Agent Welfare Associate, Cameroon (Bilingual)
Sun King
The Agent Welfare Associate will be the HR point of contact for Sun King's sales agents, fostering relationships, offering immediate assistance, and gaining insight into their experiences and difficulties. They will monitor performance, build a talent pipeline, evaluate attrition trends, and improve agent retention and satisfaction. The role also includes ensuring adherence to company policies and providing aid during emergencies to ensure the well-being of sales agents.
- Department
- Human Resources and Administration
- Employment Type
- Permanent - Full Time
- Location
- Cameroon
- Workplace type
- Onsite
- Reporting To
- Agent Welfare Lead, West & Central Africa
What you would be expected to do:
- Serve as the reliable point of contact for any HR-related concerns for Sun King’s sales agents.
- Regularly visit the field to gain direct insight into the sales agents’ experiences, satisfaction levels, and difficulties. This role requires traveling to different areas in the assigned zone about 50-60% of the time.
- Engage with agents through focus group discussions, one-on-one conversations, and shadowing their activities to ensure a comprehensive grasp of their operational environment.
- Facilitate and implement training plans with regional mentors to enhance awareness of the company’s code of conduct and policies regarding dating, sexual harassment, inclusivity, and anti-discrimination.
- Provide immediate assistance and coordinate efforts with local teams for agents facing various emergencies, such as medical situations, accidents, customer assaults, and incidents of sexual harassment. Ensure swift and effective management of these situations to safeguard the well-being of our agents.
- Develop and implement crisis management protocols and training sessions to prepare agents to handle and de-escalate potentially dangerous situations safely and effectively.
- Monitor sales agents' performance, proactively build a talent pipeline, and oversee the recruitment and selection process for transitioning sales agents into full-time roles within Sun King.
- Evaluate and comprehend the underlying reasons and trends behind agent attrition. Develop and propose targeted improvement strategies to enhance agent retention and satisfaction.
- Assist agents with issues related to the insurance provider, including assistance during admission to medical facilities and the settlement of medical claims.
You might be a strong candidate if you:
- At least 2 years of professional work experience in customer service, people relations and management, or a related field.
- A drive to work with the field sales team on welfare, relations, and engagement activities.
- Strong data reporting and data skills.
- Outstanding communication with the ability to engage effectively with diverse stakeholders.
- Comfort with spending more than 50% of your time in the field and resolving people-related issues.
What Sun King offers
- Professional growth in a dynamic, rapidly expanding, high-social-impact industry.
- An open-minded, collaborative culture made up of enthusiastic colleagues who are driven by the challenge of innovation towards profound impact on people and the planet.
- A truly multicultural experience: you will have the chance to work with and learn from people from different geographies, nationalities, and backgrounds.
- Structured, tailored learning and development programs that help you become a better leader, manager, and professional through the Sun Center for Leadership.
About Sun King
Sun King collects payments digitally through mobile money systems and its 28,000 field agents — over 650,000 payments each day. Embedded electronics inside each Sun King device regulate usage based on payments, similar to the operation of a pre-paid mobile or electricity meter.
Sun King employs 2,800 full-time staff in 12 countries, with specialties spanning product design, data science, logistics, customer service, sales, software, operations, and more — all with a passion to serve off-grid families.