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Overview
Work history
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Certification
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Iesha Kelliott

Iesha Kelliott

London

Summary

Meticulous and multi-skilled Team Leader with a proven ability to manage multiple tasks and thrive under pressure. With extensive industry experience in first aid, customer service, gateline operations, ticketing, and health and safety, I bring a motivated and enthusiastic approach to every challenge. I excel in confident communication across all levels, demonstrating initiative and a commitment to going above and beyond to deliver outstanding customer service.

I am adept at working both independently and collaboratively, ensuring attention to detail to meet diverse needs, solve problems effectively, and handle situations with a tactful and professional approach. As a leader, I am confident in managing and motivating my team fairly and professionally, fostering a positive and efficient work environment.

Eager to continue learning and expanding my expertise, I am committed to further enhancing my skills while upholding Southern’s values and representing the company in an exemplary manner.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work history

2C Multi Skilled Team Leader

Southern
East Croydon and Oxted Area
10.2021 - Current

Delivered a customer-focused presence within stations, ensuring seamless journeys through safe and punctual train dispatch, effective gateline management, and proactive retailing.


Provided leadership and clear direction to employees, supervising activities to enhance productivity and efficiency.


Handled difficult customer complaints and objections professionally, maintaining first-class customer service standards.


Delivered high-quality customer service by interacting with, assisting, and directing customers as required.


Maintained comprehensive knowledge of train timetables and routes, providing accurate information to customers.


Ensured passengers with disabilities traveled safely by providing appropriate assistance and support throughout their journey.


Resolved complaints, cancellations, and refunds efficiently, offering mutually beneficial solutions while protecting revenue.


Consistently adhered to Health and Safety procedures, ensuring a safe environment for customers and colleagues.

Train Dispatcher

GTR Southern
London Bridge
04.2018 - 10.2021
  • Using my discretion in various situations to ensure good customer service, and safety of others is in compliance within the rules and procedures of the railway.
  • Engaging with customers on a daily basis, providing alerative routes when distruptions arise.
  • Dispatching trains safetly and on time.
  • Making regular announcements so passengers are updated with the services and alterations.
  • Having the knowledge of facilities within stations, exits and on board the trains to give highest customer service and directions.
  • Has the knowledge of hidden disability and the laynards to recognise that one of our passengers may have a non-obvious disability and able to offer additional assistant. Also helping passengers with buggies, school parties and heavy luggage.
  • Delivered an exceptional level of service to each customer by listening to concerns and answering questions.
  • Commuicating safety critical information clearly and confidently.
  • Reporting anything suspious, hazards or potential and faulty eqipument. Ensuring that the work place is clean and tidy, using the correct radio channels for futher assisted.
  • Ability to read various types of tickets and give advice to passengers about ticket types and oyster cards.
  • Understanding how to use the gate and equipment

Stockroom Assistant

Victoria secrets
London
04.2017 - 08.2017
  • Comfortable with manual handling.
  • Health and Safety awareness.
  • Deliver a service that goes beyond set KPI targets, Maintaining stockroom with highest standards.
  • Train new associates ensuring that they have the right knowledge to perform to VS standards.
  • When the delivery arrives making sure that the paperwork is correct and hanged into line manager.
  • Sorting out delivery correctly so when the other associates arrive it is already organized.
  • Staying on top of any hazards that may occur and reporting them immediately.
  • Maintaining the stockroom ensuring it is clean and tidy.
  • Helping other associates with their task after I have finished my allocated job.
  • Pushing items to shop floor and back stocking delivery.

Platform Assistant

London Eye
London
03.2016 - 04.2017
  • Qualified, health and safety trained Guest Experience Host working various positions on The Eye ride platform and within the 4D Cinema Experience.
  • Roles included loading and un-loading guest in capsules, assisting mobility disable impaired guests, operating the 4D Cinema Experience, scanning in tickets and managing queue lines containing thousands of guests.
  • Work well within health and safety guidelines, following evacuation and fire procedures whilst delivering memorable experiences to guests in a pressured, busy environment.
  • Standing for long periods of time.
  • Analyses needs of impaired customers, identified alarm situation situations and dealt with complaints initiating appropriate action using radio codes to maintain professionalism and discretion.
  • Providing a safe and helpful service at all times.

Skills

  • Working independantly
  • Using discretion
  • Team leadership
  • Attention to detail
  • Conflict resolution
  • Problem solving
  • Policy implementation and enforcement
  • Time management
  • Self-motivated
  • Strong verbal communication
  • Risk management
  • Decisive decision-making

Certification

Accessibility Training - Module 2A and 2B,

Samaritans training -

NVQ Level 2: Customer Sevice,

Highfield Qualification (RQF) - London

Mentoring skills,

ILM Qualification - London

Level 3 : Emergency Paediatric / First Aid,

London Training and consultancy AoFAQ (QCF) - London

Level 3: First Aid

St Johns Ambulance - London

NQV Level 2: RESYNC Mentoring,

Lambeth College - London

Accomplishments

  • Recieved Life Saver Recieved
  • Received Employee of the month of June 2021 of my fast thinking when dealing with an incident involving a child falling from their pushchair when the mother attempted to board the train.
  • Received an Excellent award for outstanding customer service , going beyond my job title and my continuous support working along side the Princes Trust motivating and inspiring young people getting into the railway.
  • Nominated for Women in rail award - London November 2019 and Rail staff award - Birmingham November 2018.
  • Has attended Department for transport meetings speaking along side Angie doll the managing director of Southern and Gatwick express. Department for Transport industry day 2018 SOS rail vision theme: A more involved workforce. I spoke about my experience in the railway industry and the support i give to the Princes Trust ,this was a Q&A element and spoke infront of approximally 450 people .

Additional Information

  • DVLA Practical Driving Test: Driver and Vechile Licence
  • PTS Personal Track Safety Licence
  • Experienced in Mentoreeing new staff
  • Train Dispatch Licence
  • Gateline Licence
  • Sales point trained
  • Competent in attatching and splitting 171 and 377

Timeline

2C Multi Skilled Team Leader

Southern
10.2021 - Current

Train Dispatcher

GTR Southern
04.2018 - 10.2021

Stockroom Assistant

Victoria secrets
04.2017 - 08.2017

Platform Assistant

London Eye
03.2016 - 04.2017
Iesha Kelliott