The Customer Service Process Specialist collaborates with subject matter experts (SMEs) and department leadership to document and refine processes to improve operational efficiency and compliance within the customer service department (CSD).
Essential Functions
•Evaluates the customer service department’s (CSD) business processes, gathers information, identifies improvement areas, analyzes root causes of business issues, anticipates requirements, and develops corrective action recommendations
•Engages with customer service leadership, project managers, training specialists, SMEs, and end-users to garner accurate information; ensures documentation accurately reflects processes and procedures
•Implements, updates and maintains business processes and procedures
•Creates clear, comprehensive, and user-friendly documentation/media, including standard operating procedures (SOPs), internal operating procedures (IOPs), user manuals and operational guides (e.g., user guides, quick reference guides), training materials, brochures, presentations), and instructional videos
•Determines the most precise and logical way to present information and/or instructions for greatest reader comprehension; writes and edits technical documentation accordingly
•Leverages industry best practices in technical writing and uses documentation and video production tools to produce high-quality, professional documentation/media tailored to the department’s needs
•Updates, edits, and improves existing documents based on current WSSC Water policy and procedure writing standards, quality, and style guidelines
•Leads ongoing cross-functional business process reviews and develops optimization strategies
•Organizes, publishes, and maintains documents in SharePoint (or a similar management system) in such a way that information is easily accessible
•Supports periodic audits of processes to ensure adherence to internal policies and regulatory requirements
•Proofreads prepared documents to ensure adherence to grammatical and formatting standards
•Participates in end-to-end User Acceptance Testing
•Assures data quality and integrity for customer service-related processes and systems
•Analyzes and processes customer service requests, including field activities, new meter orders, and demolitions
Other Functions
•Prepares analytical and statistical reports related to process improvement and documentation effectiveness
•Prepares and presents verbal and written reports to management, as needed
•Develops and maintains strong working relationships across the department to foster collaboration and process standardization
•Ensures consistency and integrity in workflows
•Manages records retention for compliance and reduction of paper records
•Assists with the development and facilitation of training
•Performs related duties as assigned
Work Environment And Physical Demands
Work is performed in a business casual office environment.
Required Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities
•Advanced proficiency level in technical writing, process documentation, and workflow analysis
•Proficient in documentation tools and version control
•Capable of clear and concise writing tailored to various audiences, with strong editing and familiarity with style guides
•Ability to translate complex technical processes into clear, concise, and user-friendly documentation
•Strong analytical skills to evaluate and improve operational processes
•Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams
•Demonstrated understanding of software and project development
•Experience with process mapping tools
Minimum Education, Experience Requirements
•Bachelor’s degree in English, Communication, Business Management, or a related discipline
•4+ years’ experience in process improvement, business analysis, technical writing, or a related role
OR
•High school diploma or equivalent
•8+ years’ experience in process improvement, business analysis, technical writing, or a related role