Quality Associate - Kannada (AstroLokal) at Lokal App in Karnataka, IN

Role : Quality Associate Location : Work From Home https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/funding/lokal-raises-14-6-million-from-global-brain-sif-others/articleshow/99749839.cms?from=mdr**About** AstroLokal

AstroLokal connects users with astrologers through calls, chats, and video consultations. We aim to deliver a reliable, consistent, and high-quality customer experience by maintaining service standards and ensuring astrologers and customer-facing teams adhere to defined quality guidelines.

Role Overview:

The Quality Associate will be responsible for maintaining and improving service quality across AstroLokal's customer-facing operations. The role involves auditing calls, chats, and video sessions, identifying performance gaps, delivering training interventions, and working closely with Operations to improve customer experience and service delivery.

Key Responsibilities :

1. Quality Assurance

• Conduct regular quality audits of astrologer calls, chats, and video sessions, along with other customer interactions as required.
• Evaluate interactions against defined quality parameters, including greetings, active listening, communication skills, accuracy, customer handling, and compliance with SOPs.
• Identify process deviations, knowledge gaps, and recurring customer experience issues.
• Provide constructive feedback and coaching recommendations to improve performance.
• Maintain quality scorecards, audit records, and performance trend reports.
• Share quality insights and improvement recommendations with Operations and Team Leads.

2. Training & Development

• Manage the end-to-end training lifecycle, including onboarding, refresher training, and training for new processes.
• Develop and maintain training materials, SOPs, learning modules, and knowledge documentation.
• Conduct classroom and virtual training sessions for new and existing team members.
• Design assessments and certification frameworks to evaluate knowledge retention and operational readiness.
• Collaborate with Operations and Quality teams to deliver targeted training interventions for low-performing individuals.
• Update training content based on quality findings, process changes, and business requirements.

3. Performance Improvement

• Track training effectiveness through quality scores, assessment results, and operational performance metrics.

• Analyze quality trends to identify recurring issues and opportunities for improvement.

• Partner with Operations and Team Leads to address skill gaps and improve service delivery.

• Recommend corrective actions and process improvements to enhance customer satisfaction and operational efficiency.

• Monitor the impact of training and coaching interventions on quality and performance benchmarks

• Bachelor's degree in any discipline.

• 3+ years of experience in Quality Assurance, Training, Learning & Development, or Customer Experience within a customer support, contact centre, or BPO environment.

• Hands-on experience in quality audits, call/chat monitoring, agent coaching, and training delivery.

• Strong understanding of QA frameworks, customer service metrics, SOP compliance, and coaching methodologies.

• Fluency in Kannada and English, including reading, writing, and speaking.

• Strong communication, presentation, facilitation, and analytical skills.

• Proficiency in Google Sheets, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Google Workspace.

• Experience creating training content, assessments, and certification programs is preferred.

• Familiarity with speech-to-text tools, CRM systems, and quality monitoring platforms is an advantage.