Customer Support Advocate

We are looking for a Customer Support Advocate to join the Square Australia Customer Success team. The Customer Success team works with Square sellers (merchants) by phone and email, to solve problems, demonstrate how to get the most out of Square, and always improve our Square products by giving feedback to Square Product teams. Reporting to the Lead, Customer Success, you’ll support our diverse Square seller base across Australia.

You may have current experience providing customer service in hospitality, retail, or another customer-focused role. You will work with your lead and Square teammates to develop a career in a technology company, better understand the unique challenges faced by Australian (and international) small business owners, and help promote long-term success for Square in Australia.

This role can be based in either our Melbourne or Sydney offices through a hybrid of in-office and remote working, but also remotely anywhere on the east coast of Australia. Multiple positions are available.

You will:

• Engage with Square Sellers spending up to 80% of your time managing inbound phone inquiries from Square sellers in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
• Demonstrate genuine curiosity for people and businesses, maintaining a continuous desire to learn and grow
• Use creative problem solving skills, utilizing innovative approaches to address seller inquiries, leveraging support from your partners, resources, and team
• Identify, document, and take ownership of seller issues, ensuring problems are resolved effectively and efficiently
• Analyze trends and patterns in seller issues and provide recommendations to enhance seller loyalty and overall experience
• Collaborate and work closely with internal teams, stakeholders, and Square sellers, showing empathy, an openness to diverse perspectives, and a willingness to take principled risks.
• Be flexible to support sellers of all shapes and sizes, being prepared to occasionally work on public holidays and weekends to support them

You have: 

• Language proficiency with the ability to communicate effectively in English with Square sellers (both written and verbal) and global Square colleagues (reading, writing, and video meetings)
• A passion for technology with experience in customer support or a background in hospitality, retail, or other customer-facing roles
• Adaptability and demonstrate comfort navigating ambiguity. Resilient in the face of rapid change, and driven to meet performance expectations
• Problem-Solving skills -  you enjoy delving into problems and finding effective solutions
• The soft skills to demonstrate excellent phone etiquette with an ability to personalize solutions for individual businesses
• An eagerness to receive and implement feedback, with a strong focus on continuous improvement
• A passion for Square - Deeply committed to Square’s mission and dedicated to helping sellers succeed

We’re working to build a more inclusive economy where our customers have equal access to opportunity, and we strive to live by these same values in building our workplace. Block is a proud equal opportunity employer. We work hard to evaluate all employees and job applicants consistently, based solely on the core competencies required of the role at hand, and without regard to any legally protected class.

We believe in being fair, and are committed to an inclusive interview experience, including providing reasonable accommodations to disabled applicants throughout the recruitment process. We encourage applicants to share any needed accommodations with their recruiter, who will treat these requests as confidentially as possible. Want to learn more about what we’re doing to build an inclusive workplace? Check out our Inclusion & Diversity page

Perks

We want you to be well and thrive. Our global benefits package includes:

• Healthcare coverage
• Retirement Plans
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Wellness perks
• Paid parental leave
• Paid time off
• Learning and Development resources

Block is a globally distributed company and this role will require working with other employees in multiple time zones. You may be required to perform work outside of normal business as part of this role

Block, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) is a global technology company with a focus on financial services. Made up of Square, Cash App, Spiral, TIDAL, and TBD, we build tools to help more people access the economy. Square helps sellers run and grow their businesses with its integrated ecosystem of commerce solutions, business software, and banking services. With Cash App, anyone can easily send, spend, or invest their money in stocks or Bitcoin. Spiral (formerly Square Crypto) builds and funds free, open-source Bitcoin projects. Artists use TIDAL to help them succeed as entrepreneurs and connect more deeply with fans. TBD is building an open developer platform to make it easier to access Bitcoin and other blockchain technologies without having to go through an institution.