Customer Care Specialist

Customer Care Specialist

Pay Rate: $35 - $40 Role: Customer Care Specialist Location: Remote Teams hours are 7:30am 8pm EST. Must be available to work an 8 hour shift within those EST business hours based on team rotation schedule. Profile: Strong customer service experience at a tier 3 level. This role handles time-sensitive, high-complexity escalations from customers (teachers, parents, students), within established SLA requirements utilizing CB systems (most like salesforce CRM). Handling system access issues, duplicate accounts, missing information, etc. These roles will be focused on account issues, including but not limited to access to tools and service, account creation, and account updates. The role will require strong written communications but will provide support via phone as needed. Similar customer service experience that leverages is desired with strong research capabilities...problem solvers with strong critical thinking skills and ability to get up to speed quickly and work independently.

The Operations Division is focused on leading the organization's transformation to support delivery of digital assessments. The division aims to provide strong customer engagement and world-class digital assessment delivery experience that supports millions of students and thousands of schools and test centers annually.

The Customer Engagement department is a combination of teams that support our key constituents: students, parents, educators, and our state partners that represent approximately two million contacts per year. This integrated team serves as the organization's 'front line' and represents the voice of the customer, partnering across the organization to help improve the overall customer experience.

About the Opportunity

The Customer Care team handles our most time-sensitive and escalated issues and is known for delivering high-quality customer service to students, parents, and educators participating in any *** program. As a Customer Care Specialist, you will be responsible for managing all SAT, PSAT, AP, and CLEP escalated customer service matters through to full resolution, while identifying root causes and reporting findings to team leadership to support continuous improvement. This role requires a highly collaborative approach, with the ability to influence others and build strong relationships across internal and external stakeholders. The Customer Care Specialist reports directly to the Director of Customer Care Services. You will work closely with both internal and external partners to ensure compliance with policies and business procedures while identifying opportunities for continuous improvement. Success in this role will require strong organizational and prioritization skills, as well as the proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneouslyas a leader, an independent contributor, and a team member.

In this role, you will:

• Provide Exceptional Customer Service (75%)
• Serve as business contact between the customer service operations group and all of the internal departments and external vendors to address and resolve processing exceptions and/or escalated customer service cases. Establish a strong relationship.
• Communicate effectively, verbally and in written format case status, as well as complex Program policies to consumers, to include students, parents, High School Guidance Counselors and College/University Admissions Personnel.
• Work within aggressive timelines and with extremely sensitive student cases. Handle high volume caseloads while ensuring that cases are researched and closed within established timelines. Learn multiple customer service and operational system applications required to manage escalated customer service cases. Take a hands-on approach to lead resolution and root cause analysis of assigned customer service escalated cases. Conduct manual processes to implement exceptions workarounds. When necessary, provide manual support for data entry and exceptions. Provide support of other work across Operations Division as needed to support shared goals.

• Complete Special Projects and Continuous improvement (25%)
• Provide operational readouts and status on customer inquiries and trends within *** and/or externally with customers.
• Assist with customer outreach for special projects.
• Provide input to the voice of the customer initiative helping to drive continuous improvement and improved customer experience.
• Perform other related duties and projects as assigned.
• Identify and communicate process improvements and quality checkpoints, as well as multiple Program policies driving customer complaints/concerns.