Train Dispatch & Ticket Sales

First Group; Bodmin; On-site; GBP 40,000 - GBP 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading rail company is looking for customer service staff for East Cornwall stations. The role involves ticket sales, providing journey information, and ensuring a safe and pleasant environment for passengers. Candidates must be able to work various hours, demonstrating strong communication skills and a dedication to customer service. The position offers a supportive team environment and a range of benefits, including free rail travel within the network for staff and their families.

Benefits

Defined benefit pension scheme

Free rail travel for you and your family

Company-sponsored health care plan

Discounted shopping and gym membership

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Ability to work as part of a team or independently.
• Evidence of numerical ability.
• Attention to detail is crucial.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills needed.
• Ability to multitask effectively.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-level customer service by meeting and exceeding customer needs.
• Ensure safe and punctual train departures following dispatch procedures.
• Maintain a clean and pleasant station environment.
• Provide information and assistance to customers.

Skills

Customer service skills

Numerical ability

Attention to detail

Verbal communication

Written communication

Multitasking

Job description

Overview

Who are we?

GWR is the proud custodian of Brunel's railway - one of the most prestigious networks in the world. We have some of the newest trains in the country and exciting plans to extend our services. With more than one hundred million passenger journeys each year, we carry people to over 275 stations in the South West, from Cornwall and South Wales to London, passing through beautiful country and some of the UK's top tourist destinations.

We are transforming the way people think about train travel, empowering our team of over 6,000 people from all different backgrounds to make it a great experience for our customers. Together, we will revalue rail as a very special way to travel – relaxing, fast, efficient, friendly and fun.

About the Job?

As an S7 in East Cornwall you will have a multifunctional role. You will provide staff coverage on the stations you will ensure that customer requirements are met and exceeded, sell tickets and provide journey information and that station activities including the dispatching of train services and platform management are completed safely and punctually. Provide information and assistance to customers and ensure that the station environment is kept to a high standard.

Your main responsibilities

• Providing the highest level of customer service and being dedicated to customer needs
• Meet and greet customers at the ticket barrier by being friendly, professional and efficient. Selling tickets and providing journey information using out ticket selling systems.
• Ensuring the safe and punctual departure of trains from the station, following correct dispatch procedures
• Providing information and assistance to customers
• Ensuring the safety of customers, staff, visitors and contractors is given the highest priority
• Maintaining a safe, pleasant, and clean station environment

You'll need to be

• Able to deliver extraordinary front line customer service
• Able to understand customer requirements and expectations
• A self-starter with a can do attitude
• Confident when decision-making
• Calm yet directive in a crisis
• Able to work to strict procedures

As a minimum you'll need to have

• The ability to work as part of a team or independently
• Evidence of numerical ability
• Attention to detail
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• An ability to multitask well

About the location

East Cornwall stations provide good transport links to the surrounding area and covers a number of station in the Cornwall area. During the busy holiday periods due to its proximity to many popular tourist locations and venues will see large numbers visit this station. Own Transport is necessary due to the start and finish times of shifts being outside of train running times.

Working pattern

Role will require working a range of hours between 05:30-22:30 at East Cornwall Stations including Liskeard, Bodmin Parkway and Par Station.

Days off to be confirmed on a weekly basis as the roster is released, average week will consist of 4 working days at 8 hours and 45 minutes per shift.

Additional information

The advert is to create a talent pool of suitable candidates to place into roles as and when they arise in East Cornwall Stations.

Candidates successfully short listed, will be invited to undertake an ability test and a competency based interview. The successful candidate will be required to undertake a safety critical medical and meet the standards required for this role (includes eyesight, hearing as well as a drugs and alcohol screen). A Basic DBS is also required. Interviews will take place on Wednesday 25th February.

The Reward

As well as a great team environment and comprehensive training, all GWR colleagues enjoy a range of benefits including on-going development, defined benefit pension scheme, free rail travel across the GWR network for you and your family, company-sponsored health care plan, discounted shopping and gym membership and an employee assistance programme.

We all belong at GWR. This is our vision for providing an inclusive environment for all our colleagues, ensuring all candidates have an equal opportunity to access meaningful employment.

We value our differences such as age, gender, LGBTQIA, ethnicity, religion and disability. We maintain zero tolerance towards any form of prejudice towards our colleagues, customers, and future talent.

We celebrate and encourage diversity of thought, progressive ways of working and seeing all our colleagues grow and thrive.

We review all roles and job descriptions to ensure they are accessible and, where possible, we support and provide flexible working options; we recommend that you refer to each vacancy description for further details.

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