Customer Service Team Leader

4 weeks ago

Potters Bar, United Kingdom Canada Life Limited Full time
Canada Life UK looks after the retirement, investment and protection needs of individuals, families and companies. We help to build better futures for our customers, our intermediaries and our employees by operating as a modern, agile and welcoming organisation.

Part of our parent company Great-West Lifeco, Canada Life UK has operated in the United Kingdom since 1903. We have hundreds of respected and supported employees committed to doing the right thing for our customers and colleagues.

Canada Life UK is transforming to create a more customer-focused business by providing our customers with expertise on financial and tax planning, offering home finance and annuities propositions, and providing collective fund solutions to third party customers.

Job Purpose

To recruit, lead & motivate a customer service team across single/multiple product lines as required, ensuring service level targets are fully understood and met, quality standards are maintained and expenses in line with budget.

A strong, confident communicator who can positively engage our people. Able to share the goals and objectives which demonstrates the role their team play in the overall Customer Services structure.

To ensure that they put the customer at the heart of everything we do in line with our Company values.

A strong team player who works together to gain consensus in any situation. Develops & improve the skills of their team members by coaching, mentoring & providing development opportunities.

Embeds a culture of professionalism and ensures that legislative and Company requirements/standards are met.

What you'll do
  • Leads team (recruit/develop/coach/support) with confidence & self-belief. Encourages empowerment and innovation. Supports change. A proactive approach to staff development bringing out the best in their people. Addresses performance issues and treats all colleagues fairly. Meets the requirements of the T & C Scheme.
  • Champions voice of Customer across their team. Educates their team on the importance of Customer Experience ensuring the Customer is at the heart of everything we do in line with our Company values. Ensure team meet agreed KPI's which are reported in a timely manner.
  • To manage and ensure flexible resource levels (people, skills and availability) are always maintained, in order for the business to adapt quickly and effectively to peaks in volumes, ensuring service standards are achieved.
  • Able to plan & prioritise tasks with successful outcomes. Ability to identify and support process improvements in partnership with the Performance & Oversight function. A positive persona that always exudes someone in complete control.
  • Builds collaborative relationships, both within the team & wider business lines/shared service functions. Works together to gain consensus. Competent & confident in the use of any mode of communication deciding when to use in any given situation. Able to support ad hoc project work when required.
  • Able to resolve complex issues/complaints in line with regulatory complaint procedures working with others to achieve the right outcome. Ensures agreed controls are in place and risk events appropriately captured. Sound product and end-to-end process knowledge. Takes accountability for resolving issues that arise within their team. Uses insight and knowledge to make commercial and timely decisions, ensuring the best outcome.
Who you are

Knowledge
Knowledge of relevant insurance products & policy conditions
Capable in managing high volume, single/multi product customer service tasks.
Knowledge of customer service management within a shared services environment
Risk and Control management
Knowledge of Insurance sector
Knowledge of Data Protection and handling personal sensitive information
Knowledge of regulatory complaint handing process

Skills
Excellent people management / team coaching and leadership skills
"Can Do", positive attitude
Confident to deputise in the Manager's absence
Ability to operate in a fast paced, dynamic environment and able to work under pressure
Resource Management to identify tasks in most need of attention
Data and Mi production & analysis
Prioritisation to enable sound commercial decisions
Organisational skills so that service is managed at all times
Strong verbal/written skills to enable clear communication to customer/team
Good listening skills to ensure areas of confusion are addressed
Ability to Influence individuals to ensure they understand reasons for decision/change

Experience
Working in customer service environment or a customer focussed role
Managing a team in highly regulated environment
Experience of successfully working in ad hoc project / change initiative
Oversight of quality control and other key controls associated to customer service function
Team communication and upwards communication to senior management
Complaint handling, preferably in an FCA regulated environment

Qualifications

Minimum 5 A* - C / 9 - 4 Grade GCSEs (including English and Maths) or equivalent - essential
Financial Planning Qualification - desirable

Benefits of working at Canada Life

We believe in recognising and rewarding our people, so we offer a competitive salary and benefits package that's regularly reviewed. As a Canada Life UK colleague, you'll receive a competitive salary and comprehensive reward package including a generous pension and bonus scheme, along with, income protection, private medical insurance and life assurance. We have a fantastic number of other benefits and support services as well as regular personal and professional development.

How we work at Canada Life

Our culture is unique and incredibly important to us. We care about doing the right thing for our people, customers and community and helping others to build better futures. Our blueprint behaviours shape and influence how we work, and are central to the relationships we have with others. Every day we are encouraged to be more curious, own the outcome, face into things together and find a way forward.

We want colleagues to have rewarding careers with us so we invest in the development of our people, technology and workplaces. That's why we offer a range of training, flexible working and opportunities to grow and develop.

Diversity and inclusion

Building an inclusive workplace with a diverse workforce where everyone can feel they belong and achieve their potential regardless of gender, ethnicity or any other characteristic is a key commitment for us. We are proud of the progress we're making in DEI, and we continue for it to be a significant focus.

"At Canada Life we believe in the power of great people from different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives coming together to build better futures. Emerging talent is crucial to our growth and creating an environment that continues to inspire us all." Nick Harding, Chief People Officer, Canada Life UK

We appreciate that everyone has different work and life responsibilities. We're happy to discuss flexible working arrangements, including part time, for any of our roles should this be a requirement for you.

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