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Nigeria & Kenya

Customer Support Associate - Nigeria & Kenya

Responsibilities

User Communication & Engagement

  • Monitor and respond to messages in Whatsapp groups and other support channels
  • Provide timely, clear, and professional responses
  • Maintain a helpful and empathetic tone in all interactions

Issue Triage & Escalation

  • Identify and classify user issues (technical, product, payment, delivery, etc)
  • Log issues with sufficient detail
  • Escalate technical or complex issues to the TS team
  • Track escalated issues through to resolution

Feedback & Insights

  • Collect and summarize user feedback across the entire product suite
  • Identify recurring problems and patterns
  • Share structured insights with Product, Tech, and CX teams

Operational Support

  • Maintain basic records of conversations and issues
  • Follow defined support workflows
  • Support user onboarding and broadcast updates when needed
  • Create and maintain basic support content (guides, FAQs, and templates)
  • Translate technical updates or challenges into simple, user-friendly language
  • Act as a bridge between users and internal teams to ensure alignment on needs, issues and priorities

Required Profile

Must-Have

  • 1 - 3 years experience in customer support or frontline service role
  • Strong written communication skills
  • Comfortable using Whatsapp, chat tools, and basic support systems
  • Ability to multitask and handle high message volumes
  • Good judgement on when to escalate issues

Nice-to-Have

  • Experience in tech, logistics, fintech, or SaaS
  • Familiarity with ticketing or CRM tools
  • Basic troubleshooting experiencing

Key Skills & Traits

  • Clear communication
  • Empathy and patience
  • Attention to detail
  • Structured thinking
  • Fast response time
  • Ability to follow defined processes

Success Measures

  • Average response time
  • Accuracy of issue classification
  • Resolution turnaround (with TS)
  • Quality of feedback shared internally
  • User satisfaction with support interactions

Operational Checklist

Daily Operations Channel Coverage

  • All assigned WhatsApp groups and support channels are actively monitored
  • No user message goes unacknowledged beyond the response-time SLA
  • Tone and professionalism are consistent with support guidelines

Issue Handling

  • Issues are correctly categorized (technical, product, payment, delivery, etc.)
  • All issues are logged with sufficient detail
  • Technical or complex issues are escalated to TS promptly
  • Escalations include clear context (user, problem, urgency, screenshots if needed)

Follow-Up & Closure

  • Escalated issues are being tracked through to resolution
  • Users are receiving timely updates on their issues
  • Resolved issues are confirmed with the user
  • No high-priority issues remain unattended

User Experience Quality

  • Responses are clear, polite, and empathetic
  • No defensive or dismissive language is used
  • Users feel acknowledged even when issues are pending

Weekly Operations

Feedback & Insights

  • Common issues and trends are identified
  • Feedback is summarized and shared with Product and Tech
  • Repeated problems are flagged for root-cause analysis

Process Compliance

  • Support workflows are being followed
  • Escalation paths are being used correctly
  • Documentation and templates are up to date

Performance Review

  • Response-time targets are being met
  • Issue classification accuracy is acceptable
  • Quality of written communication meets standard
  • Users are not complaining about slow or unclear support

Monthly Review

Reporting

  • Support activity summary prepared (volume, issue types, resolution time)
  • Escalation performance reviewed
  • Gaps in training or tooling identified

Capability Building

  • Coaching or feedback given to each associate
  • Common mistakes addressed
  • New playbooks or guidance issued if needed

If this sounds like you, we'd love to meet you.

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