Job Title
Market Related
Area: South Africa, Kwazulu Natal
Sector: Insurance
Posted: 26 August 2025
Job Details
Role Purpose
The Junior Manager is a hands-on leader who thrives in high-pressure, fast-paced environments. You will be responsible for leading, coaching, and driving performance across a specialist non-voice team (Customer Operations, Trading & Risk, or Tech Support). Your role is to create a culture of energy, discipline, and accountability while ensuring KPIs and compliance standards are consistently exceeded.
Key Responsibilities
Performance & Delivery
- Own your team’s daily/weekly KPIs (accuracy, productivity, compliance, risk handling, ticket closure, etc. depending on function).
- Monitor live dashboards and intervene quickly to course-correct.
- Translate strategy into execution by ensuring every agent knows, understands, and delivers against their KPIs.
- Deliver accurate, compliant outputs aligned with Playbook standards.
People Leadership
- Lead, coach, and mentor a team of 15–30 specialists.
- Run daily huddles and structured check-ins to maintain focus, energy, and discipline.
- Provide regular 1:1 coaching and clear performance feedback.
- Build a competitive, positive, and motivating team culture that balances performance with responsible gambling practices.
Operational Excellence
- Ensure adherence to compliance, responsible gambling, and technical protocols across your function.
- Partner with QA, Training, and Risk teams to identify gaps and implement coaching actions.
- Track adherence, attendance, and scheduling compliance.
- Report team-level performance, risks, and actions to Campaign Manager daily.
Client & Business Alignment
- Translate business/client expectations into clear team behaviors and measurable outcomes.
- Prepare insights, risks, and actions for performance reviews with senior management.
- Proactively identify opportunities for process improvement and efficiency gains.
Required Experience & Skills
- Minimum 2 years’ experience in a contact centre or operational leadership role (Senior Agent, Floor Coach, or Team Leader).
- Proven track record of leading high-performing teams in BPO, financial services, banking, insurance, SaaS, or gambling sectors.
- Strong ability to read data, spot trends, and make fast, informed decisions.
- Excellent coaching, motivational, and communication skills.
- Proficiency with CRM systems, back-office tools, and reporting platforms.
- Experience in 24/7 operations, shift leadership, and compliance oversight advantageous.