A Telephone Information Supervisor leads the team handling telephone information services — directory assistance, customer information requests, or specialized inquiry handling — owning quality, accuracy, and call-handling tempo.
Days tend to revolve around call volume, accuracy metrics, and the team handling them. You're monitoring quality through call sampling, coaching operators through tricky inquiries, handling escalations, and partnering with the source data teams whose information your team distributes.
The collaboration tends to be wider than expected. You're working with the data source teams, training, IT, and the customers themselves through your team. Friction usually lives at the boundary between data freshness and operator-handling time.
People who tend to thrive enjoy structured front-line operational management with quality discipline and find satisfaction in steady accuracy. If you need varied work, strategic stretch, or distance from call-center tempo, the role can feel narrow.
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View all Admin & Office roles →A Telephone Information Supervisor leads the team handling telephone information services — directory assistance, customer information requests, or specialized inquiry handling — owning quality, accuracy, and call-handling tempo.
Median pay for a Telephone Information Supervisor is about $66K nationally, with the field ranging roughly from $44K to $103K depending on experience, employer, and metro (BLS).
Core skills for this role include Monitoring, Coordination, Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, and Speaking.
Most people in this role hold a bachelor's degree.
Employment in this field is projected to decline about 0.3% through 2034, with roughly 1.5 million people working in it today (BLS).
Closely related roles include Information Center Supervisor, Business Manager, and Office Manager.
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