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Koala®

Senior Customer Service Specialist

Koala®

. Deliver high-class frontline customer service interactions and operations meeting or exceeding Customer Satisfaction targets .

Posted 9/18/2026full-timeLondon • United KingdomSeniorWebsite

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Demonstrates expertise in high-volume customer service operations, with a focus on customer satisfaction, complaint resolution, and data analysis to drive insights. Capable of working independently while collaborating effectively in a hybrid team environment.

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Customer Service ExcellenceComplex Complaint HandlingData Analysis for Market InsightsExperience with Gorgias, Zendesk, or ShopifyLeadership Potential in Team Support

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Hard Skills
Customer Satisfaction KPIsRefunds and Returns ManagementService Recovery ProcessesOperational Data AnalysisHigh-Volume Customer Enquiries Handling
Soft Skills
Active ListeningWritten and Verbal CommunicationOwnership and JudgementCollaboration in Hybrid TeamsMentoring and Training
Tools & Technologies
GorgiasZendeskShopifyAI and Automation Tools
Industry Keywords
Customer Experience (CX)EcommerceContact Centre OperationsUK Market StandardsFast-Paced Start-Up Environment

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Deliver high-class frontline customer service interactions and operations meeting or exceeding Customer Satisfaction targets
  • Manage UK customer contact across live chat, phone, email, social media, and other channels
  • Handle high-volume customer enquiries with ownership, pace, and attention to detail
  • Act as a senior point for complex, sensitive, or escalated cases
  • Provide proactive service recovery
  • Own refunds, returns, warranty, aftercare case handling, and related administration within company policies and assigned authority
  • Maintain accurate case, order, and customer records
  • Represent Koala professionally in the UK market while applying global CX standards and brand voice
  • Work independently during UK business hours under direction from the Senior Manager in Australia
  • Collaborate with the UK team in the London hybrid environment
  • Analyse contact drivers, refunds, warranty trends, recurring pain points, and other market signals
  • Produce UK market and CX insights for leadership
  • Support UK and global CX initiatives, process changes, and peak-period priorities
  • Support onboarding and training of new Customer Service team members
  • Share knowledge, feedback, and best practices with colleagues
  • Develop toward potential future team leadership responsibilities

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 3+ years in a high-volume customer service, CX, or contact centre role
  • Ideally experience in a fast-paced start-up ecommerce or retail environment
  • Senior-agent or trusted escalation experience highly regarded
  • Proven strong performance against customer satisfaction, quality, and productivity KPIs
  • Prior experience with platforms such as Gorgias, Zendesk, or Shopify preferred
  • Appetite for leveraging AI and automation preferred
  • Exceptional customer service, active listening, and written and verbal English communication skills
  • Strong experience handling complex complaints, refunds, returns, warranties, and service-recovery cases end to end
  • High ownership and judgement; comfortable working independently with a manager in another time zone
  • Analytical mindset and confidence using customer and operational data to identify patterns and communicate market insights
  • Collaborative approach and comfort supporting peers in a small London hybrid team
  • Leadership potential; experience supporting, mentoring, training, or coaching customer service team members highly regarded
  • Comfort collaborating across international time zones, with reasonable planned overlap with Australia (AEST) when required
  • Flexibility to work a rotating monthly weekend roster, with weekdays given in lieu

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Hybrid working with approximately 2–3 days in the London Treehouse office and work from home
  • Generous time off, including Koala life leave, volunteer leave, parental leave, and more
  • Free Koala products with ‘mates rates’ for friends and family
  • Employee Assistance Program with unlimited sessions for financial, work, relationship, family, or wellbeing support
  • Competitive pension matching with NEST
  • Learning Management platform
  • Individual and team growth budgets
  • Dedicated learning and development days
  • Volunteer days
  • B Corp certification and WWF partnership
  • Equal opportunity workplace