Team Leader - Claims Submissions

Northampton Business Directory; Kettering; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the personal injury sector is seeking a Claims Submission Team Leader to lead a team of Submissions Handlers. This role involves inspiring your team, ensuring operational efficiency, and providing an empathetic experience for consumers. The company is committed to a supportive and inclusive culture, offering 25 days annual leave, performance-related bonuses, and continuous development opportunities.

Benefits

Monthly performance-related bonus

25 days annual leave

Pension (3% contributory)

Healthcare scheme

Death in service cover

Perks at Work discounts

Community Day for volunteering

Development Opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in personal injury and sector understanding.
• Ability to motivate and develop team members.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of Submissions Handlers.
• Monitor KPI performance and ensure operational efficiency.
• Create an engaged and high-performing team environment.

Skills

Personal Injury Understanding

Leadership

Communication

Problem Solving

Job description

Location: Kettering
Job Type: Full time, 37.5 hours per week, (7.5 hours per day over a shift pattern of Monday - Friday 8am – 8pm).
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: Competitive

At National Accident Law, the home of National Accident Helpline, we live by our values of ‘We are curious’, ‘We are driven’, ‘We are passionate’ and ‘We are unified’ and our people do too. Whether it be helping people to start their recovery journey, supporting our panel of solicitor firms, or working together across departments to achieve results our people work as one team.

As the most trusted, searched for and, recognised personal injury brand we pride ourselves on being the most ethical operator in the claims sector, taking a strong stance against cold calling and cold texting, and lobbying the government and regulators to help ensure there is a strict regulatory framework to help protect consumers.

Our business and our people have our values in common; Passionate, Curious, Driven, and Unified, and because of this, we have a culture that is kind, supportive, fun, and inclusive.

You can join us too and play your part in making a real difference to our consumers and benefiting from working for a successful market leader.

THE PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

As a Claims Submission Team Leader, you will be responsible for leading a team of Submissions Handlers. You will be an inspiring people leader, motivating and developing your handlers to ensure the effective and efficient running of the Submissions Teams, by role modelling the Company’s values and behaviours.

As a Team Leader you will provide guidance, instruction, direction, and leadership for the purpose of achieving our departmental targets for claim underway, claims submission and quality. Ensuring our Submissions Handlers deliver an empathetic journey for consumers who have experienced a challenging life event. You will lead the team to deliver a high-quality experience for our consumers to deliver strong operational results for the business

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

As a Claims Submissions Team Leader, you will:

• People leadership, inspiring and motivational role model, influencing the team to deliver results through strong engagement, performance excellence and customer service standards.
• Manage the day-to-day running of the team and floor management, using a balanced approach to setting the priorities of tasks.
• Responsible for all aspects of the team’s performance and wellbeing. Ensuring homeworkers continually feel valued and part of a team.
• Full end-to-end employee cycle.
• Be results driven, Monitor KPI performance, ensuring this is in line with the commercial needs of the business.
• To understand and explain the quantitative targets, qualitative measures, and operational impacts to performance.
• Responsible for communicating performance and vison to all levels within Customer Operations
• Proactively develop ways to improve efficiency, quality and general performance of the team, regular reviewing of procedures and systems to identify any inefficiencies. Be brave to make quick decisions to resolve.
• Be an ambassador for quality, working with our coaches, ensuring quality assessment is accurate to achieve regulatory and legal requirements, as well as maximising opportunities.
• Create an environment that engages high performing individuals to excel, whilst maintaining an environment which supports the spirit of teamwork, open and honest communication and the sharing of ideas and best practice.
• Proactively establish and nurture relationships with key stakeholders both within and outside of the Claims Submission Team to ensure that activities and performance of the team are in line with the needs of the business.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

To be successful in this role you will need to:

• Have experience and an understanding of personal injury and the sector.
• Be a people leader able to demonstrate the ability to develop and motivate others to perform and exceed expectations.
• Work autonomously, taking high levels of ownership with a solution focused approach.
• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Understand, analyse, and effect change utilising MI.
• Be experienced in managing change and introducing new ways of working in a team.
• Be able to work interdepartmentally, managing stakeholder relationships constructively; and
• Thrive and operate in a fast-paced organisation.

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

• Curious to challenge the status quo.
• Unified in working together for the same goals and vision.
• Driven to achieve, succeed and progress.
• Passionate about our customers, our business and personal performance

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU

• Monthly performance-related bonus
• Annual leave: 25 days
• Pension: (3% contributory)
• Healthcare scheme: claim up to £1,000 back with Simply Health
• Death in service: cover of 3 x salary
• Perks at Work: exclusive member discounts across a range of goods and services
• Community Day on us: volunteer in your community for one day each year
• Development Opportunities: training and development opportunities to boost your confidence, realise your strengths and develop your career with us.
• No weekend working - we are open Monday to Friday between the hours of 8am – 8pm

We achieved 82% in our 2024 employee engagement survey, and our colleagues use words like ‘fun, down to earth, supportive and caring’ to describe our fantastic culture. We are Gold awarded Investors in People and are proud to say that National Accident Helpline is a great place to work.

But don’t just take our word for it, come and find out for yourself!

*Please note this is a full-time role of 37.5 hours per week. (7.5 hours per day over a shift pattern of Monday - Friday 8am – 8pm).

You may also have experience in the following: Claims Team Leader, Submissions Team Leader, Claims Submissions Manager, Personal Injury Claims Supervisor, Claims Handling Team Manager, Insurance Claims Team Leader, Legal Claims Operations Leader, Customer Services, Team Leader, Customer service Manager, Insurance claims, Claims submission, Legal services

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