Operations Manager (DUA - Boston)

About the role

The DUA Contact Center Operations Manager manages daily service delivery within assigned Boston and/or Brockton contact center units. The position oversees union supervisors and supports the consistent execution of unemployment assistance customer service, claims support, adjudication support, issue intake, escalation handling, quality review, and staff performance activities. The position ensures that assigned teams provide timely, accurate, accessible, and professional assistance to claimants, employers, employer agents, representatives, and members of the public. Work is performed in accordance with Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 151A, applicable federal requirements, DUA policies and procedures, collective bargaining obligations, program integrity standards, and established contact center performance expectations.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily contact center operations for assigned teams, including call and inquiry handling, workload distribution, queue monitoring, escalation support, attendance coverage, service level awareness, and timely completion of assigned unemployment assistance work.
• Supervise, coach, and support union supervisors and lead staff by setting expectations, reviewing performance, providing guidance on policy and procedures, identifying training needs, and promoting consistent staff management practices.
• Monitor operational quality and compliance by reviewing reports, quality assurance findings, customer service trends, case notes, escalation patterns, and adherence to applicable unemployment assistance laws, policies, procedures, and program integrity requirements.
• Continuously review effectiveness of operations and determine when policy and procedures need to be refined; develop, implement, and enforce policies as needed.
• Coordinate with training, policy, adjudication, benefits, employer services, technology, language access, and other operational partners to resolve service issues, implement new procedures, and maintain consistent communication across teams.
• Support personnel administration, scheduling, onboarding, performance documentation, labor relations coordination, and other management activities necessary to maintain effective contact center operations.

Minimum Entrance Requirements

Applicants must have at least:

• five (5) years of full-time or, equivalent part-time, professional, professional internship, administrative, supervisory, or managerial experience in business administration, business management, public administration, public management, clinical administration or clinical management; or
• any equivalent combination of the required experience and substitutions below.

Substitutions:

• A certificate in a relevant or related field may be substituted for one (1) year of the required experience.
• A Bachelor's degree in a related field may be substituted for two (2) years of the required experience.
• A Graduate degree in a related field may be substituted for three (3) years of the required experience.
• A Doctorate degree in a related field may be substituted for four (4) years of the required experience.

Benefits

When you embark on a career with the Commonwealth, you are offered an outstanding suite of employee benefits that add to the overall value of your compensation package.

Pay

$87,686.54