Call Centre Agent

Job description

Job Summary: The Call Centre Agent reports to the Team Leader. As the voice of Unifi, you are the first person our clients speak to and the reason they stay. You handle inbound and outbound calls, process loans, resolve complaints, and manage accounts with warmth, clarity, and a drive to get it right every time.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Handle inbound and outbound calls with warmth, clarity, and confidence
• Process loan applications and assess affordability, making sure every client knows exactly what they’re signing up for Resolve queries with empathy and urgency and own the problem until it’s fixed
• Handle complaints with empathy, resolving them with urgency and dignity
• Contact clients of outstanding accounts and help find repayment solutions that work
• Monitor repayment schedules and follow up consistently to keep accounts on track
• Maintain accurate, up-to-date client records in our systems
• Responding promptly to client and with the same standard every time across calls and written channels
• Live the Unifi values in every interaction by treating people with dignity, communicating clearly and doing what you say you will do

Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• A degree in Banking, Finance, Business, or a related field is required
• At least 1 year of experience in a customer-facing, sales, retail
• Comfortable with basic financial and credit concepts
• Strong written and spoken communication skills in English
• A client-first mindset. You help people with care, urgency, and dignity
• Calm, patient, and practical when things get busy with a “let’s get it done” attitude
• Target-driven and hungry to grow. You hold yourself to a higher standard
• Self-organised, reliable, and able to manage your own workload
• Comfortable following set processes and systems accurately

About Organisation

Unifi Africa is a fast-growing financial technology company currently operating in Zambia, Tanzania and South Africa and most recently Uganda. Unifi Uganda delivers personal lending products from branch-based channels, utilising internally generated software and lending products backed by internal IT and data analytics teams.

Requirements

bachelor degree 12