Team Leader Desktop Home Assessing

Auto-; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses

Volunteer days

ME day

Parental leave

Learning & development

Wellbeing support

Job summary

Auto & General (A&G) is seeking a Desktop Home Assessing Team Leader to guide the Home Assessing Team responsible for assessments of impacted properties, cost validation, and end-to-end management of claims.

You will provide ongoing training and coaching to the team, ensuring consistency and quality in scope validation and portfolio management across complex claims.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a professional team in Home Assessing or related field.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in Home Assessing or Building Industry; estimating/assessing experience is essential.
• Demonstrated ability to build relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Insurance experience is preferred but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead, monitor and inspire the team to deliver a high standard of service.
• Provide guidance and coaching to team members to develop skills and career goals.
• Handle escalated claims, complaints and complex matters.
• Implement cost control strategies to meet cost outcomes and improve the Claims Value Chain.
• Build and maintain relationships with stakeholders and provide constructive feedback.
• Contribute to strategic and operational activities to improve performance and staffing needs.
• Track, monitor and report KPIs ensuring productivity and quality meet expectations.

Skills

Team leadership

Performance coaching

Mentoring

Stakeholder management

Cost control

KPI tracking

Job description

Location

• Location 44 Boorea Street,Lidcombe, NSW, 2141,Australia

Contact information

• Contact Phone [phone]

Description

The role

As one of our Desktop Home Assessing Team Leaders, you will be playing a pivotal role in guiding and overseeing the Home Assessing Team, who are responsible for assessments of impacted properties, cost validation, ensuring high scope accuracy and end-to-end management of claims assigned to them.

Responsible for providing ongoing training & coaching to the team and ensuring that the Home Assessors are consistent and effective in their approach to a variety of assessments, validation of Scopes of Work, and end-to-end management of a select claim’s portfolio.

What you’ll be doing

• Lead, monitor and inspire the team to execute a high standard of service.
• Provide guidance & support to team members, with the goal of enhancing skills, overcoming challenges and achieving career goals, providing constructive feedback when required.
• Handle escalated claims, complaints and other matters of complexity.
• Implement and continuously refine cost control strategies to achieve planned cost outcomes and drive improvements across the Home Claims Value Chain in line with business objectives.
• Build & maintain relationships with a variety of stakeholders, providing constructive feedback as required.
• C ontribute to the development and implementation of strategic and operational activities that will continually improve Claims performance, including systems & process development and staffing requirements.
• Track, monitor and report on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), ensuring productivity and quality metrics are in line with internal expectations

Qualifications & Experience

• Experience managing a team of professionals along with the ability to lead, inspire, performance manage, coach and mentor a team.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in Home Assessing, or Building Industry and previous estimating and assessing experience essential.
• Demonstrated experience in building effective business relationships with multiple internal and external stakeholders;
• Insurance experience is preferred, but not essential

The benefits of working at A&G

• B e rewarded - we recognise high performance and reward our people for their hard work through bonuses and other perks.
• Options for leave - life happens, so we’ve got volunteer days, an additional paid 'ME' day, paid parental leave and the opportunity to purchase additional leave to cover all of the big stuff.
• Grow with us - we’ve got learning and professional development opportunities to suit everyone.
• Give back - our A&G Difference program gives you the power to change our community for the better through volunteering, fundraising and donation opportunities for causes that you’re passionate about.
• Take care of yourself - your wellbeing is important to us and our healthy mind and body hub, mental-health support and fitness discounts will help you be your best self.
• Celebrate the wins - we love sharing our successes and celebrating together - join us and you’ve got a ticket to our many on-site events throughout the year, family fun days and annual celebrations.
• Save money - as well as discounts on insurance products, we’ve teamed up with some incredible retailers, hospitality providers and others to bring you discounts on your purchases, no matter where you are in Australia.

About us

Auto & General (A&G) is the fastest-growing major Motor and Home insurer in Australia, providing insurance products and solutions to safeguard a brighter future for our customers and community.

Our range of general insurance products including Car, Motorcycle, Home, Contents Pet and Travel products are delivered through our multi-award-winning brand Budget Direct and partnerships with leading brands - ING, Qantas and Coles Insurance.

We’re excited about the future and we’re always on the lookout for talented, passionate individuals who can help us achieve our goal of being Australia’s best insurer!

Auto & General values individual differences and believes in fostering an inclusive culture that creates a great place to work for all.