Customer Support Advisor (Fixed Term Contract until April 2026)

As a Customer Support Advisor, you will be responsible for feeding the voice of the customer back to the relevant stakeholders. You will be responsible for 1-2 areas of ownership and will contribute to the measure of customer satisfaction and shaping of continuous improvement strategies. 

You can find out more about the team here

The recruitment process for this role will be comprised of 2 stages, where you will get the chance to meet our Head of Business Analytics and our Customer Support and Insights Manager. It will be a competency based interview, where we will assign a short task to complete ahead of your interview and discuss, alongside questions about your experience and motivations in applying for the role. The second stage interview will be a chance for you to meet some of the team and wider stakeholders involved with this role

You can find out more about our interview process and the types of questions we ask here.

• Effectively and efficiently respond to customer contact within agreed KPI’s and SLA’s over multiple channels including live-chat, email, phone call, 3^rd party review sites and social media, whilst recording all required data elements and following established procedures
• Investigate, respond to and close customer complaints in relation to the airport journey or product experience (e.g., car parking, fast track) and work with relevant stakeholders to review CCTV footage or data records e.g., eGate or ANPR timestamps
• Work with the Environmental Noise Advisor to understand, investigate and respond to customer contact in relation to the airport flight path and associated noise
• Champion at least one feedback stakeholder area where you will lead monthly/quarterly meetings. Using the most up-to-date customer contact reports, data, and surveys, you will provide insight into satisfaction, sentiment, wants and desires. You will also provide suggestions for continuous improvement to stakeholders and relevant projects
• Provide off-season support to relevant stakeholders where necessary such as: volume recruitment, holiday decorations, and industry benchmarking

• This role requires the successful candidate to obtain a Counter Terrorist Check, so you must have been living in the UK for the last 3 consecutive years
• Essential: Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build positive relationships with customers and business stakeholders
• Essential: Strong ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing, with great telephone manner, high energy, and ample enthusiasm
• Essential: A passion for delivering excellent customer service
• Essential: Attention to detail, ability to prioritise, and effective time management skills
• Essential: Ability to work independently and self-manage priorities where required.
• Essential: Tech savvy, comfortable administering and switching between multiple systems

  The following additional items would be nice to have, but are not essential for the role:

• Desired: Experience in Hospitality, Travel and Tourism, or a related discipline
• Desired: Understanding of airport operations and processes impacting the passenger journey
• Desired: Experience working with customer relationship management (CRM) platforms e.g., Zendesk, Salesforce, and/or social media platforms e.g., Twitter, Facebook
• Desired: Confident user of Microsoft Office software incl. PowerPoint, Word, and Excel
• Desired: Experience working in a Support Centre environment

• Pension scheme- employer contributions can be up to 7%
• 256 hours holiday, based on full time roles, increasing with service
• Annual discretionary bonus
• Supporting your health and wellbeing- private healthcare after 1 years’ service, access to our Employee Assistance Programme and occupational health services
• Free car parking on site and when you go on holiday
• We offer a range of other benefits, find out more here

Why EDI?

We are Edinburgh Airport, where Scotland meets the world. The success of the airport comes down to our people, and you can help us deliver even more big days for our passengers and colleagues. The development of your career is important to us, and we’ll support and encourage this every step of the way. As a business we’re driven by our values – they’re at the core of our culture and everything we do. We’re looking for people who will demonstrate these values day-in, day-out. So if this sounds like you, apply now and get ready for your career to take off.

Building a diverse workforce that is inclusive and accessible to all is a priority for our business. As part of this journey, we are proud to be the first UK airport to be endorsed by WORK180. They only recognise great employers for all women. Find out about our policies on our WORK180 employer page.

As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to ensuring applicants with a disability can participate fully in our recruitment process. Please let us know in your application form if you require any adjustments, such as parking arrangements or alternative methods of communication.