Vacancy For Customer Contact Agent At British Airways (BA) { Location: Manchester & Newcastle }

British Airways is a global airline with full service offering year-round low fares with an extensive global route network flying to and from centrally-located airports.

British Airways is recruiting for Customer Contact Agents based in our Manchester & Newcastle Office.


• Job title: Customer Contact Agent - Manchester & Newcastle
• Working Pattern:Permanent Full Time
• Closing Date:26 January 2018


• Details about the vacancy
It’s a full-time role working on a shift basis, your customers will be worldwide and you’ll be the voice of British Airways. Taking inbound calls you will answer queries and change bookings, helping and providing solutions to all kinds of people, to assist them to get to all kinds of places.
To make sure they get the best from us, you’ll recommend additional products and services that suit their needs, taste and budget. Taking care to answer every question first time, you’ll always put customer satisfaction first.
NB will give you freedom to find the best solution for the customer using your knowledge of the vast network BA operates. Every call is different and you will encounter a real variety of customer situations due to the global nature of BA and the vast route network we run. This means that each day brings something new.

• Responsibilities
•Provide our customers with excellent levels of customer service to maximise customer satisfaction and find solutions at the first contact
•Take incoming calls from customers, providing solutions and advice that best maintains the relationship with the customer and supports business needs
•Resolve pre-travel customer issues and assist in service recovery following a major disruption or incident
•Identify potential ways to improve processes, cost savings or other business efficiencies and constantly feed in customer feedback to improve the Contact Centre offering
•Enter data into the British Airways systems accurately to ensure the integrity of future data and bookings


• Your Personalities/Skills & Competences
•To join BA, you need to be genuinely enthusiastic about helping people and ambitious to succeed at any challenge
•Your ability to build rapport over the phone and match people with products perfectly will be key to your success
•Strong, clear and effective communication skills are essential in order to ensure that we exceed customer expectations
•Great problem solving skills and a genuine interest in travel are essential too, as we’ll expect you to acquire knowledge of all sorts of destinations and possibilities
•Feel comfortable and successful at suggesting other product options to the customer to help the Contact Centre hit their sales targets
•Strong empathy skills to ‘read’ a situation and respond appropriately
•Resilient, proactive and self-confident
•Ability to resolve conflict successfully
•Flexible and adaptable, open to change and new ways of working
•PC literate and capable of operating new systems with confidence and accuracy
•Knowledge of providing excellent customer service, either face to face or on the phone is advantageous but not essential
•Must hold the right to live and work in the UK without sponsorship from British Airways.


• Method Of Application/Process
First you will need to register to apply for this vacancy by clicking the apply button on this page.
You will then be required to complete an online application and answer several application questions.
Once submitted, your application will then be screened and we will notify you of the outcome.
If successful after your application has been screened, we will invite you in to an Assessment Centre.
You will be notified of the outcome of your assessment via your BA account and via email.


• To start your application click here
• Assessment dates
•The assessment days will take place in our Manchester contact centre and we will be hosting Assessment Centres throughout January and February 2018.
•Start dates
•If successful we have training courses that will be running throughout 2018.


• Benefits
As one of our ambassadors we'll see that your hard work and drive to succeed are rewarded.
•Reward package circa £15,888 pa basic salary, plus a performance related incentive reward
•Shift payment premiums
•A five week training programme. BA is a vast company so we will make sure you are fully trained to deal with the variety of customer situations
•Being an airline we offer significant flight and holiday discounts
•32 days holidays (this total includes the Bank Holidays’ allowance)
•We do work shifts. The Contact Centre is currently open 365 days a year between 0730 to 2200 hours. Working pattern will consist of 7.5 paid hours a day, 5 days a week covering Monday-Sunday
•Great potential to develop your career
•A great culture where we value our staff and have a real friendly and open atmosphere
•We are based at The Tower Business Park, Wilmslow Road, Didsbury, Manchester. M20 2BA