Customer Service Representative

Customer Service Representative

Norfolk, Virginia is America's most authentic and urban waterfront city. Home to the world's largest naval station and the business, arts, and cultural center of Coastal Virginia, Norfolk has been rated a top place to live, work, play, and raise a family by numerous publications.

The Customer Service Representative provides exceptional customer service to all visitors by creating a welcoming, efficient, and informative experience. This role supports admissions, membership sales, guest engagement, and event operations while ensuring accurate transaction processing and adherence to organizational policies. The ideal candidate is friendly, detail-oriented, and capable of handling a fast-paced, public-facing environment.

Essential Functions

• Greet and interact with guests.
• Answer on-site guest questions and resolve guest issues.
• Accurately process monetary transactions and adhere to all cash handling policies.
• Introduce non-members to the Zoo Membership program highlighting benefits and value.
• Process admission tickets, membership enrollments/renewals/gifts through CRM software.
• Maintain and update membership database ensuring accuracy.
• Supports events by staffing check ins, membership sales, and maintaining lines.
• Supports end of day sales reconciliation, contribute to preparation / closeout of tills utilized by Guest Services team, as needed.
• Supports the Guest Services Manager with the success of events, programs, and projects the department is involved in.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education/Experience

Work requires knowledge necessary to understand basic operational, technical, or office processes. Level of knowledge equivalent to four years of high school or equivalency. Six months experience. The preferred candidate will possess previous customer services and telephone experience.

Additional Information & Requirements

Work Location: Virginia Zoological Park, 3500 Granby St., Norfolk, VA 23504 Work Hours: 32 hours per week, Wednesday through Saturday, 8:00am to 4:30 pm.

Benefits

• Regular full-time and permanent part-time employees may receive paid holidays, vacation and sick leave, employer paid pension plan, basic life insurance, voluntary participation in medical and dental, Section 457 deferred compensation, long-term disability, optional life insurance for self, spouse and children, medical and dependent care reimbursement plans, access to membership in credit union and employer provided parking.
• Special project/grant employees are generally eligible for the same benefits of regular full-time employees; however, retirement, life insurance and participation in health plans vary depending upon funding and authorization.
• Temporary/seasonal and part-time employees are generally only eligible for employer provided parking and access to membership in credit union.
• Retirement
• The Tuition Assistance Program is established to encourage employees toward continued self-development and education. Permanent full-time and permanent part-time classified, unclassified permanent, full-time special projects, and constitutional employees who have completed six months continuous service will be eligible to apply. The applicant's school of enrollment must be an accredited institution.