McMaster University Hiring for Customer Service Coordinator at Hamilton, ON Full Time

Schedule Monday – Friday, alternating 8:30am-4:30pm or 2pm-10pm with flexibility to cover some weekends.

Education Level 2 year Community College Diploma in Office Administration or related field.

Career Level Minimum 3 years of relevant experience, including 1 year in a supervisory role.

Job Description

The Department of Athletics and Recreation (a division of Student Affairs) provides students, staff, faculty, alumni and the greater community the opportunity to pursue athletic excellence and recreational activities. The mission of the department is to cultivate human potential and well-being through recreation and sport. The operating units of the department include athletics, recreation and sport medicine.

The Customer Service Coordinator will be actively engaged in ensuring the delivery of frontline customer service. This role requires the incumbent to provide proactive, customer-friendly, quality front-line service over the telephone, in-person, by fax, and by email to a diverse population of current and prospective students, staff, faculty, visitors, and post-secondary partners. The incumbent is a member of the team and will work to ensure that a high-level of customer service regarding all types of inquiries is provided. The position calls for a combination of strong administrative and project coordinating skills and the ability to handle numerous tasks simultaneously in a fast-paced environment. The successful candidate will be committed to McMaster University’s mission, vision and values and be driven by continuous improvement and accomplishing results.

Answer incoming calls and respond to direct inquiries about facilities. Receive and respond to customer complaints or any major incidents, such as security issues or health and safety incidents and report to the appropriate area. Escalate problems to appropriate department supervisors.

Provide feedback on procedures, policies and standards for customer service and make recommendations.

Provide information on department policies, products, equipment and make recommendations based on customer requirements.

Develop and conduct training for customer service and event staff regarding facilities.

Schedule hours of work for casual employees and determine the staffing levels required to provide the appropriate level of facility and event operations. Approve timesheets and payroll information for casual employees.

Support Pool Operations with general maintenance and upkeep, facility set up, equipment inspections, minor repairs and replacement.

Support facility rental contracts for internal and external groups and validate the terms of the agreement.

Support with Facility Scheduling including varsity and recreational programming.

Perform set up and take down of equipment as required for a variety of athletic events, recreational programming.

Maintain inventory of recreation and athletic equipment and monitor quality of department sports equipment. Determine repairs as required.

Issue towels and athletic equipment requested by customers. Clean and launder all items issued through the equipment centre.

Allocate locks and lockers to University teams, faculty, staff, students and visitors.

Oversee the opening and closing of facilities as required.

Ensure equipment and storage areas are clean, orderly and secured.

Write a variety of documents including but not limited to, training manuals, reports, correspondence, posters and flyers.

Maintain facility schedules on department website.

Oversee facilities for various events.

Coordinate and conduct tours of the facilities for new and potential users.

Purpose and Key Functions

Demonstrate a variety of physical activities and the use of equipment to others.

Supervision

Provide training and orientation to casual employees.

Ongoing responsibility for hiring and supervising 10 or more casual employees

Requirements

2 year Community College Diploma in Office Administration or related field.

Minimum 3 years of relevant experience, including 1 year in a supervisory role.

How To Apply

To apply for this job, please submit your application online.

Employment Equity Statement

McMaster University is located on the traditional territories of the Haudenosaunee and Mississauga Nations and within the lands protected by the “Dish With One Spoon” wampum agreement.

The diversity of our workforce is at the core of our innovation and creativity and strengthens our research and teaching excellence. In keeping with its Statement on Building an Inclusive Community with a Shared Purpose, McMaster University strives to embody the values of respect, collaboration and diversity, and has a strong commitment to employment equity.

The University seeks qualified candidates who share our commitment to equity and inclusion, who will contribute to the diversification of ideas and perspectives, and especially welcomes applications from indigenous (First Nations, Métis or Inuit) peoples, members of racialized communities, persons with disabilities, women, and persons who identify as 2SLGBTQ+.

As part of McMaster’s commitment, all applicants are invited to complete a confidential Applicant Diversity Survey through the online application submission process. The Survey questionnaire requests voluntary self-identification in relation to equity-seeking groups that have historically faced and continue to face barriers in employment. Please refer to the Applicant Diversity Survey – Statement of Collection for additional information.

Job applicants requiring accommodation to participate in the hiring process should contact:

Human Resources Service Centre at 905-525-9140 ext. 222-HR (22247), or

Faculty of Health Sciences HR Office at ext. 22207, or

School of Graduate Studies at ext. 23679

to communicate accommodation needs.

Vaccination Policy Statement

The University is committed to providing and maintaining healthy and safe working and learning environments for all employees, students, volunteers and visitors. In accordance with the University’s Vaccination Policy-COVID-19 Requirements for Employees and Students (the “Vaccination Policy”), effective October 18, 2021 all McMaster community members, including employees, accessing a McMaster campus or facility in person are required to be fully vaccinated or to have received an exemption from the University for a valid human rights ground. This is a term and condition of employment. The University will continue to follow the guidance of public health organizations to define fully vaccinated status.

Further information is available at the following link: https://covid19.mcmaster.ca/vaccination-mandate/. More information on the University’s Health and Safety framework is available online at https://hr.mcmaster.ca/resources/covid19/.