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

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

Who we are:

At Pearson, our purpose is simple: to help people realize the life they imagine through learning. We believe that every learning opportunity is a chance for a personal breakthrough. We are the world's lifelong learning company. For us, learning isn't just what we do. It's who we are. To learn more: We are Pearson.

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a member of E-Verify. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit and business need. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status or any other group protected by law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

If you are an individual with a disability and are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our career site as a result of your disability, you may request reasonable accommodations by emailing [Confidential Information].

Job: Contingent Worker

Job Family: CONTINGENT WORKER

Organization: Assessment & Qualifications

Schedule: PART_TIME

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Req ID: 22384