Customer Experience Captain

Permanent - Full Time

Casey

About Aligned Leisure

Aligned Leisure is a 100% owned subsidiary of the Richmond Football Club, established as a vehicle to manage the operations of Richmond's health, fitness and leisure business activities. Supported by the people and business systems of the Richmond Football Club, Aligned Leisure currently operates 53 leisure centres, community stadiums, pools, gyms, skate parks, gymnastics programs, theatres and other facilities throughout Victoria and New South Wales.

At Aligned Leisure, culture is paramount, and we are committed to developing our people in a supportive environment. Connecting to Thrive and Win is about connecting not only with customers, but also about staff connecting with each other with humour and care, through storytelling and authenticity, to build genuine relationships.

We are constantly on the lookout for talented individuals who fit our culture and either wish to learn a new industry or further develop their existing skills. If you have a passion for your local region, a focus on supporting your community and a desire to help us in providing the best level of service, we would love to hear from you.

Child Safety Commitment:

Aligned Leisure is committed to the safety of children.  We want all children who attend our facilities and/or are in our care to be safe, happy and empowered.  We are committed to the safety, protection, participation and empowerment of all children by implementing Child Safe Standards and providing a safe and supportive environment for all children.  We make sure that children are not exposed to any form of harmful conduct or abuse and each child is empowered to participate in decisions that affect them and to share any concerns they may have.

The Customer Experience Captain will support the Customer Experience Lead in the day-to-day operations and provide strong leadership and clear direction for customer service professionals to deliver exceptional service to our customers.

The Customer Experience Captain will be required to work collaboratively with the Customer Experience Lead to deliver outstanding service and provide memorable experiences for our customers, whilst at the same time, capitalising on all sales enquiries and leads and ensuring response times are adhered to. Management and maintenance of the customer management systems is an integral part of the role.

They will work collaboratively to ensure we are achieving the highest levels of health and safety through rigorous training, reporting and education, customer experience, engaging with all patrons and maximizing member acquisition and retention.  They will work relentlessly to implement the Aligned Leisure values of AWARE, DISCIPLINED, RELENTLESS and UNITED.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Service Quality

2. Lead the Customer Experience Team with visible leadership through direct customer facing presence. Ensure the Customer Experience team are operating in line with Aligned Leisure Service Standards including a large focus on occupation health and safety regulations.

3. Oversight, leadership and constant improvement of our service promise outlined in the Casey Leisure Facilities Customer Charter and Aligned Leisure Service Standards.

4. Assist the Customer Experience Lead with the development of staff training sessions that are in line with our strategic service plan and other service standards.  Deliver these training sessions on a quarterly basis to the Customer Experience Team

5. Support the daily operations of Customer Experience

6. Playing the role of on field leader to the customer experience team.  This includes setting of rosters with a focus on the right people in the right role, rostering within agreed annual budgets, service needs and supporting the engagement of new team members.

7. First point of call for the Customer Experience team, providing a united and supportive team environment.

8. Assist in maintaining integrity of the leisure facilities database including accuracy with customer records, outstanding debt management and other process requirements as lead by the Customer Experience Lead.

9. Ensure a relentless focus is maintained at all times on department quality control which includes creating and maintaining checklists, data recording and enquiry communications are completed on a daily basis.

10. Play a lead role in the development and implementation of key customer acquisition and retention activities, whilst motivating the customer experience team to achieve KPIs.

11. Member of the Leadership Team

12. Members of the Leadership Team will role model the values of aware, discipline, relentless and united at all times.  They will instil these values throughout the organisation and ensure that all new staff are hired with these values in mind.

13. Members of the Leadership Team will at all times act in the best interests of Aligned Leisure and council.  If at any time a member of the leadership team believes that these priorities are not aligned, then the situation should be escalated to the Leisure Manager.

14. Outstanding service delivery to all customers and stakeholders

15. Aligned Leisure will be renowned for delivering outstanding service and providing memorable experiences for our customers.  In your role, you will be relentless in identifying these opportunities and you will always ask yourself "How would I want a member of my family treated in this situation?"

16. All Aligned Leisure staff will understand and deliver on our customer charter and service promise.

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The Customer Experience Captain will also undertake regular customer service shifts and must be available to work a mixture of early morning, daytime, evening and weekend hours. The Customer Experience Captain may from time to time be required to undertake other tasks as directed by the Customer Experience Lead.

Key Relationships:

• Customers & Members

• Facility Stakeholders and User Groups

• CRM provider

• Richmond Football Club Digital and Marketing team

Essential Qualifications and Experience:

• Experience in managing a team

• Experience in membership sales

• Experience in delivering exceptional customer service

• Current CPR and First Aid

• Working with Children's Check

• Police Check

Personal Attributes:

1. Customer focussed

2. Enjoys selling and developing staff to be able to sell

3. Understands/enjoys the Leisure Industry and motivated to serve Aligned Leisure.

4. Highly organised.

5. Relentless in their approach to sale and service.