Claims Specialist

**A new role = A new way to win together**:
You belong at Coles Group where we look ahead, have a plan, and are up for the challenge. We learn and grow by taking career-defining opportunities and this one may just be your next.

Claims Specialist - fixed term 10 month contract.

Based in Mt Gravatt QLD

**About the team**:
Coles Group Insurance protects our team members, customers, and business. We work across a variety of areas, from workers compensation to property insurance to public liability insurance. Our team offers strategic advice that guides decision making and helps our Group achieve its business outcomes.

As a national team, Coles Group Team Cover engages and collaborates across the entire Coles family to minimise the impact of workplace injury and help ensure our Team Members come home safely every day. In unfortunate cases of workplace accident or injury, we seek to support our Team Members, so they can concentrate on recovering and come back to work as soon as possible.

**About the opportunity**

As part of our diverse team based in Queensland, you will help make a positive difference to our injured Team Member’s lives every day and feel great satisfaction knowing your talent and hard work has an important purpose.

In the Claims Specialist - Workers Compensation role you will report to the Claims Team Manager and be responsible for effectively managing a claims portfolio. This is done in collaboration with key stakeholders, to achieve the optimum outcome of early sustainable return to work with reasonable claim costs.

**Your responsibilities**:

- Pro-actively manage a portfolio of workers compensation claims in accordance with state laws and policies to reduce the impact of workplace injury whilst ensuring that Injured Team Members receive their correct entitlements and are aware of their rights and responsibilities
- Facilitate a quick resolution of workers compensation claims with a strong focus on engagement between injured team members and the business to bring about understanding, collaboration and continuous improvement in claims management
- Co-ordinate and manage external service providers and gather information from internal stakeholders to effectively manage the claim.

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**About you and your skills**:
To be successful in this position you will need a strong understanding of customer service, experience interfacing into customers in difficult situations and ideally some claims management experience of 1-2 years, preferably in workers compensation.

You will also need:

- Basic understanding of workers compensation claim management
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Microsoft Office suite of products
- Electronic Information Management systems
- Claims Management Information systems
- A qualification or certification in a health or business-related field (highly desirable)

**Safer together**

Job ID: 74464

Employment Type: fixed term