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Contact Center Specialist III, Workforce Management

Primary Location Hillsboro, Oregon Worker Location Flexible Job Number 1331644 Date posted 01/24/2025
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Description:
Job Summary:

In addition to the responsibilities listed below, this position is responsible for maintaining key performance indicators (KPIs) in a contact center(s) and/or region(s) by monitoring volume of contacts and staffing requirements and making adjustments to meet KPIs; tracking adherence to schedules and escalating any net staffing gaps caused by absences or offline exceptions; reviewing and sharing metrics with team; monitoring and ensuring all policies and procedures are contractually compliant; collaborating with team and stakeholders to address trends and incorporating into future forecasts; monitoring offline activities and allocating resources; identifying and reporting technical issues related to systems; participating in the maintenance of tools and implementation of solutions; and supporting training efforts on software and procedures.

Essential Responsibilities:

  • Pursues effective relationships with others by proactively providing resources, information, advice, and expertise with coworkers and members. Listens to, seeks, and addresses performance feedback; provides mentoring to team members. Pursues self-development; creates plans and takes action to capitalize on strengths and develop weaknesses; influences others through technical explanations and examples. Adapts to and learns from change, challenges, and feedback; demonstrates flexibility in approaches to work; helps others adapt to new tasks and processes. Supports and responds to the needs of others to support a business outcome.

  • Completes work assignments autonomously by applying up-to-date expertise in subject area to generate creative solutions; ensures all procedures and policies are followed; leverages an understanding of data and resources to support projects or initiatives. Collaborates cross-functionally to solve business problems; escalates issues or risks as appropriate; communicates progress and information. Supports, identifies, and monitors priorities, deadlines, and expectations. Identifies, speaks up, and implements ways to address improvement opportunities for team.

  • Supports contact center services by: supporting customers (e.g., internal stakeholders, members, patients, providers, doctors) with information and resources or directing them to the appropriate party, independently; and tracking and resolving routine, non-routine, and/or escalated issues reported by a wide variety of customers (e.g., internal stakeholders, members, patients, providers, doctors) as well as following procedures to escalate issues requiring additional review to senior team members.

  • Enables contact center operations by: leveraging comprehensive foundational knowledge of labor environment regulations, requirements, and contracts, performance standards, measures, and goals to provide consistently high performance; and monitoring standard and nonstandard operational performance data and reports to identify areas for performance improvements.

  • Contributes to the development of contact center operational insights by: analyzing basic operational data to provide contact center operations analysis insights; identifying operational improvements based on operations analysis results and learning best practices to apply solutions; and populating and interpreting standard operational reports and other analytical outputs for presentation to team members and leadership.

  • Contributes to contact center service quality and effectiveness by: investigating standard and nonstandard service quality concerns submitted by members, internal KP staff, and any external agencies; and making recommendations and implementing strategies to remedy contact center quality concerns.
Minimum Qualifications:

  • Associates degree in Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Finance, Communications, Statistics, Mathematics, or related field AND minimum three (3) years of customer service or a directly related field OR Minimum four (4) years of experience in customer service or a directly related field.

Additional Requirements:

  • Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs): Stress Tolerance; Acts with Compassion; Time Management; Quality Assurance Process; Member Service; Data Entry; Relationship Building; Work Process Design; Computer Literacy; Microsoft Office
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Two (2) years experience working with Excel.
  • Two (2) years experience working with data analytics, business intelligence tools, and/or spreadsheet software (e.g., Excel, Cognos, Tableau).
Primary Location: Oregon,Hillsboro,Tanasbourne Regional Contact Center Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Shift: Day Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri Working Hours Start: 08:00 AM Working Hours End: 05:00 PM Job Schedule: Full-time Job Type: Standard Worker Location: Flexible Employee Status: Regular Employee Group/Union Affiliation: NUE-PO-01|NUE|Non Union Employee Job Level: Individual Contributor Specialty: Contact Center Department: Po/Ho Corp - MOC Workforce Analytics - 0308 Pay Range: $31.49 - $40.72 / hour Kaiser Permanente strives to offer a market competitive total rewards package and is committed to pay equity and transparency. The posted pay range is based on possible base salaries for the role and does not reflect the full value of our total rewards package. Actual base pay determined at offer will be based on labor market data and a candidate's years of relevant work experience, education, certifications, skills, and geographic location. Travel: No Flexible: Work location is on-site at a KP location, with the flexibility to work from home. Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy. At Kaiser Permanente, equity, inclusion and diversity are inextricably linked to our mission, and we aim to make it a part of everything we do. We know that having a diverse and inclusive workforce makes Kaiser Permanente a better place to receive health care, a more supportive partner in our communities we serve, and a more fulfilling place to work. Working at Kaiser Permanente means that you agree to and abide by our commitment to equity and our expectation that we all work together to create an inclusive work environment focused on a sense of belonging and wellbeing.

Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, parental status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status. Submit Interest