What are the responsibilities and job description for the Training & QA Specialist position at Answering Service Care?
About Answering Service Care
A Legacy of Excellence in Customer ServiceFor over 50 years, Answering Service Care (ASC) has been a trusted live answering service for more than 4,000 businesses nationwide. From law firms and contractors to medical offices, franchises, insurance agencies, and more, we provide professional, reliable customer service across all industries.
As a third-generation family business, ASC is built on a people-first culture, where long-term relationships—with both clients and employees—are at the core of what we do. Many of our team members and clients have been with us for more than 20 years. With nearly 200 employees across three offices in New Jersey, North Carolina, and Florida, we take pride in training skilled customer service professionals to provide:
- Warm, professional call handling
- Lead intakes
- Appointment scheduling
- Call transfers and accurate message relay
- Live chat, SMS, and email support
At ASC, we get it, so our clients don’t have to—and we want you to be part of our growing team.
Why Join ASC?- A people-first culture that values long-term relationships and career growth
- Industry-leading training to build expertise across multiple industries
- Career stability and advancement opportunities with a company that has thrived for over 50 years
To create seamless connections between businesses and their customers through tailored communication solutions that foster lasting relationships and consistently exceed expectations.
If you are passionate about customer service and thrive in a professional, fast-paced environment, we would love to connect with you.
Position Summary
We are seeking a motivated, engaging, and detail-oriented Training Specialist to join our team. This role is responsible for facilitating training across all departments within the organization, ensuring consistent onboarding, skill development, and performance readiness that directly support employee success, operational consistency, and high-quality customer service in a fast-paced answering service environment.
The Training Specialist will play a key role in preparing new team members for success by delivering high-quality onboarding, classroom instruction, systems training, customer service coaching, and ongoing support.
The ideal candidate is patient, organized, professional, and passionate about helping others learn in a fast-paced call center environment. This role requires strong communication skills, the ability to adapt training styles to different learners, and a commitment to ensuring employees understand company expectations, systems, and client protocols.
What We’re Looking For
We are looking for someone who is energetic, approachable, and passionate about helping others succeed. The ideal candidate can create a positive learning environment while maintaining structure, accountability, and professionalism. This person should be able to motivate new hires, build confidence, and prepare employees to provide exceptional service to our clients and callers.
Essential Responsibilities
- Facilitate structured onboarding programs for new answering service agents (remote and/or in-office)
- Deliver engaging instructor-led training sessions covering:
- Customer service fundamentals and professionalism
- System navigation and workflow efficiency
- Call, SMS, and chat handling procedures
- Script adherence and communication quality standards
- Train employees on company policies, client expectations, and operational procedures
- Ensure trainees understand attendance, availability, and performance expectations
- Provide hands-on support with system access, tools, and training materials
- Monitor attendance, participation, comprehension, and performance throughout training
- Administer quizzes, call evaluations, and skill assessments
- Provide encouragement, reinforcement, and additional support where needed
- Identify learning gaps early and provide targeted coaching and support
- Deliver real-time feedback in a clear, professional, and supportive manner
- Reinforce key habits including:
- Proper system usage and documentation
- Time management and workflow discipline
- Professional customer communication
- Efficiency and accuracy in handling interactions
- Support trainees through both training and early production (incubation period)
- Partner with Operations and QA to support readiness decisions and performance alignment
- Support continuing education and coaching beyond the initial 90-day period
Performance Enablement & KPI Readiness
- Prepare agents to meet key performance expectations, including:
- Availability and schedule adherence
- Quality Assurance (QA) standards
- First Contact Resolution (FCR)
- Efficient handling of omni-channel interactions (calls, SMS, and chat)
- Certify agents for production readiness based on established benchmarks
- Support consistent transition from training to production floor success
Collaboration with Operations Quality Assurance
- Reinforce company expectations regarding customer service, professionalism, empathy, accuracy, and compliance
- Ensure trainees understand HIPAA, confidentiality, and data security requirements when applicable
- Promote adherence to company procedures and quality assurance standards
- Work closely with Operations Managers and QA teams to support new hire development
- Align training content with QA standards, operational expectations, and client requirements
- Participate in calibration discussions to ensure consistency in coaching and scoring
- Support agents through their first 30–90 days post-training
- Assist in updating and improving training materials, SOPs, and job aids
- Continuously refine onboarding programs based on performance trends and feedback
- Identify gaps in training effectiveness and recommend improvements
- Support rollout of new processes, systems, and client updates
- Deliver refresher training and skill-building workshops as needed
- 3 Years of Previous training, coaching, teaching, or call center leadership experience preferred
- Prior answering service, call center, dispatch, or customer service experience strongly preferred
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong presentation and public speaking abilities
- Ability to multitask and adapt in a fast-paced environment
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Comfortable using multiple computer systems and applications simultaneously
- Ability to work independently while also collaborating with leadership teams
- Positive attitude with strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills
- High level of professionalism, patience, and accountability
- Experience training remote employees in a virtual environment
- Experience with QA/call monitoring and coaching
- Knowledge of call center metrics and performance expectations
- Familiarity with scheduling, workforce management, or Omni-channel environments is a plus
- Familiarity with contact center KPIs such as:
- QA scoring
- Availability/adherence
- Service levels (SLA)
- First Contact Resolution (FCR)
- Experience working with CRM, ticketing, or call handling systems
- Comfortable navigating multiple platforms and communication channels (voice, SMS, chat)
Work Environment
- Fast-paced answering service/call center environment
- May support both remote and in-office employees
- Ability to sit for extended periods and work at a computer throughout the day
- Flexible schedule availability may be required depending on training class schedules
Compensation & Benefits
Location: In-office Position at ASC’s Margate, FL Headquarters
Open shifts: Full-Time
Compensation: Starting at $21.63/hr
Benefit Highlights:
- Weekly Pay
- Paid Training
- Health/Dental/Vision & Term Life
- PTO (Start earning on day one)
- Employee Assistance Program (Free Training & Development Courses)
- Childcare Reimbursement up to $375 a month
- Gym membership reimbursement
- Company-sponsored snacks
- Reward and Recognition platform
- 401k
- And More!
Ready to work for a company that values your talent and hard work? Apply now and take the next step in your career with Answering Service Care.
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