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About the role
Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way.
This is a remote role based in Ireland. Candidates must have the right to work in Ireland by the start date. Relocation support is available for candidates moving from other countries.
You must be fluent in both English and French as you will be supporting cases in both languages, with advanced proficiency in spoken and written communication in both languages.
The Community You Will Join
We are seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic candidate to provide exceptional Customer Service support to the Airbnb community as a Support Specialist, Premium Support. The ideal candidate is hospitable, analytical, and committed to delivering the highest standards of service in both English and French, spoken and written. This is a full time position based in Ireland.
The Difference You Will Make
The Support Specialist, Premium Support functions on the front line interacting directly with both customers & internal stakeholders. As a Support Specialist, Premium Support, you will be responsible for providing end-to-end support to key members of our community, including but not limited to the Luxury segment. You will primarily take ownership of cases, ensuring complete resolution while fostering strong relationships with our users along the way. Support Specialist, Premium Support needs strong communication skills in English and French, problem-solving abilities, and customer service expertise. They should also be adaptable and responsive in our fast paced environment, sometimes under pressure, while remaining flexible, proactive, resourceful, efficient and demonstrating a high level of professionalism and confidentiality. As part of this role, you are required to be flexible and may be required to move to different teams within Community Support and/or take up different responsibilities from those set out below. The ideal candidate will be open to a role which will evolve based on business needs and will be flexible to meet those needs.
A Typical Day
The responsibilities listed below are not exhaustive. Given the fast-moving nature of this work, the responsibilities set out below may change and additional duties may be assigned as needed.
Complex case management: Provide the highest level of service to our community in each and every case
Interact with Airbnb customers and community members through all current and future channels, both inside and outside of Airbnb tools, including but not limited to livechat, social platforms, messaging, and directly through the phone
Take end-to-end ownership of all assigned cases: ensuring a complete final resolution (or settlement, final decision, etc) is reached based on workflows & management guidelines, fostering the relationship with our users along the way, and escalating accurately to other teams when appropriate
Demonstrate ownership mentality & good judgment as well as skill to question, adapt, and deviate from the workflow when needed only through management approval
Be highly receptive to feedback from Management and Quality, and quickly adopt behaviors to improve the quality of your work
Understands multiple perspectives on a topic or situation, and able to evaluate and present multiple options for addressing a problem
Can be brought to engage more with senior stakeholders and to collaborate cross-functionally, with help from management
Combining efficiency with bespoke quality: Provide personalized and exceptional customer support to guests and Hosts, ensuring their unique needs and preferences are met with the highest level of care and attention
Your Expertise
3+ years of relevant experience in multicultural customer service teams, preferably in the hospitality industry (experience with high-profile and influential clientele is preferred) and in a role making calls and handling customer/client contacts
Hospitality experience is a plus, in particular working for tec…
Displays an ability to handle a larger volume of cases without negatively impacting the quality of the interaction & the resolution
Proactively anticipate and identify opportunities to enhance the user experience, and with the support of management, offers tailored solutions and recommendations that go above and beyond their expectations, and ensuring a seamless and memorable experience throughout their interactions with Airbnb
Resolve user issues quickly and to a high level of mutual satisfaction, considering specific context and circumstances
Personalize communications to users, demonstrating the highest hospitality standards
Participating in your team’s improvement: Leverage your functional operational knowledge to proactively support the team success
Provide insights about community experience and continuous improvement opportunities to your Management
Help document ways of working, best practices, and the norms for your service(s) as requested by management
Provides technical/functional/SME to less experienced members of the team.
Shares ideas to improve processes and ways of working
Willing to take on various tasks and responsibilities as needed (including moving teams) and showing openness to new challenges and a proactive approach to work.
Stakeholder engagement: You have gained the trust of internal & external stakeholders through effective relationship management and delivering results
Displays flexibility, openness and approachability when resolving issues
Understands key drivers of your function and how they relate to one another, as well as the business impact of those metrics
You are on-call to handle emergency situations in the evenings & weekends
