Key Tasks And Responsibilities
Please note this opportunity is a 12 month Fixed Term Contract***
Management – Day to day supervision and oversight of direct reports.
- Lead and motivate a high-performing team to deliver exceptional service.
- Manage the team’s performance against agreed KPIs.
- Control and monitor workload of the team ensuring agreed Service Levels are achieved and Quality is maintained.
- Implement relevant corrective actions where issues are identified.
- Ensure that processes and practices embedded within the team actively support achieving external and internal service standards.
- Manage and co-ordinate team resource, ensuring adequate cover in place to achieve Team deliverables.
- Monitor the teams’ adherence to documented processes and procedures.
- Production and distribution of relevant business reports & individual staff performance reports as required.
Team Support
- Develop effective methods of management and communication with relevant business areas.
- Proactively manage the team to ensuring high levels of engagement at all times.
- Act as an escalation and referral point for direct reports on all technical matters, problems, issues, and complaints.
- Engagement with Manager and other stakeholders to raise profile of team, including contribution to overall company performance
Development & Training
- Manage the performance and competency of the team through annual appraisals, team meetings and 1:1s.
- Actively encourage and support the team’s continuous personal and professional development through development pathways, and professional qualifications.
- Implement coaching, training, and development plans to enhance individual performance and strengthen the team’s ability to meet the demands of their role.
Other
- Assist the business with other adhoc tasks as required.
- Provide accurate MI regarding team’s performance as required.
Role Requirements & Skills
Skills / Competencies
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with confidence to build rapport with the team, customers, and relevant stakeholders
- Effective Leadership & influencing skills and ability to develop high performing teams
- Results orientated to drive optimum performance against all Team deliverables
- Strong technical, analytical, and business acumen skills, forward thinking with a mindset of continuous improvement
- Problem solving, negotiation & decision making, ability to take ownership and responsibility for decisions
- Excellent time management and organisation skills
- Agility to respond to change and resolve conflict
- Regulatory & compliance awareness
- Ability to learn and take on new tasks quickly; using own initiative when under pressure.
Qualifications
- Minimum A-Level qualification preferred.
- Certificate In Insurance (CII) qualification is desirable.
Experience
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience of managing a team in a fast paced, service driven and target orientated environment is required.
- Experience of the working in the Insurance industry desirable.
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