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Service Consultant - Customer Care Center

Our team of Service Consultants handle more than 15,000 calls a day and assist customers Monday-Friday 7 a.m. – 7 p.m. and we also provide 24/7 support for emergencies. Some weekends and holiday work will be required. Our team is the best in class at helping our customers during major storms. We value our customers and are looking for team members that will deliver solutions to meet their specific energy needs. Our culture is founded on relationships, empathy, and loyalty.

Skill development, coaching and mentoring are also paramount to our culture. So, if you are self-directed and hungry to learn new concepts, then this role will suit you well. Our employees are trusted to be creative and innovative to achieve customer and operational excellence.

On a typical day, our consultants can have a conversation with customers about starting, stopping, or transferring their service, discussing payment options, offering personalized energy-related products and services, report emergency situations, and other general inquires. Simply put, people count on us. If you aren’t 100% reliable and ready to give it your all, this isn’t the job for you.

We’re looking for candidates who are:

+ Excited to be a part of a team

+ Naturally curious and take pride in resolving issues

+ Kind and efficient

+ Empathetic and resourceful

+ Willing to make important decisions

+ Excellent at figuring out solutions to problems

+ Dependable to their core and have the tenacity to show up and work hard even when the going is tough

+ Self-aware and have the drive to take ownership of their career

What you’ll be responsible for:

+ Explaining billing issues and understanding common causes of high bills

+ Initiating transferring and disconnection of electric service while offering products and services that meet our customers’ needs

+ Discussing general customer inquires

+ Discussing rate options and educating customers about their energy usage

+ Assisting customers with setting up payment arrangements through our self-serve channels

+ Diagnosing trouble with electric service and reporting dangerous or hazardous situations

Functional Expertise:

+ Answer complex credit and billing inquiries, investigate high bills, analyze customer credit status, quote amount due, offer solutions, and make arrangements for payment of past due bills, final bills, and returned checks

+ Process service orders

+ Respond to service policies, rate questions, and billing inquiries

+ Update and maintain customer personal identifiable information

+ Adhere to established policies, procedures and quality standards for work performed

+ Coordinate work requests with appropriate departments and service centers

+ Report service disruptions (i.e., system outages and technical issues)

+ Effectively transfer misdirected customer requests to appropriate department

+ Offer solutions and solve problems that are sometimes unstructured and that may require reliance on conceptual thinking

+ Determine documentation requirements

+ Provide information related to outside assistance and other options

+ Prepare emergency, priority and orders (i.e. meter changes and miscellaneous orders)

+ Report on non-emergency service activities (i.e., errors, calls emails, complaints and call trends)

+ Investigate and probe to ensure clarity and that customer's request are satisfied according to emergency policies and procedures

+ Work with various internal departments (i.e., Credit and Collections, Legal) on preparing itemized statements for bankruptcies and researching and compiling documentation needed for court cases the company has been subpoenaed

Business Acumen:

+ Must be able to work in an 24/7 working environment, where shifts change due to business needs and seasons

+ Must be able to work required overtime and fulfill on-call obligations

+ Maintain working knowledge of all company products and services

+ Responsible for maintaining the security of customer records

+ Identify potential process improvements/opportunities and provide feedback regarding service failures or customer service enhancements

Engagement:

+ Participate in activities designed to improve customer satisfaction and business performance.

+ Work closely with various internal and external departments to ensure consistency and accuracy of messaging across digital channels

+ Manage peer relationships

Driving Results:

+ Accountable for meeting individual performance objectives consistently

+ Accountable or all metric that attribute to overall team goal including services level, self-service transaction growth and channel satisfaction

+ Responsible for managing assigned workload, setting goals, prioritizing work, evaluating results, and taking corrective action as needed

The successful candidate will undergo an 8 to 12-month training period in person at the Care Center in McDonough, GA. Upon demonstrating proficiency and completing training, opportunities for remote work and flexible shifts may be available, contingent on performance, attendance, and management discretion.

Candidates must live within a one hour commuting distance to the Customer Care Center.** **The Customer Care Center is located at 2500 Patrick Henry Pkwy, McDonough, GA 30253.

Additional Information

Pay: Current starting pay for ALL NEW HIRES is $21.46 an hour and $44,636 annually. All candidates who receive job offers will be hired at the same rate, regardless of experience/skills. This rate is non-negotiable** **.

**Georgia Power** is the largest electric subsidiary of Southern Company (NYSE: SO), America's premier energy company. Value, Reliability, Customer Service and Stewardship are the cornerstones of the Company's promise to 2.6 million customers in all but four of Georgia's 159 counties. Committed to delivering clean, safe, reliable, and affordable energy at rates below the national average, Georgia Power maintains a diverse, innovative generation mix that includes nuclear, coal and natural gas, as well as renewables such as solar, hydroelectric and wind. Georgia Power focuses on delivering world-class service to its customers every day and the Company is recognized by J.D. Power and Associates as an industry leader in customer satisfaction. For more information, visit www.GeogiaPower.com and connect with the Company on Facebook (Facebook.com/GeorgiaPower), Twitter (Twitter.com/GeorgiaPower) and Instagram (Instagram.com/ga_power).

Southern Company (NYSE: SO ) is a leading energy provider serving 9 million customers across the Southeast and beyond through its family of companies. Providing clean, safe, reliable and affordable energy with excellent service is our mission. The company has electric operating companies in three states, natural gas distribution companies in four states, a competitive generation company, a leading distributed energy solutions provider with national capabilities, a fiber optics network and telecommunications services. Through an industry-leading commitment to innovation, resilience and sustainability, we are taking action to meet customers' and communities' needs while advancing our goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Our uncompromising values ensure we put the needs of those we serve at the center of everything we do and are the key to our sustained success. We are transforming energy into economic, environmental and social progress for tomorrow. Our corporate culture has been recognized by a variety of organizations, earning the company awards and recognitions that reflect Our Values and dedication to service. To learn more, visit www.southerncompany.com .

Southern Company invests in the well-being of its employees and their families through a comprehensive total rewards strategy that includes competitive base salary, annual incentive awards for eligible employees and health, welfare and retirement benefits designed to support physical, financial, and emotional/social well-being. This position may also be eligible for additional compensation, such as an incentive program, with the amount of any bonus/awards subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable incentive plan(s). A summary of the benefits offered for this position can be found here https://seo.nlx.org/southernco/pdf/SOCO-Benefits.pdf . Additional and specific details about total compensation and benefits will also be provided during the hiring process.

Southern Company is an equal opportunity employer where an applicant's qualifications are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other basis prohibited by law.

Job Identification: 13287

Job Category: Customer Service

Job Schedule: Full time

Company: Georgia Power