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As we are recruiting ahead for future opportunities, there may be a slightly longer period between submitting your application and receiving an update from our Recruitment Team. Thank you for your patience, and we look forward to reviewing your application.\nSalary:\nThe starting salary is £26,230, plus a comprehensive benefits package. Upon completing the training and coaching period, which typically lasts 12 weeks, the salary will automatically increase to £26,550. There will be further opportunities for salary progression up to £29,500, depending on your commitment to personal development and career growth.\nWorking Hours/ Shift Patterns:\nYou will work 37.5 hours per week including 3-4 weekends out of 8. If you work a weekend shift, you’ll get time off in the week.\nOur opening hours: Monday to Friday 08:00 - 19:00, Saturday 09:00 - 17:00 and Sunday 09:00 - 13:00.\nTraining:\nOur 12-week training programme is delivered face to face in the office. The first 8 weeks focus on core learning, followed by continued in-office support through to week 12 as you build confidence and embed your skills.\nYou’ll only be able to move to hybrid working once you have completed the full training programme and received sign-off from a trainer or team leader. Depending on your individual progress, this may take longer than the initial 12-week training period.\nOur approach to Hybrid Working:\nWith 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.\nHoliday Allowance During Training:\nTo ensure you gain the maximum benefit from our training programme and feel fully supported as you begin your career, holiday will be limited during the initial training period. One day of holiday is permitted within the first 4 weeks. From weeks 5 to 12, holiday requests will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.\nLocation:\nOur fantastic Bexhill office, which is next to the seafront, and only a short walk from Collington station.\nYour role:\nJoining a busy team within a customer focused environment, you’ll be the voice of Hastings as you support our customers who are coming to the end of their current policy and want to discuss their renewal with us.\nA key part of your role will be to actively listen to any customer queries and then work with them to fact find and understand any changes to their policy details and circumstances. You will then utilise your training and our systems to offer the customer the most suitable products and price for their upcoming insurance needs.\nThat means talking confidently with purpose about our products, giving accurate information first time and making sure customers understand everything about their policy, quotation and services.\nWhat we're looking for in a Customer Renewals Advisor\nHave transferable skills such as; resilience, persuasiveness and customer centricity\nExperience in delivering quality customer outcomes\nSelf- motivated individuals that take pride in what they do and who can demonstrate politeness and problem-solving skills\nBuilds customer understanding through effective listening and questioning, appropriately addressing concerns and guiding customers towards an informed and positive resolution.\nComputer skills: you'll take inbound calls whilst navigating our in-house software systems\nWhat we offer:\nJoin us and you’ll find a different way of doing things. We call it the 4Cs. So, we focus on getting it right for our colleagues, customers, company and community.\nAs one of our colleagues, you’ll be helping to drive our growth, so in return, we’ll give you all the support, training and development you need. That includes initial in-house training on our products and systems, as well as taking live calls alongside an experienced colleague, and regular, on-going training tailored to your individual needs. Not to mention plenty of recognition and rewards, and the scope to voice your ideas and put them into practice. And the chance to develop your career across our business, with opportunities for secondments, or to become a coach.\nBenefits you’ll receive:\nUp to 5% annual discretionary Bonus\nHybrid working (1 day per week in the office with the option to do more depending on your preference)\nA fantastic open plan modern office\nWe promote a relaxed, friendly & diverse working environment\n'Harrys’ - a great onsite restaurant, with a wide range of choice at breakfast and lunchtime & an on-site Costa coffee\n25 days holiday and bank holidays equivalent (plus buy and sell up to 5 days)\nPension match up to 10% of your salary\nLife insurance (4 x base salary)\nDiscounted Hasting Direct products\nDiscounts & cashback with well-known retailers\nTech scheme, cycle to work, health assessments, and skin check - on completion of probation\nRefer a friend scheme - earn £500 for every friend you refer\nWe will provide you will all the tech that you need! Including a brand-new Microsoft Surface laptop\nAs 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.\nIf you require any reasonable adjustments to be made throughout the assessment process you should contact the recruitment team at  prior to starting any assessments, in order that adjustments can be considered.\nHastings 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.\nAt Hastings Direct, we’re committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone has the opportunity to succeed. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, we encourage you to be open with us. 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