Job Description

Working hours:

35 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Duration:

12 month fixed term contract

Location:

Gloucester

Job ref:

09052025

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About the role

Ecclesiastical Insurance

, who are proudly part of

Benefact Group

are looking for two

Underwriting Assistant Interns

to join our

Gloucester

office.



Are you ready to kickstart your career in underwriting? We are looking for enthusiastic and dedicated

Underwriting Assistant Interns

to join and gain hands-on experience and develop your skills.


You will play a crucial role in our operations, contributing to either customer-facing or support functions. Whether you're assisting with sales, customer service, and renewals or supporting policy wordings, portfolio management, and performance tracking in underwriting, you'll be an integral part of our team.


Joining our rapidly expanding and innovative Group presents a fantastic opportunity to develop your career and become an integral part of an inclusive, purpose-led organisation.

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Key responsibilities

Plan, prioritise, and manage your work to meet objectives. Accurately input and manage data, ensuring quality standards are met. Act as a triage service for customer and internal enquiries. Process and underwrite midterm adjustments and renewals for existing business. Build effective internal relationships to deliver exceptional customer service. Respond to audit results and implement action plans to improve performance. Understand and operate within regulatory frameworks, escalating risks as needed. Produce scheduled and ad-hoc management information (MI) reports. Communicate with brokers and business partners to resolve issues promptly.
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Knowledge, skills and experience

Currently studying towards a relevant undergraduate degree with a placement year.

Proven customer service experience. Ability to plan, prioritise, and manage work to meet objectives. Strong data input and management skills with attention to detail. Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Effective communication skills with internal and external contacts at all levels. Ability to remain calm under pressure. Proactive and enthusiastic attitude. Excellent numeracy skills.
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What we offer

A competitive salary - let's discuss it Hybrid working Group Personal Pension - up to 12% employer contribution Generous annual bonus scheme up to 24% 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, and a holiday buy and sell scheme A range of health and wellbeing benefits, including private healthcare, income protection and life assurance Up to 400 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 Access to virtual GP Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
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About us

Ecclesiastical Insurance

offer insurance with award-winning service across a broad range of specialisms, including faith, charity, heritage, education, art and private client, real estate and schemes, across Ireland, Canada and the UK.


As a business, we've been trusted to protect some of the UK's best-loved and most iconic buildings for over a century, and we're not standing still. We're a forward thinking, energetic organisation entering new markets, with an ambition to double our size, because when we grow, we give back more.

Benefact Group

is a unique international financial services Group made up of over 30 businesses. We are owned by a charity and have been the 3rd largest UK corporate donor over a decade, having given away 250 million since 2014. We have ambitious plans to become the UK's number one corporate donor, with strategic objectives in place to double the Group's size.


We believe it's essential to attract, empower, grow and reward talented people, offering fantastic opportunities for career and personal development. Our giving ethos, 135-year history and the diversity of what we do, has enabled us to build a culture of kindness, great ambition, and of passionate people driven to do better and be better.





At Benefact Group, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture and building an environment where each and every one of us feels valued and respected. We are a community made up of people with a range of different backgrounds, abilities, perspectives, beliefs and interests and we value the strength this brings to us as a Group. We welcome applications from everyone.

If you need any additional support during the recruitment process, then please let us know.

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