Customer Care Team Leader

As a Team Leader – Customer Service you will manage one of our busy Customer Service teams who are answering enquires as they come through our 1300 number as well as our general email inbox from our participants (carers and people living with a disability across Australia) and NDIS Service Providers.Drawing on your experience working in a frontline telephony environment you will provide support and guidance to the team as well as managing administration, telephony workflows and queues via the allocation of tasks, monitoring of productivity and amending of Workforce Planning schedules as required.Your knowledge and experience in customer service excellence will assist in driving positive outcomes for NDIS Participants to meet their goals and drive a culture of effective and efficient problem solving in a complex industry.Working closely with the Head of Operations and the Senior Operations Manager, you will provide technical support, coaching and guidance to the team, as well as identify, communicate and recommend business processes for continuous improvement in the Plan Partners service delivery.**The Role**· Lead your Customer Service Team towards achieving team based and individual KPI's· Manage administration and telephony workflows and queues via the allocation of tasks, monitoring of productivity as required· Identify changes to call and administration trends based on regular and holistic reporting· Provide daily, weekly and monthly reporting administration data and identify areas for efficiency improvement· Manage and resolve customer escalations and complex enquiries in a timely and professional manner· Ensure customer and third-party enquiries are addressed in accordance with the Plan Partners Customer Charter· Support the business in identifying process improvements, initiatives and coordinate and manage the implementation of key operational projects· Regularly review quality, error, compensation and compliance trends and assess training requirements throughout the area and make recommendations to close and knowledge gaps· Review and manage strategies to reduce customer exits**You will bring:**· Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a Contact Centre Team Leader role· High level people management skills· Experience managing teams to Contact Centre based KPIs· Experience using Amazon, telephony systems, or similar software· A working knowledge of the NDIS would be desirable, but not essential**What we can offer you:**· **Novated leasing benefits and discounts**· **12 weeks paid parental leave** and access to our Parents Portal· **Comprehensive learning and development opportunities** to support your career growth· **Sonder digital wellbeing platform**, providing personalised support 24/7, plus annual flu vaccinations· **Default Income Protection Insurance** reimbursed for members of the MMS Default Super Fund· **Exempt Employee Share Plan**As an employer who embraces Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, we hold a collective commitment to foster an environment where all differences are valued and respected. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, individuals from all backgrounds, including those caring for and living with disability to apply. Please note all successful candidates will be required to undergo background checks.**What we can offer you:*** **Novated leasing benefits and discounts*** **12 weeks paid parental leave** and access to our Parents Portal* **Comprehensive learning and development opportunities** to support your career growth* **Sonder digital wellbeing platform**, providing personalised support 24/7, plus annual flu vaccinations* **Default Income Protection Insurance** reimbursed for members of the MMS Default Super Fund* **Exempt Employee Share Plan**Embracing our value of **Everyone Matters** we hold a collective commitment to foster an environment where all differences are valued and respected.* We encourage individuals from all backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, those caring for someone or living with a disability, LGBTQIA+ and culturally diverse applicants to apply.* We embrace hybrid working and welcome conversations about flexibility.Please note all successful candidates will undergo background checks (including criminal history and ASIC checks) and an NDIS Workers Screening Check if appropriate. All information provided will be treated confidentially. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work.If you identify as a person living with disability and require adjustments to our recruitment process, please contact us at mmsgrouprecruitment@mmsg.com.auThe McMillan Shakespeare Group (MMS) is a trusted provider of salary packaging, novated leasing, disability plan management and support co-ordination, asset management and related financial products and services. From our origins in 1988 when we created Australia’s salary packaging industry to today, MMS has a proud history of innovation and exceptional service.Through our subsidiaries, we offer a breadth of services and expertise designed to responsibly deliver superior long-term value to our clients and customers, which include Federal and State governments and some of the largest public and private sector, health and charitable organisations.
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