Apprentice – Customer Support Executive

This is a fantastic opportunity for individuals looking to start a career in customer service to join our Customer Operations Team in a varied and enriched role, with great opportunities to train further and build a career with Idox. 

Role

You’ll be joining a team with well-established colleagues, who will be able to support you to make your mark quickly. We are particularly keen to hear from candidates able to start quickly, with a level head and a keenness to learn. Reporting directly to the Customer Support Manager, the role’s key focus is ensuring customer satisfaction.  

The team prides itself on responding to all inbound enquiries in line with business process policies and SLAs. This involves direct engagement with the customer which will include building product quotations, technical and administrative support, website walk-throughs, product guidance and licensing advice.  

This role also provides central purchasing support across the division, as well as administrative support to the Sales team and occasionally to the Exec team. You’ll be involved in capturing opportunities for improvement, insights and intelligence from customers. Communicating these back to the business so we can provide the best possible experience for our customers is key.

  • To deal with initial enquiries from our customers (by phone, email and live chat) who use our online map shop to access and download a wide range of mapping data. These customers will vary from domestic “one-off” purchasers to regular business users who may require our services on a daily basis. 
  • To ensure customer issues are followed through to resolution or escalated within the business if needed.
  • Assisting the sales team with the generation of quotations and, in some instances, supplying these directly to the customer, raising invoices, processing payments and contracts.
  • Raising purchase orders as required across the division.
  • Liaising with suppliers to obtain quotes and process orders.
  • To participate in meetings within the Support Team.
  • To accumulate useful feedback, relaying this to the Head of Operations, ensuring we continue to improve our products and services portfolio.
  • To ensure a high standard of administration on our systems, which will involve adding new users, office locations, billing details and account permissions. 
  • An ongoing responsibility to learn and familiarise yourself with new products and services which are developed and launched.
  • Assisting with the ongoing updates of documentation for customer Support processes.
  • Welcoming office visitors & preparing meeting rooms as required.
  • Adherence to Idox Information Security policies and protocols 

Training

This apprenticeship includes the completion of the Customer Service Specialist Level 3 course. Learning would be at Farnborough College of Technology, with college attendance for 1 day every other week during term time and will include an external assessment for completion. 

Step into a varied and fulfilling position within our Customer Operations Team, where you’ll have great opportunities to develop your expertise and progress your career with Idox.

Apprenticeship Standard
Customer service specialist (level 3)
Training Provider
FARNBOROUGH COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY
Working Week
Full-time. Permanent.
Expected Duration
2 Years
Positions Available
1
Closing Date
Friday, 12th June 2026
Start Date
Saturday, 1st August 2026

Desired Skills

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Number skills
  • Initiative
  • Can-do attitude
  • Time management
  • Use of MS Office

Qualifications

  • English & Maths GCSE, grade 4 / C and above (Essential)

About the Employer

IDOX SOFTWARE LTD
Part of Idox plc, Idox Geospatial is a UK leader in location insight. From data to consultancy, or through our enterprise-class software platforms, we help to deliver a clear understanding of the risks and opportunities that organisations face every day. By bringing together a range of specialist geospatial companies and brands, we’re able to offer the most comprehensive location data services available. An unrivalled proposition for our customers that provides insight at scale and in detail. Together, we drive change. Because ultimately, we know that with location insight, there’s so much more that organisations can achieve. Geospatial insight has the power to transform. To deliver a strategic advantage. And to enhance decision-making at the highest levels. The Idox group also delivers specialist software solutions power the performance of government and industry, driving productivity and a better experience for everyone. Built around the user and designed in collaboration with experts who have worked through every detail of every process from end-to-end, our hard-working process engines deliver exceptional functionality and embed workflows that drive efficiency and best practice with a long-term focus for regulated environments. Through the automation of tasks, the simplification of complex operations, finding scalability as operations evolve, and more effective management of information, we help our customers harness the power of Digital, so they can do more. Idox employs around 700 staff in the UK and worldwide, including Europe, North America and Asia, so some travel to meet colleagues may be required.

Job Details

Company
IDOX SOFTWARE LTD
Location
The Hub, Fowler Avenue, Farnborough, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Advanced Apprenticeship
Salary
£15,600 to £24,784.50 a year
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