Troy University
Customer Service Representative
🇺🇸 Troy, AL
🕑 Part-Time
💰 TBD
💻 Customer Support
🗓️ September 3rd, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
- Assist customers by responding to phone inquiries related to financial aid, admissions, student account services, and enrollment management.
- Research and provide accurate information, resolve problems, and escalate unresolved issues appropriately.
- Log communications in a database and maintain operational equipment by following procedures and reporting malfunctions.
- Provide general office support including data entry, filing, faxing, and message relay.
- Must have strong phone and verbal communication skills, active listening, customer focus, and adaptability to different personality types.
- Requires ability to multi-task, prioritize, manage time effectively, and be computer proficient.
- Minimum qualification: High school diploma or equivalent; fluency in English with correct grammar usage.
- Preferred qualification: At least one year of customer service experience and familiarity with higher education environments.
- Position is part-time with a maximum of 19 hours per week, scheduled between 7am and 7pm, Monday through Friday, with occasional holiday work.
- Position is in the Troy Online - Call Center department within the Finance and Administration division.
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| Posting Number | SF1021P |
|---|---|
| Position Title | Customer Service Representative |
| Position Type | Classified Staff/Hourly |
| Department | Troy Online - Call Center |
| Division | Finance and Administration |
| Campus | Troy Online |
| Work Status | Part-Time (IPT) |
| Temporary | No |
| Location | Troy - T01 |
| Job Summary | The Customer Service Representative position is responsible for assisting customers (primarily TROY students and parents) by answering incoming phone calls regarding financial aid, admissions, student account services, enrollment management, and other related departmental areas in an effort to answer inquiries, resolve issues, and fulfill requests. Staff will also assist with clerical duties during the call center’s off-peak periods as needed. Other job duties include: • Answers inquiries by clarifying desired information; researching, locating, and providing information. • Resolves problems by clarifying issues; researching and exploring answers and alternative solutions; implementing solutions; escalating unresolved problems. • Logs communications in database. • Keeps equipment operational by following established procedures; reporting malfunctions. • Provides general office support that assists in the functioning of the office including basic computer data entry, filing paperwork, sending and receiving faxes, and relaying messages. |
| Minimum Qualifications | 1. High school diploma or equivalent 2. Strong phone and verbal communication skills along with active listening 3. Customer focus and adaptability to different personality types 4. Ability to multi-task, set priorities and manage time effectively 5. Computer proficient 6. Attentive to detail 7. Must be fluent in English and have ability to use correct grammar 8. Must have an enthusiastic and positive attitude, and a strong work ethic 9. Must have a genuine desire to help TROY, and a strong sense of school pride |
| Preferred Qualifications | 1. Minimum of one year of customer service experience 2. Familiarity with a higher education environment |
| Will this position require driving (personal vehicle, university vehicle, utility vehicle, or golf cart) in order to perform the job duties? | No |
| Work Hours | - Maximum of 19 hours per week - To be determined between the hours of 7am and 7pm, Monday through Friday - Some work on holidays may be required |
| List any hazardous conditions or physical demands required by this position | NA |
| Does this position have supervisory responsibility? | No |
| Posting Date | 09/02/2025 |
| Closing Date | |
| Open Until Filled | Yes |
| Special Instructions to Applicants | |
| Quick Link | https://www.troyuniversityjobs.com/postings/22603 |
| Solicit References Through the System? | No |
|---|---|
| Last Day a Reference Provider Can Submit Reference | |
| Applicant Special Instructions | Qualified applications will be made available to the department/committee for review immediately upon submission. We ask that you provide email addresses for your reference providers and please be certain that the email addresses you list are accurate. If you are selected as a candidate for consideration by the department/committee, an instructional email will be sent to your reference providers to ask that they submit a reference letter on your behalf via a link to our reference portal. Separate reference letters will be requested for each position to which you apply (if applicable), so your reference providers will be contacted separately for each application on which you list them. Reference letters will not be copied from one application to another. You can assure your reference providers that our system is secure and that all letters are confidential. If your reference providers have trouble using the reference portal, please advise them to contact jobs@troy.edu. |
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- Employment is contingent upon a satisfactory background check.
- Troy University is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.
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