
Sharjah Islamic Bank
Customer Service Representative – Retail Banking
- Permanent
- Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
- Experience 2 - 5 yrs
Job expiry date: 12/03/2026
Job overview
Date posted
26/01/2026
Location
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Salary
Undisclosed
Compensation
Salary only
Job description
The Customer Service Representative – Retail Banking (Contact Centre) is responsible for delivering high-quality, professional customer service within Sharjah Islamic Bank’s retail banking contact centre. The role involves handling inbound customer calls, emails, inquiries, complaints, fault reports, and routine service requests with minimal supervisory support, while escalating complex or non-routine issues in consultation with a supervisor. The position requires conducting outbound calls for telemarketing campaigns and survey exercises, accurately capturing and tabulating customer responses, and assisting with follow-ups. The role ensures strict adherence to prescribed banking policies, operating procedures, quality standards, consumer protection regulations, and the SIB Conduct Risk Framework to ensure fair treatment of customers, data protection, and regulatory compliance. The Customer Service Representative records call details accurately in bank systems, uses approved call scripts effectively, suggests script or process improvements, reports customer feedback to support continuous product and service improvement, and actively participates in team development initiatives. The role includes attending assigned shift duties to ensure uninterrupted contact centre operations and requires professional conduct, tact, diplomacy, empathy, and emotional maturity when handling customer interactions, including difficult or sensitive calls. The role supports Sharjah Islamic Bank’s Sharia-compliant retail banking services and contributes to maintaining high customer satisfaction and service excellence.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Answer inbound customer calls and emails and handle inquiries, questions, complaints, fault reports, and service requests in a professional and customer-focused manner
- Handle routine customer contacts independently and escalate recurrent or complex issues to supervisors for resolution
- Demonstrate tact, diplomacy, empathy, and emotional maturity when handling customer interactions, including difficult callers
- Achieve predefined service quality, productivity, and data capture targets
- Conduct outbound calls for telemarketing activities and customer surveys, capture and tabulate responses, and support follow-up actions
- Accurately record call details and customer interactions in bank applications and systems
- Use approved call scripts effectively and recommend changes or improvements where required
- Follow up with customers to seek feedback and ensure resolution of issues
- Report customer feedback and insights to support continuous improvement of banking products and services
- Comply with all banking policies, operating procedures, quality standards, and consumer protection requirements
- Ensure compliance with Consumer Protection Regulations, fair treatment of customers, data protection, and regulatory expectations
- Identify and report suspicious or fraudulent activities in line with risk management procedures
- Participate actively in team development initiatives and contribute to a positive working environment
- Provide suggestions for process improvement and service enhancement
- Attend assigned shift duties to ensure continuity of contact centre service operations
Experience & skills
- Diploma or Bachelor degree in any discipline
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in the same function and banking industry
- Proficiency in MS Office applications
- Fluency in English and Arabic (spoken and written)
- Knowledge of retail banking services and contact centre operations
- Understanding of Consumer Protection Regulations and conduct risk requirements
- Ability to use banking systems and call logging applications
- Experience handling customer inquiries, complaints, and service requests in a banking environment