Job Description

Working hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday Duration: Permanent
Location: Remote - Ideally located in East Berkshire, North-East Hampshire West Surrey Job ref: 201753

About the role

Ecclesiastical Insurance, who are proudly part of Benefact Group, are looking for a Trainee Risk Management Surveyor to join us on a remote basis, ideally based in East Berkshire, North-East Berkshire or West Surrey.

Risk Management has been at the heart of our specialist underwriting and customer proposition for almost a century and we have a reputation for market leading expertise in the Private Client, Education, Care, Charity, Faith and Real Estate sectors. We insure some of the UK\xe2\x80\x99s leading landmarks and most iconic locations and, as the largest insurer of Grade 1 listed buildings, our aim is to protect the irreplaceable, a truly privileged position helping to protect our fabulous built heritage! You\xe2\x80\x99ll have a diverse and challenging mix of survey assignments across all of our customer groups and you\xe2\x80\x99ll receive comprehensive technical training and ongoing support with your development. You\xe2\x80\x99ll carry out desk-top and on-site risk management appraisals and surveys of customer premises to produce assessment, improvement and valuation reports to a highly professional standard. This a thoroughly rewarding opportunity to make an impact within an organisation that gives all available profits to charities and good causes.

Key responsibilities

• Proactively build positive internal and external relationships to facilitate the delivery of exceptional service as part of Ecclesiastical\xe2\x80\x99s Risk Management team
• Work collaboratively with claims, underwriting and the wider business to support the free exchange of technical risk information and achievement of Business initiatives/objectives
• Undertaking desktop and on-site valuation and/or risk management survey assessments of insured premises in line with agreed survey authorities
• Plan, prioritise and manage individual workloads to enable efficient delivery to agreed service standards
• Produce accurate valuation, risk survey and risk improvement reports in accordance with published guidelines, to a professional standard and delivered in a timely manner
• Act as lead Surveyor on Key Accounts and support new business acquisition opportunities
• Promote & support the Ecclesiastical Risk proposition through attendance at Risk workshops & seminars to brokers and customers
• Take responsibility for building own technical knowledge and professional expertise through development and implementation of a meaningful PDP
• Be a proud advocate for the Benefact Group purpose and allied business units
• Proactively contribute risk insight to internal and external events, communications and publications
• Proactively share knowledge, expertise, loss and risk insight with colleagues across the organisation

Knowledge, skills and experience

• Ideally experience in fire (and non-fire perils), theft, business interruption and liability insurance risk survey assessments
• Good appreciation of British architecture, design, construction and fire detection, protection and suppression systems
• Desire to continually learn, grow and flourish
• Organisational and problem-solving capabilities and willingness to work outside own comfort zone to support wider business and personal development opportunities
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Confident and influential communicator at all levels
• Positively support process and system change which benefits the wider business

What we offer

• A competitive salary - let\'s discuss it
  
• Flexible working
  
• Group Personal Pension - up to 12% employer contribution
  
• Generous annual bonus scheme up to 24%
  
• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays, and a holiday buy and sell scheme
  
• An array of health and wellbeing benefits, including private healthcare, income protection and life assurance
  
• Up to \xc2\xa3300 annual personal grant to a charity of your choice
  
• Encouraged to take at least one volunteering day per year
  
• Employee Assistance Programme
  
• Full study support to gain professional qualifications

About us

Benefact Group is a unique international financial services group made up of over 30 businesses. We are owned by a charity and currently the 3rd largest corporate donor in the country, having given away \xc2\xa3200 million since 2016. We have an ambitious plan to become the number one corporate donor with strategic objectives in place to double the groups size over the next five years. We believe it\xe2\x80\x99s essential to attract, empower, grow and reward talented people offer career opportunities and personal development through a fantastic learning and career framework. Luckily for us, the nature of who we are \xe2\x80\x93 our giving ethos, our 135 year history and the diversity of what we do \xe2\x80\x93 has built a culture of kindness, of great ambition, of passionate people driven to do better and be better.
At Benefact Group, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences. We understand that the perfect candidate for this role may not necessarily meet every requirement listed in this advert, and we encourage you to apply even if you feel that you don\'t fulfil every single qualification. Your unique perspective and potential are valuable to us, and we invite you to submit an application if this opportunity resonates with you.