Customer Service Associate This position will embody our company's culture, and help shape the experience of our customers. Whether it is a child's first day or a family's 10th year with us, the Customer Service Associate will ensure that they have the best experience and fulfill our promise of strong athletic and artistic development.
Full job description and responsibilities: Customer Service: Exceptional customer service orientation facilitating the creation of memorable everyday experiences for our Customers: both children and their parents. Understand our customers' inquiries and needs and provide clear, concise, and helpful responses.
Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills enabling connection with customers in person, over the phone, and via email. Take, record, and relay messages and notes accurately, completely, and legibly both manually and in our computer systems. Be able to communicate with appropriate urgency and tone ensuring that all customer's questions and requests are completed and followed up on in a professional and friendly manner. Effectively handle any customer concerns and understand when to escalate issues to gym leadership.
Administration: Maintain confidentiality of all guests and company information. Strong work performance both in the team and independent settings. Be accountable for role responsibilities and high-quality standards. Learn and become an expert in our class management system where you will enroll, wait for lists, level approve, and bill customers among other things. Ability to balance multiple priorities and effectively handle changing situations. Ability to multi-task in busy, often noisy environments. Physical Demands: Ability to move through the 24,000 sq ft facility, including gym areas that are full of equipment. Ability, if needed, to reach, lift, carry, push, or pull small equipment and/or furniture up to 40 pounds. May require extended stationary positions during rush hours. Miscellaneous: Maintain a clean, hygienic, and well-organized environment in all public areas throughout the shift. Ability to reinforce lobby etiquette (e.g., no climbing on furniture, no practice in the lobby, etc.). Work well with children (e.g., from time to time you may need to walk and direct students to their classes, washrooms, or water fountains, and provide Band-Aids, ice packs, and tissues). You will be responsible for helping to maintain a safe comfortable space for all of the children within our facilities. This position will report to a General Manager or the Administrative Staff Leader. Requirements: Bachelor's degree or 2 years of experience in customer service or social work preferred Exceptional customer service: active listening, strong verbal and written communication skills, professional phone demeanor Proficiency with computers, including familiarity and comfort with word processing and spreadsheet software Ability to diffuse tense situations Strong time management and decision-making skills Adaptability and accountability Understanding of company services and policies Main Location: 2500 C W. Bradley Pl. Gym B
Job Type: Full-time and Part-time available
Compensation: $18 - $25/hour, dependent on skills, abilities, and performance
FT Benefits: Health insurance (90% of the premium paid by employer) Dental, Vision, and Life insurance (100% paid by employer) Employer contribution to Health Savings Account (HSA) Profit sharing retirement plan Paid time off Work hours: 6 to 7-hour shifts Saturday availability Availability during busiest hours: Monday-Friday 3:30 – 8:30; Saturday 8:00-3:30 About IK gymnastics: At IK Gymnastics we approach the art, discipline, and sport of gymnastics from a holistic perspective. We believe in developing a mature and healthy attitude that begins with a fundamental understanding of the psychological and physical aspects of gymnastics. We encourage hard work while still maintaining a healthy balance of enjoyment and consistency in instruction. Fun and expression are at the core of the IK philosophy and are ideologies that we embrace. Our aim is to set each gymnast on a path of making positive life-affirming choices that have lasting benefits to the individual and community as a whole.
Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
About IK Gymnastics: At IK Gymnastics, we approach the art, discipline, and sport of gymnastics from a holistic perspective. We believe in developing a mature and healthy attitude that begins with a fundamental understanding of the psychological and physical aspects of gymnastics. We encourage hard work while still maintaining a healthy balance of enjoyment and consistency in instruction. Fun and expression are at the core of the IK philosophy and are ideologies that we embrace. Our aim is to set each gymnast on a path of making positive life-affirming choices that can have lasting benefits to the individual and community as a whole.