Claims Team Leader

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We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Claims Team Leader within our Real Estate Team based in Glasgow. This role will be office based.

The opportunity:
Reporting to the Operations Lead, you will provide management support to desk-based adjusters ensuring the success of the Real Estate team.

Your responsibilities will include:

• To lead and manage a team of desk based claims handlers to ensure they provide the highest standards of customer service to our clients
• Motivating the team to do their job efficiently and ensure targets and personal goals are achieved
• Management of team workflow to ensure all absences and holidays are covered
• Management of the holiday calendar /authorisations
• Monthly 1 to 1 meetings with team, completing appraisals with McLarens required timescales
• Overseeing and monitoring the lifecycle of the desk based teams claims
• Identifying training needs in the team and implementing any necessary training
• Account management support where required
• Ability to deal with complaint calls received in the team
• Other ad hoc work as required.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, being able to communicate in a clear, concise and structured manner
• Strong management skills
• Proven work experience as a team leader or supervisor
• Decision making skills
• Excellent stakeholder management with an ability to manage multiple priorities and conflicting demands
• Thrive in a high-pressured working environment Experience and Qualifications
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, being able to communicate in a clear, concise and structured manner
  • Strong management skills
  • Proven work experience as a team leader or supervisor
  • Decision making skills
  • Excellent stakeholder management with an ability to manage multiple priorities and conflicting demands
  • Thrive in a high-pressured working environment
  • Be driven to meet and exceed targets set for the Real Estate Team
  • Good working knowledge of Word and Excel
  • Travel may be required as and when so flexibility is a must.

  The workplace

  Since 1932, we’ve been who people turn to in tough times. That’s a huge responsibility. It’s also a huge opportunity. McLarens is a premier independent loss adjusting and forensic technical services firm, with a global network that delivers consistently excellent service supported by deep local expertise.

  Our work spans industries and the globe. From disaster relief to aviation, engineering to natural resources, our people get everything they need to impact lives on a global scale. We take our development seriously and offer careers that empower our people to strive for bigger goals and reach new heights. And we’ve got the expertise to help them get there: our Loss Adjusters boast an average of over 20 years' experience.

  We’re building a culture where talent shines. Where ambition is everything. And people come first. It's your career, so why compromise?

  What Drives Us:

  At McLarens, our commitments shape every experience- for our clients, our people, and the communities we serve.

  • Purpose:
    
    Positively impacting people and communities across the globe.
  • Progress:
    Excellence, expertise, and growth opportunities.
  • Place:
    Our culture of empowerment, support and belonging.

  The Benefits:

  Our people live by a shared set of values:
  Excellence, Teamwork, Respect, Knowledge, Thought Leadership, and Accountability. Together, they contribute to an inclusive culture that will help you thrive.

  Here’s what else we offer:

  • Compensation:
    Competitive salary and performance-related incentives.
  • Development:
    Access to technical training, global knowledge-sharing, and career growth opportunities.
  • Wellbeing & Flexibility:
    Support to balance professional and personal life…