Job Number: J0926-0881
Job Title: Supervisor, Customer Service
Employment Type: Permanent Full time
Number of Positions: 1
Closing Date: October 22, 2026
This position is responsible for the day-to-day coordination and supervision of Customer Service operations, ensuring consistent, high-quality service delivery. The role provides leadership, guidance, coaching, and operational support to customer service staff in managing inquiries, transactions, and service levels. This position monitors service levels, analyzes performance metrics, and supports a one point of resolution approach by enabling staff to resolve inquiries efficiently while ensuring complex issues are directed appropriately for investigation and resolution.
Responsibilities: - Oversee daily front line customer service ensuring timely and consistent processing of inquiries, transactions and service requests with a focus on one point resolution
- Research, recommend and support implementation of new technologies, CRM s and other potential systems and resources for service delivery.
- Support any and all point-of-sale or electronic payment system implementation.
- Regularly monitor, analyze, and report on service metrics, customer satisfaction and guest experience data.
- Prepare and/manage staff work schedules. Verify, approve, and submit staff schedule and payroll data.
- Regularly collaborate with other departments to establish effective, customer focused standard operating procedures including Service Level Agreements with high volume partners.
- Provide support to the Customer Service team in managing escalated customer interactions, including applying de-escalation techniques and assessing situations where the appropriate department, subject matter expert, or level of escalation is unclear.
- Responsible for large volumes of revenue, cash management, safe and floats. Establishes and complies with cash handling procedures in accordance with Town policies and procedures.
- Review daily reports and /batches from all payment receipts and resolve any overage or shortage discrepancies and ensure accounts are reconciled and balanced.
- Approve returns, refunds, and void transactions within approved Town policies and procedures.
- Prepare, administer and oversee approved operating budgets for business unit. Monitors and reports on revenues and expenses.
- Ensure strict adherence to financial regulations, policies, procedures and standards.
Qualifications: - College diploma or University degree in Public or Business Administration or related field. Equivalent experience in a similar role will be considered.
- Successful completion of Municipal Administration Program or equivalent through AMCTO is preferred.
- 4-5 years experience in a customer service focused role with at least 1 year experience in a supervisory role. Municipal experience is an asset.
- Customer relationship management software, ticketing and telephony systems, quality assurance systems, Great Plains, payment processing software and point of sale systems
- Accounting, cash handling and financial management experience.
- Strong computer knowledge required in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint). Advanced excel skills are an asset
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Knowledge of municipal government administration including progressive experience in front facing service delivery roles.
- Knowledge of applicable legislation, bylaws, and the ability to interpret legislation such as Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA), Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA), Occupational Health and Safety Act, Employment Standards Act, Highway Traffic Act, and administrative by-laws.
The successful candidate must have the ability to align with established goals and objectives and is able to create/follow plans and processes accordingly, to deliver task and goal completion to a high standard. The successful candidate will provide clear direction and open communication with employees and address employee issues promptly, objectively and respectfully. The Town of New Tecumseth values progressive ideas and actions; the successful candidate will have proven ability to embrace change, be resourceful and to seek new ideas and creativity to maximize effectiveness to provide high quality citizen-centred services to our community.
Salary: $88,512.84 - $110,636.28, plus employer paid benefits and OMERS pension plan
Hours: 35 hours per week, 8:30 a.m. 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Location: Town Hall, 24 Tupper St. W, Alliston
Start Date: December 2026
Reason: This role is posted to fill 1 vacancy
To apply, please submit a cover letter, resume and copies of the required credentials (diplomas, training certificates, etc) by October 22, 2026.
We thank you for your interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Information collected will be used solely for the purpose of candidate selection, in accordance with the Municipal Freedom of Information & Protection of Privacy Act
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