assistance coordinator

Reporting Into: Team Leader

Contract Type: Permanent

Job Location: Dublin

Date posted: 14th January 2019

Reference: CFMAC2

Background:

Our client, a major global brand, is looking to add to their team by recruiting an Assistance Coordinator. The main objective of the role is to respond to all incoming telephone calls in a polite and efficient manner to ensure the highest level of customer service in line with the company standards.

Role Details:

• To answer incoming motor, property and medical assistance telephone calls

• To provide the caller with all relevant information and services

• To dispatch assistance work to the appropriate network contractors or recovery agents

• To make follow up telephone calls on all property assistance cases to establish customer satisfaction

• Make follow up telephone calls to the recovery agents to confirm fault and outcome before closing all motor assistance files

• To ensure that all client information is simultaneously entered onto the database

• To handle claims notifications and out of hour customer service calls for Corporate clients and their customers

• To perform such administrative tasks as appropriate to your files/calls

• To inform the Supervisor/Manager of any calls that may become problematic

• To carry out additional duties and ad hoc projects as requested by the Supervisor/Manager

You will be responsible for the following:

• Health & Safety:

  • To ensure that your work area is kept safe and tidy at all times

  • To notify your supervisor/Manager of any Health & Safety issues which may cause harm to fellow employees

• Training:

  • To advise your supervisor of any areas of work which you feel require you receive any additional training

  • Be available for training on new schemes/policy changes and skills as required

• Quality Management System:

  • To work as a member of a team within the quality system and follow all documented quality procedures and instructions

• Key Performance Areas:

  • To work towards achieving 100% on all Key Performance Area targets set for the department

• Appraisals:

  • To actively participate in and contribute towards the monthly team meetings and one-to-one assessment sessions and the annual appraisals

Your personal attributes:

• Self Awareness

  • Essential:

    • Well presented in line with working within a corporate environment

• Education / Qualifications

  • Essential:

    • Good standard of general education;

    • Successfully completed Leaving Certificate

  • Desirable:

    • Working towards APA qualification

• Special skills & knowledge

  • Essential:

    • Proven experience of providing a quality customer service within a pressurised environment

    • A genuine desire to provide a high level of customer service

    • The ability to effectively manage multiple cases

    • Excellent telephone manner

    • Fast accurate typing skills

    • PC Literate

    • Good geographical knowledge

    • Basic technical knowledge of vehicles

  • Desirable:

    • Experience of working in the automotive industry

• Aptitude / Personality:

  • Essential

    • Enthusiastic

    • Patient

    • Diplomatic

    • Team player

    • Calm under pressure

    • Assertive

    • Flexible

Hours:

Shifts based on a 35 hour week – between the hours of Monday to Friday 08.00 – 20.00, Saturday 09.00 – 19.00 and Sunday 10.00 – 18.00

Package on offer:

• Permanent, full-time position

• Salary - €25k plus target related bonus

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