Call Center Representative - ON-SITE - Contract

Our client, a well-respected Philadelphia-based Transit Agency, SEPTA, is seeking a team of Call Center Representatives to join its team as a contractor of The Midtown Group.

In person interviews will be held on Friday, May 15th at 1234 Market Street. Interviews are by appointment only.

Training will start on Tuesday, May 26th and will be Mon-Fri from 7am to 4pm. Training ends Friday, June 12th and you cannot take any days off during training. Pay for training is $20.00 per hour and pay will jump to $23.00 on the third week of tenure. To start, working Sundays is a requirement. You cannot have any time off for the first three weeks of the role (May 26th through June 12th).

Hours of training - 7 am to 4 pm Mon to Friday

Hours after - you must be available any shift, 7 days a week. Operating hours are Mon-Fri, 7 am to 4pm and Sat & Sun 7:30 am to 4pm

Overview:

The Call Center Representative's primary responsibility is to handle incoming calls, which will be primarily working with the senior and disabled community by arranging transportation. The Customer Service Agent will be required to provide a compliant level of service to all customers as well as company employees 365 days a year. You will work 5 consecutive days but must be available for any shift assigned.

General Duties:

· Maintain complete knowledge of and comply with all departmental policies and procedures.

· Answer inbound calls professionally.

· Process transportation requests, changes, cancellations, and group trips received by telephone, fax, email, mail and internally using the current scheduling software.

· Complete call logs.

· Provide customers with service information and respond to customer inquiries accurately.

· Review Microsoft Access database and DRTS software to determine customer’s eligibility.

· Coordinate with other units within CCT, including Program Eligibility and Regulatory Compliance (PERC), Scheduling, and Control Center Departments to ensure the accuracy of customer and travel information.

· Provide Paratransit and accessible fixed-route service information; assist customers with conditional eligibility with alternative travel (Feeder). (A conditional eligible customer is one who is qualified for paratransit service when certain conditions (ex. environmental or architectural barriers) prevent use of accessible fixed-route service.)

· Route calls to appropriate resource.

· Follow-up customer calls where necessary.

· Recognize, document, and inform the supervisor regarding the trends in internal and external customer calls.

· Provide feedback regularly on the effectiveness and soundness of policies and procedures of the Reservations Department.

· Assist in the training process by cross training and side by side training of new hires.

· Clerical duties which include faxing, filing, emailing, processing, and copying paperwork.

· Other duties as assigned.

Key Competencies:

· Professionalism

· Punctuality

· Excellent verbal and written communication skills

· Listening skills

· Excellent data entry skills

· Spelling

· Problem solving and analysis

· Interpersonal skills

· Organizational skills

· Attention to detail

· Initiative