As a Dispute Resolution Specialist, you will play a central role in how we consider and resolve complaints. You will: 

• Review complaints from consumers and small businesses that have not been resolved directly with the financial firm
• Work with consumers and financial firms to gather information and understand the core issues
• Apply a sound understanding of the AFCA complaint resolution criteria including relevant legal principles, applicable industry codes or guidance, good industry practice and previous AFCA decision to resolve financial complaints fairly and efficiently
• Utilise alternative dispute resolution methods to help parties resolves complaints by negotiation
• Investigate complaints that cannot be resolved by negotiation and produce preliminary assessments and draft decisions in Plain English.

The kind of complaints you would review will be across:

• Domestic Insurance such as home and contents for car insurance
• Travel or ticket insurance
• Pet insurance
• Sickness or accident insurance
• Strata title insurance
• Small business insurances including farm insurance

As a Senior Dispute Resolution Specialist in General Insurance, you will leverage your expertise in negotiation, conciliation, and case work investigation to ensure fair and efficient resolution of financial complaints. Working alongside a dedicated team, you will review complex complaints from consumers and small businesses that have not been resolved directly with the financial firm. Your objective will be to impartially negotiate fair outcomes, ensuring that all parties involved in the general insurance industry are satisfied with the resolution.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Review and investigate complaints from consumers and small businesses
• Gather information and understand the core issues of the complaints
• Determine key issues and gather further information from complainants and third parties
• Apply AFCA complaint resolution criteria and relevant legal principles to resolve complaints fairly and efficiently
• Mentor and provide guidance to staff members in complaint resolution and casework management, ensuring consistent high-quality service.

The kind of complaints you would review will be across:

• Domestic Insurance such as home and contents for car insurance
• Travel or ticket insurance
• Pet insurance
• Sickness or accident insurance
• Strata title insurance
• Small business insurances including farm insurance

Reporting to the Talent Acquisition Partner, you will play a key support role function, working closely with the Talent Acquisition Partner in your business areas to gain a deep understanding of client needs and assist in providing strategic recruitment guidance. You’ll also be responsible for managing   multiple business areas, helping to ensure a seamless Talent Acquisition process.

We’re looking for someone with a positive attitude, who is eager to learn and grow, with a desire to develop their career in Talent Acquisition and Recruitment Marketing.

We're seeking a QA Agent to conduct daily call evaluations on current employees in Sales, Customer Services, and Claims. In this role, you'll ensure a high standard of both verbal and written communication and an excellent understanding of Neilson’s products and procedures to provide constructive feedback. You'll use focus, initiative, and forward thinking to encourage agents to deliver their best possible performance at all times.

 As a QA Agent, your primary responsibilities will include:

• Conducting the required amount of call evaluations as per the Quality Assurance Team Leader’s instructions.
• Maintaining an up-to-date understanding of NFS’ QA Framework, including the compliance requirements for sales, customer service, and claims-related calls.
• Ensuring all complaints and breach issues are communicated promptly to management when detected.
• Meeting required targets for productivity and quality, contributing positively towards team performance.
• Maintaining a good understanding of NFS’s systems and processes used to sell and administer its products.
• Promoting effective communication within the QA team and with internal stakeholders such as sales agents, customer service agents, and managers.
• Delivering consistent and accurate feedback to sales agents, contributing to their performance improvement.
• Attending and contributing within call calibration sessions, designed to develop and share best practice.
• Adhering to all company policies as per the employee handbook.
   

The QA Team Leader is responsible for the day-to-day supervision of a team of QA Agents, whose primary function is to conduct quality assurance assessments on calls (sales, customer service and claims), to manage regulatory and operational risk and assist with the personal development of contact centre staff.

Working closely with the Learning and Development Team, the QA Team Leader will help identify trends and training needs through the analysis of QA results and deliver constructive feedback to sales and customer care management, aimed towards driving a culture of continuous improvement. 

Duties & Responsibility

 As the QA Team Leader, your primary responsibilities will include:

• Leading a team of QA Agents, ensuring calls are assessed consistently, in line with the existing QA framework.
• Driving the team of QA agents to achieve agreed business KPIs at all times.
• Working closely with the Learning and Development Team to identify trends and training needs through analysis of QA results.
• Providing relevant and constructive feedback to the sales, customer service, and claims teams.
• Escalating complaints and breaches to appropriate management when detected, and supporting the Compliance Team with its investigations.
• Providing an opinion on the practical effectiveness of the QA framework to Compliance and Operations, contributing towards process improvement.
• Conducting ad hoc quality assurance assessments, where required.
• Administering NFS’ QA Appeals process, ensuring that QA assessments escalated for appeal are reviewed appropriately and recorded accurately.
• Maintaining excellent and up-to-date knowledge of NFS’ products, systems, and processes, along with a good understanding of operational and regulatory risk.
• Assisting the wider Risk and Compliance Team with the practical embedding of any changes to the QA framework due to regulatory changes.
• Assisting the Risk and Compliance Team with risk management assurance activity in relation to the QA framework through initiatives such as ‘check-the-checker’.
• Producing regular performance reports and management information to facilitate effective oversight of the function.
• Ensuring that the QA Team adheres to all company policies and procedures.
• Participating in the delivery of ad hoc projects set by the business from time to time.
• Hosting collaboration sessions with sales, customer service, and claims management to ensure the QA framework is understood, enforced consistently, and embedded within the company culture.
   

The Lead Technical Specialist is responsible for leading the Technical Specialists team in providing technical advice, guidance and support to the Claims team on technical assessment and case management matters, to assist in reaching desired claims durations and outcomes in line with the terms and conditions of the policy. A key focus of the role is to optimise assessment quality within the Income Protection, Life, Trauma and TPD portfolios and support Claims Consultants to build their capability in line with the TAL claims capability and delegated authority frameworks. This includes development of processes, tools, guidelines or other resource to support assessment of the claims.

Our business is growing (fast), which means new roles are popping up regularly. If you're interested in working with CreditorWatch one day, feel free to submit your application to our Talent Pool using this job ad and and we will reach out down the track when a suitable role becomes available