Job Title: Customer Assistance Manager – Claims
Location of work: Birmingham Hybrid – 3 days in the office, 2 days at home
Salary: Up to £37,500
As a Customer Assistance Manager, you will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the Customer Claims team. You will provide support to your team, including coaching, on-the-job training, workforce planning, one-to-one meetings, and appraisals.
You will act as the point of contact for customer issue resolution and escalations, ensuring prompt and appropriate resolution to customer inquiries. You will ensure best practices and processes are utilized within the Claims team, keeping the customer at the heart of what we do.
Hours:
This position is based on a 35-hour week on a shift basis. Hours will be between 8 am to 8 pm Monday to Friday, and 9 am to 5 pm Saturday. However, our business can be unpredictable, and there will be times when we need you to work longer.
You will:
1. Have excellent communication skills, essential for working in a shift environment.
2. Complete PDP for your team, understand career ambitions and aspirations, and assist with future development.
3. Set SMART targets, listen to calls, and provide side-by-side feedback and guidance.
4. Ensure employee records are maintained and one-to-one meetings are delivered on time.
5. Deal with any employee relations issues that may arise.
6. Handle all regulated complaints within the FCA complaint guidelines.
7. Work with quality auditors to understand any performance or productivity issues within your team.
About you:
1. Experience managing a team within a contact centre environment or similar.
2. Experience within claims.
3. Customer-focused, results-oriented, and outcome-driven.
4. Ability to work effectively within a team environment where some reports work remotely 24/7.
5. Excellent leadership qualities and ability to delegate effectively.
6. Commercially aware.
7. Good standard of education.
8. Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office/in-house bespoke systems.
9. Flexible and adaptable, happy to work shifts.
You will receive excellent training for this role as we are dedicated to ‘Achieving Excellence Through Learning.’ You are always encouraged to bring your ideas and highlight any areas for improvement in processes.
In exchange for your expertise, experience, and enthusiasm, we will offer support in continuing your personal and career development, in addition to providing a wide range of employment-linked benefits.
We will provide you with competitive annual leave and contribute towards a company pension scheme. You will have access to discounts on Allianz products, vouchers, and discounts for high street and online retailers. You will also benefit from our company bonus scheme, Private Medical Cover, competitive annual leave, annual flu vaccination, annual eye care vouchers, discounted travel insurance, roadside assistance free after 6 months’ probation, corporate social responsibility, and an interest-free season ticket loan after probation.
Successful applicants to our career opportunities will be able to demonstrate they share the values and behaviours we seek in our organisation.
About Allianz Partners:
Allianz Group is one of the most trusted insurance and asset management companies in the world. Caring for our employees, their ambitions, dreams, and challenges is what makes us a unique employer. Together we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and has the confidence to explore, grow, and shape a better future for our customers and the world around us.
Dedicated to bringing global protection and care, Allianz Partners is the B2B2C leader in insurance and assistance solutions in the following areas of expertise: travel insurance, assistance, mobile device & digital risks insurance, international health & life, and automotive insurance. We care for our customers, and our caring nature extends to our employees. We don't just hire people; we commit to them, nourish them, and invest in their careers because we recognize that your development goes hand in hand with our growth and success.
We at Allianz believe in a diverse and inclusive workforce and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We encourage you to bring your whole self to work, no matter where you are from, what you look like, who you love, or what you believe in.
We therefore welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, disability, or sexual orientation.
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