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Looking for a role where your support truly matters? As part of our Bodily Injury team, you'll guide customers through challenging times by proactively managing their Claim with empathy and professionalism. Working Hours/ Shift Patterns: You will work 37.5 hours per week on a Monday to Friday 9.00 - 5.30. Our approach to Hybrid Working: With hybrid working, you have more flexibility, as you usually only have to visit our office once a week and work remotely for the rest of the time. You can always opt to work from the office more frequently if that suits you better. When we organise training and events you may be required to attend in person for the duration. Salary: The starting salary is 30,000 plus benefits. Location: Our fantastic Bexhill office, which is next to the seafront, and only a short walk from Collington station. Training: The main training period runs for the first 3 weeks and takes place virtually. Your Role: You'll be working in our Bodily Injury team, where you will assist and support our customers when they need us most by proactively managing a portfolio of cases, investigating liability and third party presented quantum claims (Damage and Personal Injury up to a value of 25,000) and agreeing fair outcomes within policy and legal liability. Negotiating between the Policy holder, Solicitors and Third Parties to get the best outcome for our customers. Manage and maintain effective relationship with both internal (Hire, Intervention, Customer, Claims, Counter Fraud, Underwriting) and external stakeholders (Repairers, Solicitors, Investigators) to ensure service level agreements, internal and external policies and governance are adhered to. Gathering of information to enable early arrival at the correct liability decision giving consideration to economic settlement, pro-actively secure appropriate recoveries to limit business exposure. About You: Proven experience managing your own portfolio of claims, with confidence and autonomy Exceptional problem-solving abilities, with a proactive mindset and keen attention to detail Outstanding communication skills, both written and verbal, to build trust and clarity with customers and colleagues A passion for delivering outstanding customer experiences, even in complex or sensitive situations Solid computer literacy, with the ability to navigate systems and tools efficiently Why become a part of the Hastings Direct family: Up to 5% annual discretionary Bonus We promote a relaxed, friendly & diverse working environment Career stepping stones, we love investing and progressing our people by helping them hit their career goals and gain professional qualifications 'Harrys' - a great onsite restaurant, with a wide range of choice from breakfast time to dinner time & an on-site Costa coffee Refer a friend scheme - earn 500 for every friend you refer We will provide you with all the tech that you need! Including a brand-new Microsoft Surface laptop 25 days holiday and bank holidays equivalent (plus buy and sell up to 5 days) As a Disability Confident employer, we're committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are fully inclusive - what this means to you is if you're applying for a job with us, you'll have fair access to support and adjustments throughout your recruitment journey. For this position, we're regrettably unable to accept applications through the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) due to the extremely high volumes of applications we receive. However, what we put in place for these positions instead in order to remove barriers is an opportunity for all candidates to complete first stage assessments, in the form of some online exercises, which we can also provide adjustments for on a case by case basis. For more information on the DCS, please visit our inclusive business page on our careers site. Hastings Group is an equal opportunities employer which means we treat people fairly. We welcome applications from all suitably skilled persons regardless of their gender, age, race, disability, ethnic background, religion/belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or marital/family status. Please also note that we have a thorough referencing process, which includes credit and criminal record checks. TPBN1_UKTJ