WorkSafeBC Looking for Client Services Representative Full Time

• Kelowna
• Richmond

Full-time / part-time

Full-time

Salary

$30.32 hourly

Posting period

From 01/27/2023 to 02/24/2023

Overview

We’re looking for experienced Client Service Representatives in our Teleclaim Adjudication department for both our Richmond and Kelowna offices. In this role, you’ll be responsible for collecting information from injured workers and acting as a first point of contact for workers who are submitting new claims.

If you have experience providing exceptional customer service and are interested in helping people who have a work-related injury or disease, we want to hear from you.

How you’ll make a difference: You’ll connect people with the services and answers they need.

Where you’ll work

At WorkSafeBC, we offer a hybrid work model that combines the convenience of working remotely with the dynamism of working in one of our offices, based on the operational needs of the position.

In this role, you’ll work primarily from your B.C. home and occasionally in our Richmond or Kelowna office.

What you’ll do

Initiate the Teleclaim process for injured workers, address their questions and concerns by providing information, and ensure that missing or conflicting information is collected and documented

Respond to claim-related calls and inquiries from workers, employers, medical professionals, and others

Adjudicate entitlement decisions on routine claims and process the first payment of short-term disability benefits

Communicate entitlement decisions in writing and verbally to appropriate parties

Transfer claims as needed, according to established guidelines

Is this a good fit for you?

We’re looking for people who can:
Interact with clients in a caring, tactful, respectful, and objective manner in sometimes sensitive or difficult circumstances

Gather and analyze information, determine relevant facts, and apply established policy to make timely decisions

Organize, prioritize, and proactively manage a high-volume workload in an environment that requires multi-tasking and includes frequent interruptions

Clearly, concisely, and accurately explain complex information both verbally and in writing

Build and maintain rapport with a variety of individuals

Your background and experience

Completion of Grade 12 (post-secondary education is preferred)

A minimum of 18 months of recent customer service experience (in person, over the phone, or online) or office administration experience that includes customer service

Experience with providing customer solutions and problem solving

Excellent English communication skills (written and verbal)

Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Office software

Must type a minimum of 35 words per minute

Important to know

Before we can finalize any offer of employment, you must:
Consent to a criminal record check

Confirm you’re legally entitled to work in Canada

WorkSafeBC’s COVID-19 Employee Mandatory Vaccine Policy (the “Policy”) is suspended effective January 9, 2023, however we reserve the right to re-implement it in response to changes in the public health landscape, including public health orders. We are committed to the protection, health, and safety of our employees and our Communicable Disease Prevention Program and related protocols remain in effect.

Who we are

At WorkSafeBC, we promote safe and healthy workplaces across British Columbia. We partner with workers and employers to save lives and prevent injury, disease, and disability. When work-related injuries or diseases occur, we provide compensation and support injured workers in their recovery, rehabilitation, and safe return to work. We’re honoured to serve the 2.49 million workers and 263,000 registered employers in our province.

What’s it like to work at WorkSafeBC?

It’s challenging, stimulating, and rewarding. Our positions offer diversity and opportunities for professional growth. Every day, the work we do impacts people and changes lives. What we do is important, and so are the people we do it for.

Our ability to make a difference relies on building a team with a rich variety of skills, knowledge, backgrounds, abilities, and experiences that reflects the diversity of the people we serve. We are committed to fostering a welcoming, inclusive, and supportive work culture where everyone can contribute as their best, authentic self.

Learn more: Discover who we are.

Our benefits

As a member of our team, you’ll have access to services and benefits that help you get the most out of work — and life. Along with a competitive salary, your total compensation package includes:

Defined benefit pension plan

3 weeks of vacation in your first year, with regular increases based on years of service

Health care and dental benefits

Optional leave arrangements

Development opportunities (tuition reimbursement, leadership development, and more)

Learn more: Find out what we offer.

Want to apply?

Applications are welcomed immediately, however must be received no later than 4:30 p.m. PST on the closing date.

Please note that we will be starting assessments prior to the closing date.

We encourage all qualified applicants to apply. If you require an accommodation in the assessment process, please email Recruitment Testing Accommodation (SM) when you submit your application.