Customer Care Specialist PT

Southern Bank; Poplar Bluff (MO); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

Southern Bank's Poplar Bluff Oak Grove Branch is seeking a Part Time Customer Service Associate to handle phone inquiries, assist customers with account maintenance, balance transfers, stop payments, and statement requests in a professional, responsive manner. You will answer calls, build relationships, protect customer information, and use bank software to service accounts.

The role emphasizes empathy, strong communication, and accuracy, with opportunities to refer customers to suitable

Qualifications

• Ability to use and learn bank software and tools.
• Solid customer service and problem resolution skills.
• Requires good follow-through and reliability.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Receives and fields incoming customer service calls via telephone.
• Promotes strong customer relationships in the Call Center environment, professionally.
• Identifies customer needs and opportunities to grow the bank.
• Delivers empathetic, accurate service while maintaining security of information.
• Uses bank products knowledge and technology to assist customers.
• Completes duties and refers customers to appropriate personnel as needed.

Skills

Customer service

Problem resolution

Interpersonal skills

Verbal & written communication

Organizational skills

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

HS work-study program

Tools

Banking software

Call center software

CRM system

Job description

Job Details: Job Location: Poplar Bluff Oak Grove Branch - Poplar Bluff, MO 63901, Position Type: Part Time,

PRIMARY PURPOSE OF JOB

Provides quality service and sells appropriate products via telephone to bank customers in an efficient and professional manner. Researches and resolves customer requests and answers customer inquiries with regard to account maintenance, balance transfers, stop payments, statement requests, etc.

EXPECTATIONS OF ALL SOUTHERN BANK TEAM MEMBERS

• Southern Bank team members are a family, rooted in the communities we serve and working together to be the best in our industry, utilizing innovative ideas and strong products. The Southern Bank Patch illustrates these ideals.
• Ensures the confidentiality of customer non-public personal information and secures information systems to comply with bank regulations.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND PERFORMANCE AREAS

• Receives and fields incoming customer service calls via telephone.
• Promotes strong and lasting customer relationships through the Call Center environment in an efficient and highly professional manner;
• Achieves a high level of success by understanding customer needs and identifying opportunities to grow the bank;
• Provides exceptional customer service by meeting all customer demands as they relate to relatively straightforward inquires, with the support of more experienced personnel; displays positive, professional tone, exhibits empathy when required, delivers key attributes and provides a WOW! experience for the customer;
• Arrives on time, logs in and is ready to receive/make customer calls as scheduled throughout the shift;
• Identifies and refers customers as well as potential customers to the appropriate personnel as needed;
• Maintains security over customer information;
• Responsible for thorough knowledge of all bank products offered;
• Responsible for knowledge and expertise in utilizing technology and numerous software packages used by the bank;
• Performs quality control functions, various reporting and tracking of performance; and,
• Completes and performs any other duties assigned

Qualifications: KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Ability to use/learn current technology and software applications related to position
• Must have solid customer service and problem resolution skills
• Requires good follow through
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written skills required
• Strong organizational skills

EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• High school diploma or equivalent;
• Or Participate in a high school work-study program that allows for part time hours to be worked;
• Up to one year related experience in retail customer service, banking or call center is beneficial, but not required

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Family & Trust: Southern Bank team members build relationships based on trust and mutual respect, maintain an inclusive and honest environment and uphold integrity and transparency in all interactions.
• Rooted & Service: Southern Bank team members are committed to serving customers, communities and teams with purpose, professionalism, and respect, while effectively communicating and actively listening to meet their needs.
• Innovation & Strength: Southern Bank team members foster collaboration and continuous improvement, encourage visionary thinking, and strive for excellence to drive the organization forward.
• Building Customer Loyalty: Effectively meeting customer needs; building productive customer relationships; taking responsibility for customer satisfaction and loyalty.
• Applied Learning: Assimilating and applying new job-related information in a timely manner.
• Quality Orientation: Accomplishing tasks by considering all areas involved, no matter how small; showing concern for all aspects of the job; accurately checking processes and tasks; being watchful over a period of time.