Customer Support Representative

Banjul , The Gambia

Our mission

We're making Africa the first cashless continent.

In 2017, over half the population in Sub-Saharan Africa had no bank account. That's for good reason—the fees are too high, the closest branch can be miles away, and nobody takes cards. Without access to financial institutions, people are forced to keep their savings under the mattress. Small business owners rely on lenders who charge extortionate rates. Parents spend hours waiting in line to pay school fees in cash.

We're solving this by building financial services that just work: no account fees, instantly available, and accepted everywhere. In places where electricity, water and roads don't always work, you can still send money with Wave. In 2017, we launched a mobile app in Senegal for cash deposit, withdrawal, and peer-to-peer and business payments. Now, we have millions of users across six countries and are growing fast.

Our goal is to make Africa the first cashless continent and that's where you come in...

How you'll help us achieve it

We are going through an extremely exciting period of growth in the Customer Support team and are looking for a Customer Support Representative to join our thrilling journey ahead. Someone who is bordering on obsessive about offering a world-class customer experience and who puts our customers at the heart of everything they do. 

Based in The Gambia, you'll be a part of our growing global Customer Support team.

In this role, you'll: 

  • Be responsible for responding to user questions and concerns.
  • Represent Wave to our users through the call center.
  • Make outgoing calls to customers.
  • Answer incoming calls from customers.
  • Conduct satisfaction surveys.
  • Know how to report bugs to engineers and escalate when needed.
  • Knowing how to follow a case until you find a solution.
  • Coordinate with other departments when Customers or Partners get in touch with you.
  • Help or inform customers when they have issues.

Key details

  • Location: Kotu, The Gambia.
  • Contract Type: 6-month fixed-term contract.
  • Experience Level: Entry level.
  • Our salaries are competitive and calculated using a transparent formula. We run performance reviews twice a year and award bonuses to strong performers who have been with the company for more than 6 months.
  • We offer generous health insurance for yourself and your dependents.
  • We help you live your fullest life now- we subsidize gym memberships and fitness classes.
  • Airtime reimbursement.
  • Free food and a beautiful office space.

Requirements

  • Fluency in English and Wolof.
  • At least one year's experience in a comparable position (Call center, Customer Service).
  • A High school diploma.
  • Being able to work with flexible schedules.

You might be a good fit if you

  • Demonstrate tenacity and a willingness to go the distance to get something done.
  • A strong sense of responsibility and a good ability to take initiative.
  • Are comfortable defaulting to over-communication and overreaching when it comes to coordination.
  • Are excessively detail-oriented and seek to achieve excellence in everything you do.
  • Are client-oriented and have strong interpersonal skills.
  • Are a diplomatic speaker.
  • Have a teamwork spirit.
  • Speak other local languages.
  • Experience in Customer Service (Mobile wallet or Customer Service Company) or management skills as an added value.

Our team

  • We have a rapidly growing in-country team in Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Burkina Faso, The Gambia, and Uganda, plus remote team members spread across the world.
  • We're deeply passionate about our mission of bringing radically affordable financial services to the people who need them most.
  • We foster autonomy for our employees. You'll own your projects at every stage, from understanding the problem to monitoring your solution in production.
  • We raised the largest Series A in Africa in 2021. Our world-class investors, include Founders Fund, Sequoia Heritage, Stripe, Ribbit Capital, Y Combinator, and Partech Africa.
  • We are on Y Combinator's top companies by revenue.

How to apply

Fill out the form below, and upload a resume in English and a cover letter describing your interest in Wave and the role.

We review applications frequently and recommend that you apply to the role that most closely aligns with your skills, experience and career goals.

Wave is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Our mission Since 2014, our Sendwave app has allowed Africans in the US, the UK, and Canada to send money instantly to mobile money wallets in Kenya, Uganda, & Tanzania, saving our users over 70% relative to Western Union and MoneyGram. In 2016, we expanded our scope and began building Wave, a mobile money product for domestic markets in Africa.  The problem: Nearly 60% of adults in sub-Saharan Africa had no bank account. That's for good reason — the fees are too high, the closest branch can be miles away, and most merchants only accept cash. Without access to financial institutions, people are forced to keep their savings under the mattress. Small business owners rely on lenders who charge extortionate rates. Parents spend hours waiting in line to pay school fees in cash.How we're solving it: We're building financial services to work as they should: no account fees, instantly available and accepted everywhere. In places where electricity, water and roads don't always function, we're creating financial infrastructure that "just works." At the end of 2017, we launched a mobile app in Senegal for cash deposit, withdrawal, and peer-to-peer and business payments; in 2019, wwe launched in Cote d'Ivoire. Our goal is to make Africa the first cashless continent. That's where you come in... Who are we? We're a distributed HQ team of ~60 people who are deeply passionate about our mission of bringing great financial services to the people who need them most. We have a Country Office in Senegal with about 70 people and have recently opened another Country Office in Cote d’Ivoire. We’re backed by world-class investors including Khosla Ventures, Founders Fund, Y Combinator, and the cofounders of PayPal. Our values We’re egolessly mission driven We focus ruthlessly on the most important thing We’re embarrassingly honest to stay aligned and move quickly We don’t wait – we live our fullest lives now We maximize our rate of learning We're growing quickly, see our job openings below. If you are interested in roles with our international remittance team (SendWave), see here. 

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