Customer Support Specialist

๐Ÿข Remote Recruitment ยท all 101 jobs
๐Ÿ“ South Africa
๐Ÿ’ฐ ZAR 29,000 / monthly
๐Ÿ“… Posted Sep 13, 2026 ยท via Himalayas
๐Ÿท Customer Support Specialist, Customer Service, Technical Support, Help Desk, Customer Success, Customer Specialist +5 more
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Salary: R29 000 per month

Remote Recruitment is hiring a Customer Support Specialist to work from home in South Africa for a UK business. You will handle customer questions across email, live chat and phone, and take ownership of problems until they are properly resolved.

Full-time and 100% remote, working 09:00โ€“17:00 UK time (11:00โ€“19:00 SAST).
Key responsibilities

- Respond to customer queries over email, live chat and phone

- Investigate issues thoroughly rather than passing them along

- Keep the ticketing system tidy and up to date

- Write clear help articles and canned responses for common questions

- Spot patterns in complaints and feed them back to the product and operations teams

- Follow up with customers after resolution to confirm they are happy

What you will need

- Experience with customer support in a service, retail, SaaS or contact centre environment

- Familiarity with helpdesk tools such as Zendesk, Freshdesk or Intercom

- Excellent written English and a friendly, plain-speaking tone

- Good judgement about when to escalate and when to solve it yourself

- A quiet home workspace, reliable computer and stable fibre internet

What is on offer

- A permanent, fully remote position with a UK employer

- UK business hours with a clear finish time

- Training on the product and the tools you will use

- A path into senior support, quality or team leadership

If you like solving problems properly the first time, apply through Remote Recruitment .

Originally posted on Himalayas

Flights + hotels

This role requires you to be in South Africa. If that means relocating or flying in, it is worth checking fares before you commit to a start date.

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