Thursday, January 17, 2013

Call Centre Agent Job at National Agricultural Advisory Services - Employment Opportunity in Uganda

Jobs at:
National Agricultural Advisory Services

Vacancy title:
Call Centre Agent

Deadline of this Job:
25th January 2013
Job details:
Location: NAADS Secretariat

Remuneration: Attractive and Competitive.

Terms of employment: Six (6) months

Age limit: 25 years and above

Number of Vacancies: 03 Vacancies

Qualifications and Working Experience

The minimum qualifications for the suitable candidate shall be;

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture, Fisheries, Veterinary Medicine, Agribusiness,

or related from recognized university.

• A postgraduate qualification in any of the following areas; Agribusiness,

Agricultural Extension, Rural Development and Agricultural Economics will be an

added advantage.

• At least three years relevant working experience in Agricultural Extension and/or

Rural Development.

Key Skills and Competencies

• Proficiency in the common computer applications like Word, Excel, Access, etc

• Good data entry/ keyboard skills

• Good communication and customer services skills

• Knowledge of call centre telephony and technology

• Experience in a Call Center environment will be another added advantage.

Duties and responsibilities

• Receive, register, process and prioritize all in-coming callers’ questions,

complaints/concerns/enquiries and prepare appropriate solutions in a professional

and timely manner.

• Interact over phone with the callers to the service to conduct follow-up (outbound

calls).

• Respond to all in-coming calls.

• Ensure that as much as possible all customer complaints are resolved at the fi rst

line of contact.

• Provide customers with agricultural product and service information.

• Identify and escalate priority issues (if queries cannot be immediately met by self)

to the second line of support (NAADS departments).

• Ensure all calls are closed.

• Regularly produce reports for management on daily, weekly, and monthly basis.

Job application procedure

For Positions at the NAADS Secretariat, interested applicants should submit

applications not later than

Friday, 25th January 2013, to:

The Executive Director,

NAADS Secretariat,

Plot 5 Kyadondo Road Legacy Towers,

Block B

P.O. Box 25235, Kampala- Uganda

For Positions Based in the Districts interested applicants should fill Public Service

Commission form 3 (revised 2008) available at the office of the Secretary Public

Service Commission or Secretaries District Service Commissions countrywide.

The filled forms together with detailed Curriculum Vitae indicating proof of previous

employment, two passport size photographs, names and addresses of three

referees, applicants daytime telephone contact and photocopies of all certified

academic certificates/testimonials should be submitted to the various Secretaries

of the respective District Service Commissions of Napak, Bukedea, Lyatonde and

Oyam districts not later than Friday 25th January 2013 at 5:00p.m
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