Trust and Safety Specialist

  • Individual Contributor
  • Remote-Friendly
  • Phoenix, AZ US
  • This position has been filled
  • Experience level: 1+ years

Website uber Uber

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About the Role

As a Trust and Safety Specialist within the Phoenix Center of Excellence (201 E. Washington St., Phoenix AZ), you will work with a high level of urgency – utilizing strong emotional intelligence as a first responder for our most critical incidents. Investigators will need to balance emotional self-regulation with empathy in all communications, while also coordinating case creation through fact gathering via phone outreach. Careful attention to following support logic and skilled case organization/documentation will be a vital part of the role.

In-office presence at least half of the work week is an essential function of the role to ensure, in part, access to real-time, in-person coaching, training and support from the local management team to enable the successful delivery of customer support services.

What You’ll Do

  • Manage a high volume, live queue of sensitive incidents and accidents that are often urgent or critical in nature and may involve explicit photos and/or verbal statements
  • Perform thorough interviews with reporting parties using various support platforms (email, phone) to efficiently gather case information
  • Maintain excellent interpersonal skills and professionalism while delivering best in class customer service
  • Receive feedback for continuous case creation improvement while building and maintaining relationships with our Trust & Safety Investigations Team
  • Employ critical thinking, emotional intelligence, and creative problem-solving skills to navigate sensitive cases and high severity safety concerns
  • Represent our team with professionalism and subject matter expertise when shadowed by visitors from Uber HQ as well as new trainees.
  • Learn and master multiple knowledge base and contact management systems

Basic Qualifications

  • Minimum 1 year of urgent customer service support or relevant prior experience handling urgent and high-priority issues, such as accidents, safety concerns, issue remediation, and/or insurance loss or 1 year of Uber experience

Preferred Qualifications

  • Willingness to work weekends, holidays and outside a standard 8 to 5 shift (Looking for overnight graveyard shifts)
  • Pursuing degree in Criminal Justice, Business, or Communications
  • Experience in Law Enforcement, Claims Liability, HR
  • Experience with Crisis Management or Sensitivity Training
  • Experience in interviewing or debriefing critical incidents either in-person or over the phone
  • Ability to troubleshoot problems and find speedy resolutions in high pressure situations
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to establish trust and effective working relationships with others on an external and internal basis
  • Commitment to excellence in behavior, performance and work product
  • Organized and self-driven with an excellent ability to handle a large caseload
  • Comfort with holistic change in everything we do – we’re the fastest growing startup of all time for a reason, things change here often!
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills including ability to listen effectively; to confidently and diplomatically express opinions and voice concerns with other team members
  • Experience in interviewing or debriefing critical incidents either in-person or over the phone
  • Solid computer and time management skills
  • Must work well in a team environment