About us
We're Green Flag, part of the Direct Line Group (DLG), helping motorists all over the country since 1971. We are an award-winning brand, recently named the top breakdown cover provider in the Finder 2022 Customer Satisfaction Awards, independently voted for by consumers.
It's an exciting time for us, and we're thrilled to grow our teams and looking for people to join as Roadside Patrol Team Leader.
What you'll do
This is a permanent role based in the regions below:
Luton, Leighton Buzzard, Letchworth, Stevenage, Hertford, Welwyn Garden City, St Albans, Aylesbury, High Wycombe, Amersham, Chesham, Watford, Potters Bar, Cheshunt.
* Up to £45000 base salary depending on experience, OTE 48-53k plus an additional 9% of base salary employer contributed pension.
Start Date: 3rd March 2025
This role will operate on a 50/50 split of roadside patrol duties and Team Leader responsibilities, which may change as the role develops.
You will be contracted to work 40 hours, four days a week, starting on a shift pattern with operating hours between 7am and 8pm Monday to Sunday, with the opportunity to do overtime. You will be provided with a Green Flag vehicle and start your day from your home.
* Be proactive and efficient in attending, assessing, and repairing customers’ cars within agreed timescales.
* Protect our customers by ensuring to get it right for them in the safest and most secure way.
* Be responsible for day-to-day remote management of a patrol force team, including management of individual Roadside Technicians' performance and personal development.
* Identify opportunities and contribute to maximizing roadside revenue opportunities while meeting the needs of our customers.
* Own, track, and report performance and sustainability metrics to the Area Manager, in accordance with the Green Flag patrol force strategy.
* Drive patrol performance and ensure performance metrics are consistently achieved across your team.
* Ensure that safe working practices are embedded at the heart of the Green Flag patrol force.
* Collaborate with the roadside area manager to ensure that any payments by the roadside are processed in line with business procedures.
* Complete processes to indicate damage on cars, specifying steps taken to solve the problem, and gain signature from customers.
* Support the business in achieving Average Claims Cost targets by maximizing roadside repairs and minimizing additional strokes/recoveries.
* Ensure the best use of resources to meet customer demands and achieve operational metrics.
* Oversee the safeguarding of the Green Flag patrol force, including but not limited to lone working requirements.
* Oversee the vehicle maintenance of the Green Flag patrol force fleet.
* Process any insurance claims resulting from accidents involving a Roadside Technician.
* Take ownership for all associated people management activities of direct reports, such as recruitment, onboarding & induction, leavers process, talent/succession planning, engagement action planning, team cost management, and development/career planning.
* Capacity planning.
* Evaluate patrol performance and ensure appropriate performance and sustainability metrics are met for your team.
What you'll need
* Suitable experience and qualifications from within the vehicle repair industry, level 3 or equivalent.
Live and breathe the “People Leadership” qualities within the DLG leadership framework.
Develop effective coaching relationships to support the growth of the patrol force and capability throughout the team, providing timely structured feedback on progress and performance.
Translate business strategy into meaningful direction and priorities for your team to achieve, providing support and guidance while maintaining clear accountability for the individual.
Collaboration with the Patrol Dispatch Manager to optimize the customer claims journey.
Develop, sustain, and improve relationships across the extended Rescue Leadership team and associated teams.
Awareness and adherence to all Risk, Governance, and HR policies and processes.
Who you'll work with
The culture here at Green Flag, part of the Direct Line Group (DLG), really is something else. We embrace our individuality – you'll see it in the way that we think and work. We encourage each other to be the best we can be, no opinion goes unheard, no achievement goes unrecognized, and no idea goes unknown.
You will be part of a team of roadside patrol operatives in your region reporting to an area manager.
Benefits
We offer excellent benefits designed to suit your lifestyle:
* 9% employer contributed pension.
* 50% off home, motor, and pet insurance plus free travel insurance and Green Flag breakdown cover.
* Additional optional Health and Dental insurance.
* EV car scheme allows all colleagues to lease a brand new electric or plug-in hybrid car in a tax-efficient way.
* Generous holidays.
* Buy as you earn share scheme.
* Employee discounts and cashback.
* Plus many more.
Being yourself
Direct Line Group is an equal opportunity employer, committed to making our business an inclusive place to work, where everyone can be themselves and succeed in their careers.
We know you're more than a CV, and the things that make you, you, are what bring potential to our business. If you need any adjustments to our recruitment process, please speak to the recruitment team who will be happy to support you.
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