Customer Contact Consultant
6-month Fixed-Term Contact (FTC) - Full time
Location: Remote (If successful, you'll need to visit one of our offices (Edinburgh, Peterborough, Witham or Farnborough) to complete your Rig
Salary: A competitive salary from £24,479 - £27,200 depending on the experience you can bring.
Closing date: Friday 10 July 2026
As a purpose-led business, we’re focused on supporting our customers as they navigate through new stages of their lives and all the moments that matter. We’re here for everyone who wants to make the most of their time on the planet and leave it a little better than they found it, however grad or humble their ambitions.
We help people live their best lives. We help them with the big stuff, for the moments that matter: Pensions, Savings, Investments. At Aegon, we strive in creating a diverse organisation that plays a meaningful role in driving greater equity, inclusion and belonging.
As a Customer Contact Consultant within our Aegon Financial Planning team, you will be responsible for contacting our existing Investment Members who pay an On-Going Advice charge by telephone. You will update these customers on their investments and Annual Customer Reports along with reviewing customers current situation and any changes. You will provide a first-class experience to all customers.
Key responsibilities:
Review previous adviser interactions and assess members’ investment portfolios, including valuations, fund types and overall suitability.
Identify any funds that require action, ensuring members’ portfolios remain aligned with their objectives and current recommendations.
Provide clear guidance on Individual Savings Account (ISA) allowances, helping members understand their options and make the most of their tax‑efficient savings opportunities.
Discuss any changes in a member’s personal or financial circumstances, including their investment objectives and attitude to risk, and recognise when a member would benefit from further support from a Financial Planning Manager.
We’d love to hear from you if you have:
Proven experience in delivering excellent customer service, whether in a contact centre, face‑to‑face environment, helpdesk, or similar customer‑focused setting.
Confident telephony skills, with the ability to build positive, meaningful interactions and provide clear, supportive guidance to customers over the phone.
Strong PC and multitasking abilities, enabling you to navigate multiple systems efficiently while actively supporting our members.
An understanding of key risks within the Financial Services industry, with the ability to recognise when to escalate issues appropriately.
A collaborative approach, working effectively with colleagues to meet the needs of our members and support wider departmental goals.
What’s in it for you?
We’re serious about your future and our enhanced pension scheme is now in place. We ask you to contribute 3% of your salary to your pension and we’ll put in 9%. If you decide to contribute more, we’ll match it up to a combined total of 20% of your salary (that’s 7% from you and 13% from us).
A discretionary bonus, depending on personal and company performance.
25 days leave per year (including bank holidays, pro-rated for part-time).
We also offer private medical cover, life assurance, critical illness cover, enhanced parental leave and a variety of lifestyle benefits to help our employees live their best lives, including retail discount vouchers, cycle2work scheme, subsidised restaurant and online GP appointments. To find out more about what to expect at Aegon, visit our careers site.
Make an Impact! If you're passionate about making a difference and want to work in a place where your contributions are valued, apply now. Let's create something amazing together!
The legal bits
If we offer you a job and you accept, you will need to come into one of our offices to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. There are also some checks we'll need to complete before you can start with us. This will include a credit and criminal check, as well as providing satisfactory references.
We have offices in Edinburgh, Peterborough, Witham & Farnborough.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their age, disability, race, religion/belief, gender, sexual orientation or gender identity.
Our story started over 190 years ago, right here in the UK. We were originally founded as Scottish Equitable, but today we’re part of Aegon.
We’re the UK’s largest investment platform, and we put financial wellbeing at the heart of our organisation. We work with customers, financial advisers and employers to provide pensions, savings and investment solutions.
As a purpose-led business, we're focused on supporting our customers as they navigate through new stages of their lives and all the moments that matter. We're here for everyone who wants to make the most of their time on the planet and leave it a little better than they found it, however grand or humble their ambitions.
Working at Aegon, you'll play an important part in helping achieve this.
Workplace Initiatives
Leadership development programmes? Yes
Mentoring programmes? Yes
Coaching programmes? Yes
Employee-led diversity networks? Yes
Internal women’s networking groups? Yes
Open to discussing flexible work arrangements at interview stage? Yes
No. of weeks paid maternity leave at full salary: 26 weeks
Minimum weeks tenure required to be eligible for paid maternity leave: 26 weeks
No. of weeks paid paternity leave at full salary: 6 weeks
Minimum tenure required to be eligible for paid paternity leave: 26 weeks
Gender pay gap reporting information - 2023
Average pay gap: 21.83%
Median pay gap: 19.87%
Average bonus gap: 43.72%
Median bonus gap: 40.66%
Signatory of the UK Women in Finance Charter? Yes
Targets to raise the number of women in leadership? Yes
Targets to raise the number of BAME individuals in leadership? Yes
Listed in the Bloomberg Diversity & Inclusion Index? No
We offer various apprenticeships, internships, career ready placements and graduate programmes.