Safety Specialist

Airbnb Airbnb · Consumer · Gurgaon, India · Community Support

This role is a Safety Specialist at Airbnb, focusing on handling complex safety concerns for the community, including personal safety threats, domestic violence, child exploitation, and human trafficking. The specialist will interact with customers, resolve issues, and escalate cases as needed, requiring strong communication, judgment, and decision-making skills in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment. The role involves operational excellence, communication, analytical, and interpersonal competencies, with a requirement for 4+ years of experience in customer service, mediation, or Trust & Safety operations.

What you'd actually do

  1. Handle cases with complexities with the highest level of service
  2. Manage multiple user cases at the same time while remaining efficient, professional and organized
  3. Be a team player & support operational success as directed by your Management

Skills

Required

  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and spoken, including conflict resolution.
  • Ownership mentality and business mindset, with ability to drive work forward even in ambiguous situations
  • Ability to manage your own time, plan, prioritize and organize tasks, and to work within prescribed schedules including breaks, lunches, and training time
  • Language proficiency in English
  • Ability to understand and execute policies & procedures
  • Ability to maintain confidentiality during investigation

Nice to have

  • Hospitality experience is a plus, in particular working for technology platforms.

What the JD emphasized

  • 4+ years of relevant experience in customer service, mediation, emergency services, Trust & Safety operations, or a similar role operating in a contact center environment making calls and handling customer/client contacts
  • Ability to work weekend days and public holidays required, as well as evening shifts.Your schedule can change to meet business needs
  • Ability to work in a high-pressure environment interacting with sensitive, confidential, and potentially traumatic imagery, conversations, and other materials