About Ancestry:
When you join Ancestry, you join a human-centered company where every person’s story is important. Ancestry®, the global leader in family history, empowers journeys of personal discovery to enrich lives. With our unparalleled collection of more than 40 billion records, over 3 million subscribers and over 23 million people in our growing DNA network, customers can discover their family story and gain a new level of understanding about their lives. Over the past 40 years, we’ve built trusted relationships with millions of people who have chosen us as the platform for discovering, preserving and sharing the most important information about themselves and their families.

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We are seeking A Customer Solutions Associate who will be responsible for providing administrative support for the Find a Grave website. We are seeking a customer service oriented individual to provide an amazing experience for our members. Currently full-time positions are available for Monday – Friday shifts, working standard office hours.  

What you'll do...

• Provide general support for members of the Find a Grave site. Support customers with their needs through inbound calls, email, and social media platforms. Consistently builds and maintains a positive relationship with every customer, ensuring there is resolution on every interaction. 

• Develop collaborative working relationships with peers and leaders.

• Provide a variety of administrative and clerical support functions, e.g., responding to email and letter correspondence, returning phone calls, etc. 

• Works with customers to find optimal solutions to inquiries and coordinates with the team manager to provide feedback based on customer interactions. 

• Ability to handle multiple tasks and determine the priority of tasks.

• Ability to recognize errors and bugs. Gather, understand and effectively communicate situations or site malfunctions to those needing to be involved.

• Composes clear, direct, concise, and complete verbal and written communications.

• Quickly acquire knowledge and demonstrate dependability; meet deadlines, adhere to work schedules, and meet productivity standards.

Who you are...

• High school diploma or GED. 

• Strong verbal and written skills. 

• Accurately type 45+ words per minute.  

• Proficiency navigating the Internet and use of a Windows-based PC.

• Experience working in an office or call center environment. 

• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team. 

• The ability to demonstrate professionalism and reliability. Accepts responsibility for own actions and follows through on commitments.

• Adapts well to frequent changes in the work environment.  

• Customer Service oriented with a focus on solving complex issues. 

• Seeks opportunities to improve and promote quality.

Nice to have..

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent. 

• Business writing experience and formal education or training. 

• Chat and email experience preferred. 

• Minimum of 1 year working in a customer service-related field preferred. 

Helping people discover their story is at the heart of ours. Ancestry is the largest provider of family history and personal DNA testing, harnessing a powerful combination of information, science and technology to help people discover their family history and stories that were never possible before. Ancestry’s suite of products includes: AncestryDNA, AncestryProGenealogists, Fold3, Newspapers.com, Find a Grave, Archives.com, and Rootsweb. We offer excellent benefits and a competitive compensation package. For additional information, regarding our benefits and career information, please visit our website at http://ancestry.com/careers

As a signatory of the ParityPledge in Support of Women and the ParityPledge in Support of People of Color, Ancestry values pay transparency and pay equity. We are pleased to share the hourly range for this position: $16.55/hr - $17.38/hr  with eligibility for bonus, equity and comprehensive benefits including health, dental and vision. The actual salary will vary by geographic region and job experience. We will share detailed compensation data for a specific location during the recruiting process. Read more about our benefits HERE.

*Note: Disclosure as required by sb19-085(8-5-20) and sb1162(1-1-23) 

Additional Information:

Ancestry is an Equal Opportunity Employer that makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition, military or veteran status, citizenship, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. In addition, Ancestry will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

All job offers are contingent on a background check screen that complies with applicable law.  For San Francisco office candidates, pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Ancestry will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.  

Ancestry is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Ancestry via-email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of Ancestry. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Ancestry as a result of the referral or through other means.

Additional Information:

Ancestry is an Equal Opportunity Employer that makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition, military or veteran status, citizenship, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. In addition, Ancestry will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

All job offers are contingent on a background check screen that complies with applicable law.  For San Francisco office candidates, pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Ancestry will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.  

Ancestry is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Ancestry via-email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of Ancestry. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Ancestry as a result of the referral or through other means.