Customer Service Associate (Contractual)

Contractual Associate, Customer Service

Please Note: This is a 3 months contract.

Pearson VUE is a business of Pearson, the world's leading learning company with global-reach and market-leading businesses. Pearson is listed on both the London and New York stock exchanges (UK: PSON; NYSE: PSO). At Pearson VUE we offer truly global career opportunities and we have ambitious plans for the future! We are proud to offer our people many exciting career development opportunities, incentives, rewards and a competitive benefits package. When you join us as  Contractual Associate, Customer Service, you can look forward to working with many talented, motivated colleagues who all share our passion for helping customers throughout their learning and assessment journey.

This is a truly exciting vacancy as you’ll be responsible for taking on many different types of interest from internal stakeholders relating to customers’ experience as a candidate taking one of our assessments/exams. Customer enquiries can come through our Customer Service team, through telephone calls and emails and your role is to understand the enquiry, ask questions and collaborate with our varied departments to investigate what happened. You will use your Customer Relations skills to take ownership of the enquiry so that we can deliver a positive outcome and take care of each and every valued customer.

This is a fantastic opportunity for you to gain experience working with our diverse internal professional teams and corporate functions and you’ll have the opportunity to feedback, suggesting ways we can improve to avoid any customer issues from happening again. You may even have the chance to work with some of our Clients and help in some of our exciting projects!

In this role you will work 5 days per week. So if you love delivering exceptional customer service and collaborating with professional co-workers, we would love to receive your application today!

Our Successful Candidate

This is a career-changing opportunity therefore we are looking for a passionate team-player with exceptional customer service skills. You should have excellent attention to detail and take pride in your professional communication ability, both verbal and written. You should have the curiosity and ability to investigate and seek out answers to questions over multiple technological platforms.

 

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

Program and Client Service

Follow through with incidents, reports, and projects
Receive and respond to client queries
Ensure candidate results are sent to clients in accordance with KPIs
Act as an escalation point for service related issues
Promote client programs and products
Identify opportunities for improvement and efficiencies.
 

Call Center Support

Respond and resolve customer queries
Input accurate customer information into the database
Provide performance feedback as required 
 

Education and Experience:

Minimum Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent 
Bachelor’s Degree preferred or equivalent work experience
Experience training, teaching, or coaching
1+ years customer service experience preferred
 

Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities:

Excellent oral and written communication skills
Familiar with various training tools and models; understanding of learning styles preferred
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Access, Excel, Word, etc.)
Effective problem-solving skills
Conflict management skills 
Strong organization skills
Interpersonal savvy and ability to influence and relate to others
Time management skills
Ability to deal with ambiguity and overcome objections
Quickly and effectively adapt to changes
Must be patient, positive, and professional
Strong customer service skills
Coaching skills preferred
Strong attention to detail
Ability to set and meet goals

 

 

Experience Level

Entry Level