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Call Centre Assistant (Call Operator) at UNOPS

Afghanistan

Opportunity Deadline

06/04/2025

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Job Description

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VA/2025/B5101/29955
As per organization's salary scale
4 Year
Both
High School Diploma

Organization: UNOPS – United Nations Office for Project Services
Location: Kabul
Grade: Administrative support – LICA-4, Local Individual Contractors Agreement
Occupational Groups:
Operations and Administrations
Administrative support
Sales and Marketing
Customer services
Closing Date: 2025-04-06

Job categories Communications
Vacancy code VA/2025/B5101/29955
Department/office APR, AFCO, Afghanistan
Duty station Kabul, Afghanistan
Contract type Local ICA Support
Contract level LICA-4
Duration Ongoing ICA – ‘Open-ended, subject to organizational requirements, availability of funds and satisfactory performance
Application period 27-Mar-2025 to 06-Apr-2025
Applications to vacancies must be received before midnight Copenhagen time (CET) on the closing date of the announcement.

Functional Responsibilities

The Operator will perform the following duties with transparency and integrity, and in adherence to the humanitarian standards for information management as provided by the Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance (ALNAP), the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) and the Sphere Handbook:

  • Daily call handling (inbound and outbound);
  • Ensuring quality and accurate data entry – writing clear and concise caller notes in English, ensuring a rapid call handling
  • Ensure that all calls are treated with the degree of empathy, respect, dignity, and understanding commensurate with the sensitivity of the call and the vulnerability of the caller;
  • Dealing with distressing calls professionally;
  • Capture and relay of accurate and timely information to callers in a professional manner;
  • Liaise with supervisors and other operators to provide relevant information to callers when needed;
  • Attend briefings, meetings, training, quality assurance performance improvement sessions called by supervisors.
  • Maintain and advance core skills (active listening, stress management, etc) as directed by the management;
  • Flag information gaps to supervisors;
  • Ensure enquiries that fall beyond the scope of developed scripts, intake forms, and guidance notes are referred to the supervisor for further action;
  • Perform remote call monitoring (RCM) when needed
  • Perform duties in line with key performance indicators (KPI), Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and Office rules and regulations; and

Education/Experience/Language requirements

Education

  • Secondary education is required; a university degree preferably in information management, information technology, statistics, or any other related fields is considered an asset.

Experience

Required:

  • A minimum of four years of relevant experience in humanitarian context, call centre (call operator), data collection or programm functions is required.
  • Experience in usage of computer, datasets, and Microsoft Office software package (MS Excel especially) is required

Desired:

  • Experience working in a call centre or other related field handling customer enquiries;
  • Experience in gender sensitivity, gender-based violence, sexual exploitation and abuse, mine-risk awareness, active listening techniques, basic counselling, and UN referral pathways;
  • Working knowledge of protection issues, communicating with disaster affected populations, accountability to affected populations, and protection response infrastructure

Languages

  • Fluency in English is required
  • Fluency in Uzbek/Turkmen is required.

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