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Senior Quality Assurance Assessor

Employer
First Central
Location
Haywards Heath, West Sussex or Salford Quays, Manchester
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
3 Jan 2022

Job Details

First Central have a fantastic opportunity in either our Salford Quays, Manchester or Haywards Heath, West Sussex office as a Senior Quality Assurance Assessor!


You'll provide assurance that all policies and procedures are being adhered to and that the company’s employees and suppliers are operating at the required competency and meeting regulatory requirements whilst identifying improvement opportunities.


Contribute to positive change and improvements to customer experience and suitable customer outcomes, through continuous improvements, reporting and analysis of trends.


Job responsibilities:

  • Conduct quality assurance assessments and cross validations as required, within agreed timescales and as per agreed schedule
  • Achieve KPI’s and SLA’s including timely and accurate delivery of all tasks and reports
  • Identify and assist with continuous development of departmental processes and procedures and drive improvement to support the achievement of business objectives
  • Supporting with external supplier reviews when required
  • Work collaboratively with all teams and colleagues, ensure consistency to quality assurance approach and best practice within the team
  • Provide positive and constructive feedback to colleagues and suppliers
  • Building and maintaining respectful relationships with all colleagues, working closely with other departments and supporting them as and when required
  • Demonstrate the company’s values and appropriate behaviours
  • Contribute to any ad hoc projects or policy updates as required
  • Responsible for own personal development and knowledge management, updating 121/appraisal documentation within required timeframes
  • Identify, analyse and implement improvement opportunities, collaborating with the business areas
  • Facilitate and manage improvement deliveries
  • Produce data and metrics, to provide visibility to track and evidence savings
  • Some travel involved
  • Identify, capture and appropriately escalate risks and issues
  • Coach and support others to develop and enhance their knowledge
  • Liaise with the Operational Excellence Team, Learning & Development Team and Customer, Colleague and supplier insight assessors to ensure identified training and development needs are addressed successfully
  • Contribute to training programmes
  • Work with other others across the business to share best practice and ensure consistency
  • Facilitate the generation of potential solutions to address root causes
  • Communicate and build effective relationships with key stakeholders
  • Identify and overcome barriers to change
  • Act as an ambassador for change
  • Comply with the requirements, and act in accordance with, the Group Code of Conduct and Fitness and Propriety policies at all times
  • Ensure compliance with Company Policies, Values and guidelines and other relevant standards/ regulations at all times
  • Any other reasonable duties


Job-specific competencies:


Experience

  • Providing coaching to employees and or suppliers
  • Working in a quality assurance environment including risk and controls principles, focusing on customer outcomes
  • Problem solving and continuous improvement principles
  • Data analysis and translation of management information to tangible actions
  • Change Agent on an Operational Excellence transformation project
  • Structured Problem Solving facilitator (desired)
  • Track record of successful delivery of Continuous Improvement Activity
  • Private motor vehicle insurance industry, ideally in both policy and claims environments
  • Working in a financial service regulated environment


Skills & Qualifications

  • Strong communication, presentation, influencing and persuasion skills and an ability to influence across all levels
  • Ability to work to tight deadlines and to prioritise many conflicting and frequently changing priorities
  • The ability to think creatively and develop solutions to complex business problems
  • Stakeholder engagement and management skills, including the ability to question and challenge assumptions
  • A flexible approach to work, with the ability to accept and champion change
  • Strong computer skills with experience in MS Office, particularly Word and Excel
  • Self-motivated and able to self-direct
  • Good numeracy and literacy skills
  • Strong interpersonal skills
  • Strong Analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Clear and logical thinker
  • A demonstrated commitment to personal development
  • Good communication skills, both verbal and written
  • Good time management and organisation skills

 

Behaviours

  • Commercially focused and results driven
  • Customer focused and passionate about the achieving the right customer outcomes
  • Embrace, embed and incorporate the Company Values
  • Emphasis on attention to detail and accuracy
  • A clear, logical thinker who takes initiative to make decisions
  • Confident in presenting complex information in a clear and concise manner
  • Ensures great attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy in recording and reporting
  • Strives to drive business improvements to contribute to the success of the business
  • Self-motivated and enthusiastic
  • An organised and proactive approach
  • Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team
  • A flexible approach and positive attitude

 

What can we do for you?


We believe we can offer you a great working environment as we’re so passionate about our people. Here are just some of the benefits and perks that we offer…

  • Fantastic training and development opportunities
  • Employee benefit packages to suit your lifestyle
  • Flexible working
  • YOUday – we give you an extra day off to celebrate a special day
  • The opportunity to take a paid day off each year to do charity work
  • A health cash plan
  • Help with travel expenses
  • The opportunity to buy additional holiday
  • Company pension scheme
  • Group life assurance
  • Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
  • Professional subscription fees paid

Employee wellbeing is high on the agenda here too. We provide a weekly free fruit delivery, discounted membership at a local health club and access to an Employee Assistance Programme, which promotes physical and emotional wellbeing at work and at home. In addition, we provide wellbeing events throughout the year to support physical and mental health.

For further information on what we can offer and to learn more about this role, feel free to contact our dedicated Recruitment team.

If this job sounds like the role you're looking for, apply today!

Company

We’re First Central, an award-winning innovative insurance and technology organisation, delivering market-leading motor insurance, underwriting, distribution, finance, technology and legal services.

Our motor insurance broker, 1ST CENTRAL, is firmly established as a top 10 supplier on UK price comparison websites and has successfully built a customer base of over half a million. It strives to make buying car insurance a more accessible and effortless experience.

We recognise that our success is entirely down to our talented people, who we know are our biggest asset, and we’re always on the lookout for talented people to join our team. In return, we can offer you a great place to work and lots of fantastic benefits.

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Company info
Location
Gemini House, Mill Green Business Estate
Mill Green Road
Haywards Heath
West Sussex
RH16 1XQ
GB

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