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Hirehangar

Customer Service Specialist

South Africa - Cape Town

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Seniority
Mid level
Country
ZA
Work mode
Remote-friendly
First seen by hirly
1 Sept 2026

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Join Hire Hangar and work with fast-growing global companies while building a long-term career.

  • Customer Service Specialist
  • Full-Time · Remote (U.S. Eastern Time Hours)
  • About the Role
  • In this role, you'll be the guest's point of contact during your assigned hours for a portfolio of 108+ short-term vacation rental cabins in the Smoky Mountains. We provide guests with round-the-clock, 24-hour support, and this role covers the hours our local, on-site team is off — primarily evenings. It's a weekend-driven business that runs 365 days a year. Your ability to stay calm under pressure, solve problems independently, and coordinate with local vendors will be essential to keeping guests happy and the daytime team set up for a smooth handoff.

What You'll Do

Monitor and respond to guest messages across text, email, and platform messaging (Airbnb, VRBO, or similar) during assigned hours

Answer guest calls and resolve common questions using a detailed property knowledge base — cabin-specific details, check-in procedures, amenity instructions, local info

Coordinate after-hours maintenance: identify the issue, contact the right local vendor, and keep the guest updated until it's resolved

Escalate to the owner or daytime team when needed, with a clear summary and steps already taken

Log all interactions and maintenance requests for a clean handoff to the daytime team

What You Bring

Prior guest communications, customer service, or hospitality experience

Excellent written and spoken English — guest interactions directly affect reviews and rebooking

Genuinely reliable during assigned hours — real availability, not approximate

Calm, proactive problem-solver under pressure — handling an upset guest at 11pm is part of the job

Comfortable working from a knowledge base without constant escalation

Bonus: prior short-term rental/Airbnb/VRBO experience, familiarity with Guesty, Hostaway, or similar PMS, or listing optimization experience

Schedule 40 hours/week, weekend coverage non-negotiable. Covers the three days/week the current local team member is off, primarily evening hours Eastern. Two consecutive days off per week, scheduled.

Please NOTE

It is crucial that you complete the application form in full. As part of the application process, you will be required to record a video. If your application is successful, you will receive an email confirming next steps—the video is the first step of the interview process. If you do not record a video, we will not be able to consider you for ANY open roles.

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