Customer Service Specialist

Hire Hangar; Cape Town; Vor Ort; ZAR 677.000 - 967.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Hire Hangar seeks a Customer Service Specialist to support a portfolio of short-term vacation cabins with after-hours coverage and weekend rotation. You will manage guest communications across platforms, coordinate after-hours maintenance, and document interactions to ensure smooth daytime handoffs.

Remote role requiring excellent English, reliability during assigned hours, and ability to problem-solve under pressure. Prior experience with Airbnb/VRBO and familiarity with PMS tools is a plus.

Qualifikationen

• Prior guest communications, customer service, or hospitality experience
• Excellent written and spoken English — guest interactions directly affect reviews and rebooking
• Genuinely reliable during assigned hours — real availability, not approximate
• Calm, proactive problem‑solver under pressure — handling an upset guest at 11pm is part of the job
• Comfortable working from a knowledge base without constant escalation
• Bonus: prior short‑term rental/Airbnb/VRBO experience, familiarity with Guesty, Hostaway, or similar PMS, or listing optimization experience

Aufgaben

• Monitor and respond to guest messages across text, email, and platform messaging (Airbnb, VRBO, or similar) during assigned hours
• Answer guest calls and resolve common questions using a detailed property knowledge base — cabin‑specific details, check‑in procedures, amenity instructions, local info
• Coordinate after‑hours maintenance: identify the issue, contact the right local vendor, and keep the guest updated until it's resolved
• Escalate to the owner or daytime team when needed, with a clear summary and steps already taken
• Log all interactions and maintenance requests for a clean handoff to the daytime team

Kenntnisse

Guest communications

Customer service

English fluency

Reliability

Problem solving

PMS familiarity

Tools

Guesty

Hostaway

PMS

Jobbeschreibung

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Customer Service Specialist

Full-Time · Remote (U.S. Eastern Time Hours)

About the Role

In this role, you'll be the guest's point of contact during your assigned hours for a portfolio of 108+ short-term vacation rental cabins in the Smoky Mountains. We provide guests with round-the-clock, 24-hour support, and this role covers the hours our local, on-site team is off — primarily evenings. It's a weekend-driven business that runs 365 days a year. Your ability to stay calm under pressure, solve problems independently, and coordinate with local vendors will be essential to keeping guests happy and the daytime team set up for a smooth handoff.

What You'll Do

• Monitor and respond to guest messages across text, email, and platform messaging (Airbnb, VRBO, or similar) during assigned hours

• Answer guest calls and resolve common questions using a detailed property knowledge base — cabin‑specific details, check‑in procedures, amenity instructions, local info

• Coordinate after‑hours maintenance: identify the issue, contact the right local vendor, and keep the guest updated until it's resolved

• Escalate to the owner or daytime team when needed, with a clear summary and steps already taken

• Log all interactions and maintenance requests for a clean handoff to the daytime team

What You Bring

• Prior guest communications, customer service, or hospitality experience

• Excellent written and spoken English — guest interactions directly affect reviews and rebooking

• Genuinely reliable during assigned hours — real availability, not approximate

• Calm, proactive problem‑solver under pressure — handling an upset guest at 11pm is part of the job

• Comfortable working from a knowledge base without constant escalation

• Bonus: prior short‑term rental/Airbnb/VRBO experience, familiarity with Guesty, Hostaway, or similar PMS, or listing optimization experience

Schedule

40 hours/week, weekend coverage non-negotiable. Covers the three days/week the current local team member is off, primarily evening hours Eastern. Two consecutive days off per week, scheduled.

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