Customer Support Expert - Remote

YO HR Consultancy; South Africa; Remote; ZAR 570,000 - 797,000; Full time

Job summary

YO HR Consultancy is seeking a Customer Service SME to support the creation of a custom dataset of natural, human-enacted conversations for training speech-to-speech AI agents. This is a remote hourly contractor role with flexible hours and global reach.

You will apply expert client communication, issue resolution, and CRM skills to ensure conversations reflect real-world interactions. Proficiency in English and experience in AI training are preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
• 2+ years of professional Customer Service experience with CRM and issue resolution.
• 1+ year of experience in AI training or related AI work.
• Strong knowledge of end-to-end customer support workflows.
• Excellent spoken English C1+.
• Experience handling inquiries across diverse scenarios.
• Reliable, self-directed, and able to deliver in hourly remote role.

Responsibilities

• Develop AI Training Content: Create natural, human-enacted conversations across realistic support scenarios.
• Optimize AI Performance: Evaluate and rank AI responses to improve accuracy and fluency.
• Ensure Model Integrity: Test AI models for inaccuracies or biases, validating reliability.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Issue resolution

CRM

Active listening

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Location: Global, fully remote

Job Type: Contractor (~15 hours per week)

Schedule: Flexible—you choose the hours and days you work, including weekends if desired as long as there is activity.

About This Role

Interview language: English

In this hourly, remote contractor role, you will work as a Customer Service Subject Matter Expert (SME) to support the creation of a custom dataset of natural, human-enacted customer service conversations used to train and improve speech-to-speech AI agents. You will participate in realistic customer service scenarios, applying your professional experience in client communication, issue resolution, support workflows, and customer relationship management to ensure conversations accurately reflect real-world interactions. You will demonstrate natural and professional communication, active listening, problem-solving, empathy, and appropriate issue-resolution techniques while following project-specific scenarios, instructions, and quality guidelines. Your contributions will help AI systems learn to handle customer interactions more naturally, accurately, and effectively. This role is with a fast-growing AI Data Services company delivering training data for many of the world’s largest AI companies and foundation-model labs. Important There is no immediate project for this role; however, if qualified, you will be among the first experts we reach out to when relevant opportunities arise. This will also provide you with access to future projects available through our expert network.

Your profile

• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Business Administration, Communications, Marketing, Management, or a related field (or equivalent professional experience).
• 2+ years of professional Customer Service experience, with demonstrated expertise in client communication, issue resolution, support workflows, and customer relationship management.
• 1+ year of experience in AI training, such as data annotation, AI evaluation, model training, response evaluation, or similar AI-related work.
• Strong knowledge of end-to-end customer support workflows, including issue identification, troubleshooting, escalation, follow-up, and resolution.
• Excellent spoken English C1+ (US only), with clear and fluent verbal communication.
• Hands-on experience managing customer inquiries, complaints, service requests, and escalations across a range of customer scenarios.
• Ability to adapt communication style, tone, and approach based on the customer’s needs, situation, and level of concern.
• Reliable, self-directed, and able to deliver consistent quality in an hourly, remote contractor environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop AI Training Content: Create natural, human-enacted customer service conversations across realistic support scenarios.
• Optimize AI Performance: Evaluate and rank AI responses to enhance the model's accuracy, fluency, and contextual relevance.
• Ensure Model Integrity: Test AI models for potential inaccuracies or biases, validating their reliability across use cases.

Skills: speech,communication,customer relationship management,customer service,customer,training