Venda Speaking Customer Service Advisor

Surgo PTY Ltd; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading customer service company based in Century City is seeking a Venda Speaking Customer Service Advisor. The successful candidate will handle customer inquiries, ensuring high-quality service. Key qualifications include fluent Venda and English, customer service experience, and strong communication skills. The position offers a salary of R9500 and requires availability for various shifts. Applications can be submitted via the specified job board.

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 months unbroken inbound call center experience.
• Clear Criminal Record.
• Available immediately.

Responsibilities

• Answer call and respond to customer requests.
• Provide customers with product and service information.
• Complete call logs and reports.
• Ensure productivity levels and quality standards are met.

Skills

Venda fluency

English fluency

Excellent communication skills

Problem-solving skills

Adaptability

Customer service experience

Education

Passed Grade 12

Tools

MS Office Suite

Job description

Overview

Our client based in Century City is seeking a Venda Speaking Customer Service Advisor. The key objective of the role is to identify and understand customer needs, delivering a first class customer service to increase the profitability of the business while remaining committed to treating customers fairly. The role involves speaking directly with clients via an inbound line and providing responses to general contract and transactional inquiries.

Experience:

• Minimum of 12 months unbroken inbound call centre experience
• Customer service experience
• Administration experience
• Experience in healthcare, insurance, financial or administration industry and knowledge of relevant legislative environment is highly desirable (advantageous)

Requirements:

• Passed Grade 12
• Fluent in Venda (Read, Write, Speak)
• Fluent in English (Read, Write, Speak)
• Proficient in MS Office Suite applications
• Clear Criminal Record
• Available immediately
• Fixed Term Contract
• Own transport (Advantage)

Key responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

• Answer call and respond to customer requests
• Provide customers with product and service information
• Identify, research, and resolve customer issues using the in-house operating system
• Complete call logs and reports
• Assisting irate members and escalate when required to senior agents/team leader
• Ensure own productivity levels are maintained, and quality standards are met at all times
• Performing daily administrative functions and accurately capturing required information to various CRM systems
• Adhere to and support Company policies and practices
• Ensure that cases are reviewed and actioned
• Monitor Average Handling Time in line with standards
• Adhere to work schedule / occupancy and monitoring work flow
• Ensure that SLA is adhered to and cases to be completed in agreed SLA times
• Maintain customer quality according to set standards and business process
• Ensure full compliance to business process, legislation and standard operating processes

Critical Skills/ Competencies:

• Excellent communicator with all levels in an organisation (verbal and written)
• Solution Driven
• Excellent problem-solving and accuracy skills
• Self-starter, motivated, takes initiative and can work independently
• Confident in operating in a dynamic environment
• Flexibility and agility
• Resilient mind-set
• Ability to adapt to different situations as they arise (adaptive thinking)
• Ability to operate in a team environment
• Ability to prioritise deliverable and work load accordingly (good organisational skills)

Salary and working hours:

• The salary, R9500
• Monday to Friday 08:00 to 17:00
• Every second Saturday 08:00 till 12:00

Office Location:

• Century City

How to apply: Should you wish to apply for the position, please apply directly via this job board and quote reference number LRW88Y7X in the subject heading or email body. Email: [e-mail]

EE Statement: Surgo (Pty) Ltd will consider all applications in terms of its Employment Equity (EE) and is committed to maintaining diversity in its appointments. Surgo (Pty) Ltd therefore also encourages people with disabilities and from other diverse backgrounds to apply. Due to the high volume of applications, should you not receive feedback within three months upon submission, you can assume your application was unsuccessful, and we encourage you to reapply. Your CV will be kept on our database for us to contact you should any future vacancies become available. If you do not wish for us to keep your CV for any other positions, please email [e-mail].