Customer Service Consultant (Durban)

Customer Service Consultant (Durban) page is loaded Customer Service Consultant (Durban)locations: Durban, Kwazulu Nataltime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Yesterdaytime left to apply: End Date: April 16, 2026 (5 days left to apply)job requisition id: JR104508 Join TIH, home to some of South Africa's leading financial service providers, and grow your career while being part of an organisation with purpose. Job Purpose Obtain and capture information from insured or designated persons for purpose of settling claim with insurance carrier. To assist with administrative amendments, provide information and insights on policies, additional benefits and up-sell products to the customer. Responsibilities Customer Management (External and Internal) Help manage customers by carrying out standard activities and provide solutions for first call resolution and completion of customer request and executed according to the required standard. Customer Needs & Analysis Ask questions and probe for clarity to gathers relevant information to assist in resolving customer request. Up-sell Customer Propositions Identify the products or services that best meet the customer's stated needs, explain the selection to the customer, and influence the customer to make a purchase. Correspondence Respond to routine requests using telephonic conversation or emails and to more unusual requests by editing templates to create customised responses (internal and external). Operational Compliance Develop working knowledge of the organisation's policies and procedures and of regulatory codes and codes of conduct relevant to own work, adhering to mandatory procedures to ensure own work is undertaken to the required standards. Administration Update policy information e.g change of address, change policy holder details, banking details and attend to the customer request on a range of policy related issues. Provide best practice support to customers on the administration process requirements and other departmental systems, in line with claims policy, rules and SLAs. Personal Capability Building Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching. Develop and maintain an understanding of relevant technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media. Work Scheduling and Operational Compliance Work according to an assigned schedule. Follow a range of mandatory procedures to ensure that work is carried out to the required quality standards and/or to ensure adherence to external regulatory codes and internal codes of conduct. Education Matric / Grade 12/ SAQA Accredited Equivalent (Essential); Regulatory exam 5 (Advantageous); STI Qualification (Advantageous); Class of Business (Advantageous); Customer Service certificate/or related qualification (Advantageous) Experience 2 or more years customer service experience (Essential); 1 year call centre experience in Financial services industry (Advantageous).Our Work Experience is the combination of everything that's unique about our culture, our core values, our company meetings, our commitment to success, our recognition programs, but most importantly, it's our people. Our employees are self-disciplined, hardworking, curious, trustworthy, humble and truthful. They make choices according to what is best for the team, they live for opportunities to collaborate and make a difference, and they make us the Top Workplace in our area.