Engagement Specialist (Temp)

Momentum-Life; Centurion; On-site; ZAR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Momentum Life is seeking an Engagement Specialist to resolve product-related queries across multiple channels, delivering experiential service and empathetic support. You will engage clients and intermediaries, inform on process steps, and provide timely solutions while promoting digital self-service options.

The role emphasizes omnichannel communication, adherence to compliance, and collaboration with internal teams to improve the client experience and drive digital transformation.

Qualifications

• 2–3 years of call centre experience.
• Degree or diploma in financial services or studying towards.
• Matric (Grade 12).

Responsibilities

• Engage with clients via preferred channel by actively listening to their needs and confirming information to deliver on their needs.
• Collaborate with channel support staff and financial advisor to empower self-service and support delivery.
• Inform clients or intermediaries on steps, solution plan and timeframe for resolution to manage expectations.
• Investigate client needs and provide timely, accurate solutions within agreed timeframes.
• Maintain empathetic composure and commitment in resolving queries.
• Deliver courteous, first-time resolution of queries by following policy guidelines.
• Handle client complaints professionally with quality standards in place and escalate when needed.
• Promote digital self-service options to resolve queries more effectively.
• Proactively resolve escalated queries involving disgruntled clients with empathy.
• Meet or exceed performance metrics by delivering dependable engagement solutions.
• Build client confidence and ensure clients feel supported and valued with prompt responses.
• Seek to enhance skills and contribute to process optimization and digital transformation.
• Collaborate with internal teams for smooth service delivery.

Skills

Communication skills

Empathy

Analytical

Attention to detail

Multichannel handling

Education

Degree or diploma in financial services

Matric (Grade 12)

Job description

Through our client-facing brands Metropolitan and Momentum, with Multiply (wellness and rewards programme), and our other specialist brands, including Guardrisk and Eris Property Group, the group enables business and people from all walks of life to achieve their financial goals and life aspirations.

We help people grow their savings, protect what matters to them and invest for the future. We help companies and organisations care for and reward their employees and members. Through our own network of advisers or via independent brokers and utilising new platforms the Momentum Group provides practical financial solutions for people, communities and businesses.

Role Purpose

The purpose of the Engagement Specialist role is to enable clients and intermediaries to resolve product-related queries by engaging with them on their needs. The Engagement specialist will provide experiential service that is focused on delivering exceptional service, via their platform of choice.

Requirements

• 2 - 3 Years Call Centre experience
• Completed or studying towards a degree or diploma relative to the financial services industry
• Grade 12 (Matric)

Duties & Responsibilities

• Engage with the client, via preferred channel, by actively listening to their needs and confirming or clarifying information in order to deliver on their needs.
• Engage with the Channel support staff and/or financial advisor, by actively listening to their needs and confirming or clarifying information in order to empower them, if available on self-service, empower and enable support to do so.
• Inform the client or intermediary on the process steps, solution plan and timeframe for resolution in order to manage expectations. Notify them of online notification, reduce follow-ups.
• Investigate the clients needs and provide timely and accurate solutions to their needs within the agreed timeframe.
• Establish trust with clients by maintaining empathetic composure and commitment in resolving their query or request.
• Deliver courteous, first-time resolution of queries by adhering to policy guidelines and Engagement Delivery Agreements.
• Establish confidence and dependability with clients by handling clients complaints effectively and professionally, with quality standards in place).
• Promote digital solution options to the clients, via self-service by enabling and empowering them to utilize digital solutions to resolve their queries more effectively.
• Pro-actively resolving escalated queries involving disgruntled clients by providing empathic support and assistance.
• Fulfill performance metrics and work to meet or exceed them by delivering superior, dependable engagement solutions.
• Build client confidence and ensure clients feel supported and valued by providing prompt, consistent and accurate responses.
• Actively seek to enhance skills required to perform more effectively (process optimization and digital transformation).
• Proactively collaborate with internal teams to ensure smooth communication and efficient service delivery.
• Adhere to compliance requirements in the service process in line with legislative requirements and serve our clients and intermediaries fairly and in line with our values.
• Help us improve our digital transformation journey (connect to the strategy and make suggestions). Identify and report process and system failures, suggest enhancements to improve client experience.
• Upholding ethics, policies and procedures, and confidentiality of theclients.

Channel of choice:

• Clients need to be able to interact with us through an expanding range of channels, from calls, emails, self-service emerging new trends (WhatsApp, webchat, chatBot etc.).
• Omnichannel client support: seamlessly provides assistance and advice across an integrated network of devices and touchpoints — both technical and humanistic — to enable a clients digital experience. This includes personalized, digitised engagement; predictive data-driven insights and intelligence across products which provide an integrated solution for transactional services providers (input into the Digital helpdesk strategy).

• Speed
• Consistency
• Human touch — that is, creating real connections by making technology feel more human (empathy)
• Showing composure
• Empathy
• Analytical – attention to detail
• Logical
• Change agility
• Brand ambassadorship – positive attitude towards the brand