Founded in 2015 by former K-12 educators and administrators, Swing Education is a leading platform assisting school districts in sourcing dependable, highly qualified substitute teachers. Recently recognized as the Most Innovative Company in Education by Fast Company and named a Great Place to Work in 2024, Swing continues to set the standard for excellence in the EdTech space.

At the core of our company stands a diverse and visionary leadership team. In the face of a nationwide teacher shortage, Swing believes that every classroom should have a teacher, and every student deserves uninterrupted learning. At Swing, we champion a fundamental belief: for our schools and students to thrive, our team must reflect the rich diversity of the thousands of students and educators we are privileged to serve. We are committed to creating a work culture that embraces inclusivity and belonging for every member of our present and future team. To learn more about Swing Education and our Core Values, please click here.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Customer Experience (CX) team at Swing seeks to empower our users through easy self-service and provide guidance and expertise when our schools and subs need us. As a Customer Support Associate, you’ll be responsible for providing world-class customer support, identifying gaps in knowledge with quality assessments, creating training materials, identifying customer pain points, and escalating inefficiencies you identify in our support processes. You are highly organized, empathetic, thoughtful communicator, and energized by helping our school partners and substitute teachers get the most they can out of their Swing experience. This will be a primarily Phone Support role

This is a full-time remote position that will be covering a Pacific or Central time zone.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Provide high-quality, efficient, and helpful responses to customer requests through Zendesk (90% phone and 10% emails/live chat)
Suggest, update, and create content for our external Help Center and internal knowledge base to provide an easy, self-service customer experience (macros, help articles, etc.)
Flag user pain points and suggest solutions to our product team
Identify areas of improvement in support processes (i.e. customer self-service opportunities)
Use tools and knowledge base efficiently to maintain low ticket processing time
Triage and escalate tickets as necessary to CX team leadership
Provide support to other teams, including but not limited to Sub Operations
Achieve set team goals in tickets per hour, quality, and CSAT

REQUIREMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS:

Must have previous Phone Support experience

Ticket-based customer support experience is a plus
Highly empathetic, takes time to understand customer pains, needs, and wants and goes the extra mile to make sure customer issues are resolved as quickly as possible
Hyper-organized and detail-oriented, with excellent written and verbal communication skills

Commitment to diversity and inclusion in working with diverse teams
Good judgment and the ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion

You consider yourself a technology expert and enjoy learning how to use new technology tools
High level written and verbal skills required
High degree of multitasking capabilities required
Work schedule: PST and CST support

Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Swing is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Swing is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures.

Salary is commensurate on experience and is adjusted for cost of living standards dependent on position location. Swing Education offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following perks:

Medical/dental/vision benefits
Flexible Time Off (FTO)
Paid holidays
Parental leave
Stock options
Professional development reimbursement program
Co-working membership reimbursement
Mission-driven work
Fun, collaborative, balanced culture

COMPENSATION:

$26—$28 USD

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