Road Scholar is the world's largest nonprofit provider of international educational travel programs to the mature travel market. We have programs in over 100 countries and all 50 states. Check us out at www.roadscholar.org!

Our Philosophy:
We will DELIGHT our current and prospective participants, ATTRACT Baby Boomers to our programs and ENGAGE all participants in our community of Lifelong Learning. We will WELCOME all learners to our community and encourage and empower our staff to THINK strategically and contribute to the success of our mission at every opportunity.

We currently have openings for full-time Call Center Associates for greater Lowell/Southern New Hampshire residents in our beautiful Lowell offices at Wannalancet Mills. There is also a part-time 20-25 hour position for someone who can work Mondays. Full-time, two-week training starts on July 16. We hire qualified staff in our Customer Service Center and provide them with excellent training and tools.

Responsibilities Include:

•	Quickly master the tools and database system to research questions, enroll participants and identify appropriate influencing, service and selling techniques
•	Manage inbound telephone calls by providing a positive attitude, a flexible approach and a polite, caring and professional telephone manner
•	Satisfy or exceed performance standards/expectations in accordance with the goals, objectives and metrics of the position. This includes selling our programs, reaching our fundraising goals and adding prospective customers to our mail list.
•	Turn potentially negative situations into positive outcomes by offering appropriate alternatives, effective problem solving techniques and exemplary service
•	Make outbound calls when necessary to save endangered program enrollments; assist other departments whenever possible

REQUIRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND COMPETENCIES

•	Bachelor's Degree
•	ALL candidates, including for part-time positions, MUST be able to complete the two-week FULL-TIME training that starts on July 16
•	Local applicants - greater Lowell/Southern NH residents only
•	Customer sales and service experience, preferably in a call center environment
•	Fast on computers and good detail orientation; willing and able to learn new skills
•	Strong negotiation, questioning and closing ability, coupled with excellent listening and people skills
•	Hands-on approach to systems; fast on computers; learns new software quickly
•	Polished phone, verbal written and email communication skills
•	Hard worker; high-energy; highly productive; focused; organized and able to handle large volume of work with accuracy
•	Reliable; ability to commit to an established schedule; MUST WORK MONDAYS

QUALIFIED applicants who live in the greater Lowell/Southern NH area only - Email cover letter (a MUST include salary expectations in order to be considered; a range is fine) and resume to humanresources@roadscholar.org. No calls, please. Thank you!