Claims Department Team Leader

Wellingborough

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Claims Department Team Leader
Location: Wellingborough (occasional travel may be required to attend client meetings and to our office in Hull)
Salary: £32,782.00 per annum
Working hours: 7.5 hours, Monday to Friday + 1 in 6 Saturdays, 08:30 to 12:30
Closing Date: 18/02/2026
Purpose
The Team Leader is responsible for the management of motor claims relating to vehicle accidental damage, working as part of and supervising a team to deliver the highest possible standards of customer service. Able to follow individual brand requirements and directives, ensuring that service level agreements and performance targets, both on an individual and team basis, are maintained.
Role Profile
Leadership & Team Management

Lead, motivate, and support the team to achieve individual and team performance targets.
Conduct monthly one-to-one reviews and annual appraisals, providing clear feedback and development plans.
Ensure all people management activities are carried out in line with company HR policies and procedures, including absence management, performance management, conduct, and disciplinary processes.
Chair monthly team meetings and support ongoing coaching and mentoring.
Identify training needs and support continuous improvement to reduce repeat failures.
Operational Management
Monitor call handling and email performance using internal reporting tools, ensuring targets are met.
Produce regular performance reports for the Line Manager, along with ad hoc reports as required.
Utilise Power BI to analyse performance trends, identify risks and opportunities.
Ensure accurate, detailed record-keeping within company systems to maintain full audit trails.
Undertake audits as agreed with your Line Manager.
Continuously review and develop operational systems and processes, introducing efficiencies to improve productivity and support team effectiveness.
Stakeholder & Customer Management
Act as a first point of escalation for clients, suppliers, customers, and team members.
Ensure expressions of dissatisfaction are processed and resolved effectively by the team.
Liaise with internal departments to support issue resolution where needed.
Compliance & Governance
Ensure the team remains fully up to date with new and amended SLAs and brand requirements.
Promote and adhere to data protection, information security standards, and company policies at all times.
Where authorised, ensure hire is provided, recorded, and managed correctly to control costs.
Support root cause analysis reviews and contribute to process and system improvements.
Person Specification
Essential Requirements
You will ...
Have proven success in leading and motivating a team to achieve business targets.
Have proven ability of coaching, mentoring and implementing action plans to grow a team to achieve business set targets.
Have excellent oral and written communication skills.
Be customer focused.
Have ability to resource plan to ensure business SLAs achieved.
Have ability to work under pressure and prioritise own work to achieve deadlines.
Have good knowledge and understanding of Microsoft Office.
Desirable Requirements
You will ...
Have minimum of 1 year experience leading a team.
Have an intermediate Microsoft Excel qualification.
Have previous experience of working in a Contact Centre in a leadership position.
Benefits:
21 days holiday, plus statutory bank holidays.
Holiday purchase scheme.
Additional birthday holiday day.
Employee benefits Scheme, including counselling service and 24/7 GP service.
Free food days.
Free parking.
Close to shops and amenities
To Apply
If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for Vizion Network, please click apply to be redirected to our website to complete your application

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