:
Barclays is an equal
opportunity employer that recruits, develops and promotes people on merit, and
rewards outstanding performance, regardless of background and gender.
For queries contact us on
0417122453 or email: barclays.uganda@barclays.com
Deadline:  24th January, 2014

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