Client Services Manager
Our client is a privately owned, award-winning company providing educational support and consultancy services to children from nursery through to university since 2010.
Benefits Include:
- Career progression pathways.
- Learning & Development opportunities, including apprenticeships and training by external providers.
- Regular performance reviews and one-to-one meetings.
What Will You Be Doing?
As a Client Services Manager, you will occupy a key operational role. Reporting to the Operations Director, you will be responsible for client experience and service delivery across our product and service offerings.
This role requires a strong project management skillset to effectively scope and implement business transformation initiatives. Additionally, you will account manage full-placement clients and ensure excellent service delivery to all clients.
Responsibilities & Outputs
1. Relationship Management
- Nurture and develop relationships with clients to maximise satisfaction.
- Develop and maintain long-term, trusting relationships with consultants, tutors, and clients.
- Implement and maintain effective methods for gathering customer satisfaction data.
2. Delivery of Service
- Ensure timely and successful delivery of consultancy products and services.
- Address client concerns and needs promptly.
- Oversee the seamless, high-quality service delivery by all Client Services team members.
- Collaborate with other managers to align work distribution and delegation with company strategy and KPIs.
- Drive service excellence with a focus on continuous improvement.
- Streamline business processes to enhance efficiency.
3. Sales Support
- Identify opportunities to upsell and cross-sell alongside the sales team.
- Receive administrative support for FSP/FUP-related duties from the Client Services Executive (CSE).
4. Cross-Functional Strategic Support
- Devise action plans for strategic development.
- Train and develop the CSE.
5. Team Management
- Build and maintain a productive, positive team culture.
- Proactively manage and assure team performance.
- Collaborate with the Operations Director to set and monitor KPIs.
- Ensure team capacity and skillsets align with departmental goals.
6. Industry Knowledge
- Share a strong understanding of the education industry, including trends and the competitive landscape, with the wider team.