Customer Advisor

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Cape Town, Western Cape, ZAF
In-Office
Junior
Information Technology • Consulting
The Role
As a Customer Advisor, you will provide exceptional customer service, troubleshoot issues, resolve complaints, and contribute to a positive customer experience through effective communication and problem-solving skills.
Summary Generated by Built In
As a member of a highly skilled and motivated team, you will communicate with customers to identify specific needs, whilst delivering a market leading customer service/experience to increase the profitability of the business and remaining committed to treating our customers fairly and ensuring continuous delivery of customer service excellence.
In this role you will be responsible for completing interactions with our customers by resolving product or service problems by clarifying the customer's complaint; determining the cause of the problem; selecting and explaining the best solution to solve the problem; expediting correction or adjustment and following up to ensure resolution. You will be focusing on troubleshooting technical challenges, general customer support, and offering new products and services where relevant to our customers.

Job title:

Customer Advisor

Job Description:

Education & Experience Required:

  • Grade 12 (Matric)
  • 6-12 Months Customer Service Call Centre experience with the below: -
  • Webchat experience
  • Sales experience
  • Technical troubleshooting experience.
  • Providing excellent customer service with a key focus on doing the right thing for each customer – deliver solutions that meet their individual needs.
  • Identifying vulnerable customers and adapting approach, providing additional support when required.
  • Handling escalated customer queries with empathy and integrity, logging accurately
  • Dealing with a wide range of queries across telephony platform
  • Any other duties as deemed necessary and in line with the scope and level of this role.
  • Handling customer queries and delivering high quality service throughout 
  • Using your product knowledge to proactively find answers and solve problems.
  • working to tight deadlines to ensure all queries are responded to in good time and meet day-to-day service delivery targets. 
  • Adhering to data protection and confidentiality laws 

Essential: 

• High proficiency in written and verbal English communication,
• Time Management: Balancing multiple tasks efficiently is essential.
• Active Listening: Understanding customer queries and questions
• Handle complex issues.
• Problem Solving: Quick thinking and resourcefulness are vital.
• Communication Skills: Clear and concise communication
• Adaptability: The ability to adjust to different customer personalities and situations is valuable.
• Customer-Centric Approach: Putting the customer first is a core competency.
• Moderate to Advanced computer skills and system navigation

Hive customer is part of the elite class that is for the pricey Hive devices to deliver on the saving them money and offering them the convenience promise of controlling their home devices even when they are not home, via their phone, through the Hive App and timeous communication for things when they are about to change services etc.

The campaign operates in UK time. You will be required to work the following shifts in South African times:

Operating Hours: SA times

  • Monday–Saturday (9AM-9PM) – closed on Sunday
  • Your shift roster is subject to change therefore be prepared to work unfavorable shift patterns as per operational requirements.
  • Our Call Centre is operational 365 days per year (including Christmas and New Year).
  • You will be expected to work during the festive season (including Christmas Day)

What’s in it for you?

  • Competitive remuneration package
  • Shift Allowance
  • Weekend Hero Bonus
  • Excellent monthly performance bonus of up to 20% of basic salary
  • Free door to door transport for evening shifts after 7pm
  • A progressive career path to help you develop in your Call center career.
  • Comprehensive product training in a fun collaborative environment
  • Excellent accredited training programs to assist you in career development on a variety of subjects/concepts.
  • Employee Share Scheme Trust after 24 months tenure with Capita
  • Eligibility to participate in our scholarship program after 24 months tenure with Capita.

What we hope you’ll do next

Choose ‘Apply now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you. Please upload an up-to-date CV which highlights your relevant experience.

What will happen next?

  • Your application will be reviewed.
  • If your application is successful, you will be invited to an interview with a member of the recruitment team.

IMPORTANT

The shortlisted candidates are subject to be assessed using relevant assessment tools based on the needs and requirements of the role.

Capita South Africa adheres to the principles of the Employment Equity Act and preference will be given to candidates in line with the business’ EE targets and goals.

Attach your most recent CV indicative of the criteria as advertised.

Location:

Cape Town

,

South Africa

Time Type:

Full time

Contract Type:

Fixed Term (Fixed Term)

Skills Required

  • Grade 12 (Matric)
  • 6-12 Months Customer Service Call Centre experience
  • Webchat experience
  • Sales experience
  • Technical troubleshooting experience
  • High proficiency in written and verbal English communication
  • Moderate to Advanced computer skills and system navigation

Capita Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Capita and has not been reviewed or approved by Capita.

  • Flexible Benefits Hybrid/remote options, job sharing and compressed hours are available across many roles, and remote-work convenience can meaningfully add to overall value.
  • Parental & Family Support Enhanced maternity, paternity and shared parental leave are part of the offering, signalling stronger family support than basic statutory levels.
  • Retirement Support A company‑matched pension and life assurance are provided for UK roles, delivering core financial protection within the package.

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The Company
London
24,265 Employees
Year Founded: 1984

What We Do

Capita is a leading provider of business process services, driven by data, technology and people. We are a purpose-led, responsible organisation¬. Every day our 50,000 colleagues help millions of people, by delivering innovative, digitally enabled solutions to transform and simplify the connections between government and citizens, businesses and customers. We partner with our clients and provide the insight and technologies that give time back, allowing them to focus on what they do best and making people’s lives easier and simpler. We operate across three divisions – Capita Public Service, Capita Experience and Capita Portfolio – in the UK, Europe, India and South Africa. Capita is quoted on the London Stock Exchange (CPI.L). Further information can be found at: http://www.capita.com

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