Specialist, Safety
Specialist, Safety
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Job Description
The Community You Will Join:
We are looking for a talented and experienced person who will look after a variety of Safety concerns for our community including but not limited to: Discrimination Personal Safety Threats Domestic Violence Suicide or Self Harm Child Exploitation Physical Assault and Sexual Assault Drugs activity Sex Work and Human Trafficking.
The Difference You Will Make:
The successful candidate will demonstrate an excellent understanding of how to properly identify threatening and harmful circumstances empathetic communication use of good judgment and quick decision making with the goal of providing the best support possible for the Survivors and restore their status quo.
This position is a frontline contact center role interacting directly with the customers. Successful candidates need strong communication skills problem-solving abilities and customer service expertise. They should also be adaptable and responsive in our fast paced environment sometimes under pressure while remaining flexible proactive resourceful efficient and demonstrating a high level of professionalism and confidentiality.
As part of this role you are required to be flexible and may be required to move to different teams within Community Support and/or take up different responsibilities from those set out below. The ideal candidate will be open to a role which will evolve based on business needs and will be flexible to meet those needs.
A Typical Day:
The responsibilities listed below are not exhaustive. Given the fast-moving nature of this work the responsibilities set out below may change and additional duties may be assigned as needed.
- Complex case management:
- Interact with Airbnb customers and community members through all current and future channels both inside and outside of Airbnb tools including livechat social platforms messaging and directly through the phone
- End-to-end management of complex cases with the objective to resolve customers issues based on workflows & management guidelines
- Recognize case type/severity and work cases correctly according to your services scope escalating accurately to other teams when appropriate
- Takes on casework at a degree of severity/complexity under close supervision
- Ability to recognize & assess threatening & risky behaviors
- Demonstrate ownership mentality & good judgment as well as skill to question and deviate from the workflow when needed only through management approval
- Be highly receptive to feedback from management Quality & clinical staff teams and quickly adopt behaviors to improve the quality of your work
- Understands multiple perspectives on a topic or situation
- Able to evaluate and present multiple options for addressing a problem
- Can be brought to engage more with senior stakeholders with help from management
- Combining efficiency with quality:
- Ability to handle a larger volume of cases without negatively impacting the quality of the interaction & the resolution
- Participating in the Safety Service improvement:
- Leverage functional operational knowledge to support the team succeed
- Help document ways of working best practices and the norms for your service(s) as requested by management
- Provides technical/functional/SME to less experienced members of the team.
- Stakeholder engagement: explore network with other Delivery teams and key functional partners
Your Expertise:
- 3 years of relevant experience in customer service mediation emergency services Trust & Safety operations or a similar role operating in a contact center environment making calls and handling customer/client contacts
- Hospitality experience is a plus in particular working for technology platforms.
- Ability to work weekend days and public holidays as well as early morning / evening shifts. Your schedule can change to meet business needs
- Ability to work in a high-pressure environment interacting with sensitive confidential and potentially traumatic imagery conversations and other materials
- Very good interpersonal and communication skills both written and spoken including conflict resolution.
- Ability to organize a high volume of work multitask & prioritize and to work within prescribed schedules including breaks lunches and training time
- Basic computer literacy including Apple/Mac OS and Google Suite
- Language proficiency in English other languages are a plus
- Able to assess risk accurately understand level of urgency exercise good judgment when it comes to risky situations and share the most pertinent information with stakeholders
- Ability to adapt to new tasks and responsibilities as needed.
- Proactive attitude towards embracing new challenges and adjusting to changing priorities and environments.
- Capable of adjusting to evolving roles and job duties with openness and flexibility as well as moving to a new team.
Your Location:
This position is Canada - Remote Eligible. The role may include occasional work at an Airbnb office or attendance at offsites as agreed to with your manager. While the position is Remote Eligible you must live in a province where Airbnb Canada Inc. has a registered entity. Currently we can hire in the following provinces: Ontario British Columbia Quebec and Saskatchewan. This list is continuously evolving so please check back with your recruiter on what provinces you are eligible to work from.
Our Commitment To Inclusion & Belonging:
Airbnb is committed to working with the broadest talent pool possible. We believe diverse ideas foster innovation and engagement and allow us to attract creatively-led people and to develop the best products services and solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.
We strive to also provide a disability inclusive application and interview process. If you are a candidate with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in order to submit an application please contact us at: Please include your full name the role youre applying for and the accommodation necessary to assist you with the recruiting process.
We ask that you only reach out to us if you are a candidate whose disability prevents you from being able to complete our online application.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full Time
