Customer Service Representative

Overview

Vivmark Residential exists to set the mark for what home can be. Formed through the merger of Avalon Bay Communities and Equity Residential, Vivmark brings together two industry leaders with a shared commitment to excellence, innovation, and delivering exceptional living experiences. Our vision is to be the most trusted and best-performing rental housing company in America - one that continues to get better as it grows.

And we're looking for people who want to help us do it.

Customer Service Representative

Position Type Full time

Weekly Scheduled Hours 40

State Virginia

City Virginia Beach

Zip Code 23452

$35,100.00 - $47,600.00

This position is located in our Virginia Beach, Virginia office. This is a hybrid position. Work schedule is typically Monday through Friday from 10:00am - 7:00pm EST.

• Professionally and promptly service inbound and outbound calls
• Communicate information in an empathetic, polite, and professional manner
• Use active listening to understand customer concerns and provide clear, helpful solutions
• Troubleshoot issues using available tools, resources, and multiple system workflows
• Follow company policies, established procedures, and service protocols to resolve needs. This may include account research and timely follow-up, routing calls to the appropriate teams, attempting to de-escalate, and escalation coordination.
• Assist customers with payment processing and navigating their customer portal account
• Document interactions in the system accurately and thoroughly
• Share feedback, trends, or recurring issues with supervisors to help improve the customer experience and ensure efficient operations
• Actively participate in manager-led coaching, training, and personal development sessions. Must be visible on camera when working from home.
• Maintain shift schedule requirements to ensure phone queues are supported. Punctuality and adherence to shift schedule are critical.

• High school diploma or GED (required)
• 1 3 years of customer service experience providing above-average service (required)
• Previous hybrid work experience (preferred)
• Call center experience (preferred)
• Strong English verbal and written communication skills
• Basic math proficiency (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division)
• Strong organizational and multitasking skills
• Experience with data entry
• Ability to navigate multiple systems simultaneously

• Minimum internet speed of 25 Mbps upload/download
• Must be hardwired (Wi-Fi is not acceptable)

We know that our teams are the beating heart of our success and we re committed to showing our appreciation.

• A competitive benefits package that supports your health, financial well-being, and work-life balance, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, a 401(k) with company match, paid vacation and company holidays, and exclusive team member housing discounts.

Avalon Bay is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to an inclusive and diverse work environment free of discrimination and harassment. We believe that in order to achieve our purpose of creating a better way to live, we must recruit, develop and retain associates with a wide range of backgrounds, experiences and perspectives and create an environment that encourages all voices to be heard, understood and appreciated.

With this we know we can do great things.

Avalon Bay makes employment decisions without regard to a person s race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation or related medical conditions), age, physical or mental disability, genetic information (including characteristics or testing), citizenship status, military or veteran status, or any other status protected by the law.

Avalon Bay will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with requirements under the law.

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