Eligibility Officer

**Introduction**:
Join our growing team of dedicated professionals at Gallagher Bassett, who guide those in need to the best possible outcomes for their health and wellbeing. You'll be part of a resilient team that works together to redefine the boundaries of excellence. At our organization, we value collaboration and making a positive impact in the lives of our clients and claimants, offering you the opportunity to join a team where your skills and dedication can truly make a difference. GUIDE. GUARD. GO BEYOND.

**Overview**:
**See yourself in our team**:
We have a great opportunity for an Eligibility Officer to join our team in the Noise Impacted Hearing Loss team. In this role, you will be the first point of contact responsible for coordinating and obtaining information from key stakeholders to determine the acceptance or rejection of Worker’s Compensation claims in line with legislation. You’ll also be responsible for conducting investigations as necessary to ensure every decision made for new claims are of the highest quality and consideration for our customers.

The opportunity will be a fixed term contract until June 2025.

**How you'll make an impact**:
**On a day to day basis you will**:

- Working as part of the Eligibility team to make sustainable, appropriate and quality initial liability determinations for your portfolio of newly lodged Work Cover claims
- Driving an effective investigatory process in order to make quality initial liability decision
- Communicating updates and outcomes relating to decisions to both injured workers and employers
- Providing a quality customer service experience for our internal and external customers
- Communicating the initial decision rational to the Dispute Resolution Team to support the conciliation process
- Working together with your Team Manager, Case Managers & Technical Managers and to determine liability and review of entitlement

**About you**:
**We’re looking for**
- Claims management experience is desirable, but transferable skills in Customer Service & Administration are essential
- Exceptional time management and organisational skills and the ability to prioritise your tasks
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and a team-player attitude
- An aptitude for working within a dynamic, fast paced and challenging environment

**Working with us**:
GB values its employees and offers a friendly, comfortable working environment that facilitates a Work and Life Balance GB recognises that our benefits program holds a different value or meaning to each employee. At GB, there are a number of benefits available to our team to ensure we capture a wide range of products and services that we believe will positively impact our diverse workforce.

**Just a few of our benefits include**:

- Discounted Insurance
- Dress for your day
- Novated Leasing
- Flexible & hybrid working

**To apply**:
If this role sounds like your new career

**Compensation and benefits**:
On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.

Below are the **minimum core benefits** you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

- 4 weeks annual leave plus up to 2 weeks additional purchased Lifestyle Leave
- Novated Leasing opportunities
- Two paid volunteer days annually
- Health Insurance Discounts with our Group Insurance Plan
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Paid parental leave

**Other benefits include**:

- Flexible and hybrid work arrangements
- Mental Health and Wellbeing Support for yourself and immediate family members
- Employee Recognition Awards and Service Milestone Recognitions
- Peer Support Program
- Annual flu vaccinations
- Access to Reward Gateway - discount offers at over 350 retailers
- And more...

**We value inclusion and diversity**

Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organization. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.

Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.

Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characterist