Associate - English Services

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Job Title : Associate ENGLISH Services

Purpose of job:

To deliver a positive experience for all potential and existing British Council customers with an aim to maximise our business. The aim is to provide first time resolution to all customer enquiries over the Phone e mail and chat.

Role context

This post holder will work in within service level agreements to meet the deliverables of various Tasks/Activities. The position holder would be required to work in shifts

Selected candidates needs to work from office.

May require to travel occasionally work extended hours during training drives

Please note employees are expected to be available & flexible for crossskilling into other lines of business as per business requirements which may require upskilling & working in the required areas as per standards/schedule.

Main opportunities/challenges for this role

• Actively promoting recommending and providing guidance about British Council products programmes and services appropriately tailored to customers individual needs whilst making sensible attempts to crosssell.
• Solve customer queries and requests through Emails
• Ensuring service levels are met access and quality standards are upheld by answering inbound enquiries accurately and promptly and meeting agreed targets.
• Accurately complete call logs on CRM/other tools and update necessary data sheets and coding all customer interactions in line with business requirements.
• Ensures payments postings Account updation student registration customer care and reregistration processes are compliant with corporate policies and support effective teaching learning and service standards.
• Working closely with colleagues and team members to share information make new suggestions and provide feedback surrounding customers needs concerns and issues to the service delivery leaders
• Please note employees are expected to be available & flexible for crossskilling into other lines of business as per business requirements which may require upskilling & working in the required areas as per standards/schedule

Sales and Customer Service Management team

• Research on required information using available resources/applications (Website Shared drive Knowledge Management Tool etc.
• Route/Transfer emails to appropriate resource/channel if necessary
• Follow up on customer enquiries where necessary via email
• Maintain the minimum agreed British Council quality standards on each customer interaction

Information Security

• Ensure that their workforce are aware of the information security policies and comply with them
• Ensures that the team complies to ISO 27001 and IGA related requirements
• Send account opening requests effectively
• Disable accounts immediately for leavers and Absconders /on long leaves
• Document and monitor / review access levels of his/her team
• Provide security awareness and education to team
• Manage Records to ensure compliance to Freedom of information act
• Ensure incidents of their respective functions are closed within SLAs

Qualifications

Graduation

Role specific knowledge and experience

6 months 2 years experience in a call centre environment

At least 6 months of experience in a Voice bases/Blended process which includes Inbound / Outbound / Email / Chat/ Backend processing.

Further Information

Pay Band 3

Contract Type FTC

Department/Country GSS English & Exams (English Operations)/India

Closing Date (Time) 21 April 25 IST

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