Vacant Positions at Turaco

About the Role:

• The Software Engineer will play a critical role in helping our build our technological future as we strive to improve internal processes and better serve our customers and partners.
• The role sits within our “Service Center” team, supporting the operations and growth of multiple country offices.
• The Software Engineer will work with the leadership across technology, insurance operations, Customer operations, partnerships management, and business development to gather requirements, implement solutions, communicate project statuses and make proposals.

Key Roles & Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, document, and implement solutions to users’ needs and requirements.
• Maintain and manage existing source code and systems.
• Develop unit and integration tests.
• Proactively search for and fix bugs.
• Design and develop logical and physical data models that meet application requirements.
• Deploying software tools, processes, and metrics.
• Providing technological support to the rest of the team.
• Training users on the use of systems.
• Create technical documentation for internal and external use.
• Investigating and using new technologies where relevant.

Key Qualifications & Your Profile:

• Live Turaco’s values – pushing boundaries, working with excellence, and profound respect for the individual.
• Hands-on programming experience developing in Java (Spring Boot) and/or Javascript (ReactJS, Vue, or AngularJS).
• Understanding of SQL and practical experience with any database system.
• Experience working in a professional software engineering team.
• Start-up experience is highly desired.
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, with both internal and external stakeholders.
• A willingness to roll up one’s sleeves and dig into details to solve problems and tackle hands-on work.
• Intensely detailed oriented and data driven.
• Humble, collaborative team player.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, juggle multiple complex tasks, think independently, demonstrate sound judgment, and problem solve.
• Bachelor/Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering or related fields with Excellent grades is a plus.
• Practical Engineering skills gained through self teaching, work experience, freelancing and or tech Bootcamps and training programs.
• Strong knowledge of algorithms and data structures.

About the role

• This role is the direct contact between Turaco and customers/policy holders.
• The Customer Operations Associate will speak with customers over the phone to explain insurance products, benefits, and payment methods to customers.
• The Associate will also upsell and cross-sell other products that are useful to the customer.

Roles and responsibilities

Telesales

• Engage at least 100 customers daily on the phone to upsell or cross-sell Turaco products while offering excellent customer service.
• Follow up and close on initial sales contacts.
• Adjust the sales script provided to better meet the needs and interests of specific individuals within the potential customer list provided.
• Achieve agreed-upon sales targets within the stipulated schedule.

Contact Center

• Explain technical product features and answer potential and existing customer questions about Turaco products.
• Understand and strive to meet or exceed Customer Operations center metrics while providing excellent, consistent customer service.
• Product Knowledge: Learn and understand all products and partnerships undertaken by Turaco.
• Register new customers in our database and other data entry requests as needed.
• Address customer inquiries regarding products and claims submission, amongst others in a timely manner.
• Respond efficiently and accurately to callers, explaining possible solutions and ensuring that customers feel valued.

Claims Administration

• Initiate, investigate, and process claims reported by Customers.
• Effectively communicate with customers, medical service providers, and co-workers to obtain all information needed to complete claims investigations.
• Obtain and review claim information, company policies, and insurance policy details to decide on the approval and/or settlement.
• Settle insurance claims by evaluating the facts of a customer’s situation surrounding the claim, the documentation provided, and determining whether the loss is covered.
• Detect fraud and deploy mitigation techniques while safeguarding customer dignity.

Qualifications, Skills, and Experience

• Live Turaco’s values – Push boundaries, Work with excellence, and Profound respect for the individual
• A College diploma or Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent post-secondary qualification) from an accredited Institution.
• Previous telesales experience, in a call center, or retail/service center where you have been selling a product or service to a customer directly, preferred.
• Fluency in English and Kiswahili is a requirement for this role. The ability to communicate with customers who speak your native language (mother tongue) is an added advantage.
• Able to constantly operate a computer and record data with proficiency.
• Exceptional customer service with exceptional verbal and written communication skills.