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SalaryThe Role
The Group Insurance Senior Manager plays a critical role in identifying, assessing, and managing insurance risks within Unite Students, as well as ensuring comprehensive cover is in place across all lines of insurance, assisting with compliance with relevant regulations and internal policies. The role reports directly to the Finance, Risk and Assurance Director and is seen as a high-profile position with full responsibility for the relationship management with the Group`s insurance brokers.
The Finance, Risk & Assurance team provides services across the whole business, including Finance, HR, IT, Operations (including commercial), Property and Estates. The role is dynamic and the role holder is expected to use their skills in many diverse areas. The company`s insurance team in particular needs to build trust and be a corporate advisory team; taking on a wide range of topics in many areas of the business. This is a wide-ranging role and it includes working with all internal stakeholders.
What You`ll Be Doing
Relationship building with colleagues across Unite, including senior management and external stakeholders, is key to this role and you will have the experience, confidence and credibility to do this. The success of the team will depend on building trust and being a `critical friend` to the wider business, identifying areas of risk and opportunity, and then working with the teams to achieve risk reduction where possible and then obtain the required insurance cover as the ultimate risk mitigation. Fully manage the relationship with the Group`s insurance broker, claims handlers and loss adjusters.
What We`re Looking for in You
A driven and proactive individual, with a mindset to investigate and solve problems. You will have a professional and operational background within insurance, claims, renewals, ideally within property/hospitality/retail but this is not essential. You will be an effective communicator, capable of managing stakeholders and influencing staff at all levels.
You will ideally possess or be working towards The Chartered insurance Institute`s Advanced Diploma, but this is not essential.
What You`ll Get in Return
- An annual bonus so you can share in the company`s success
- 25 days` paid holiday
- Pension - based on how much you save, we`ll contribute 1% more
- Flexible working opportunities
- Shared Parental Leave - 18 weeks full pay
- Other benefits include, ShareSave, Bike to Work, Charity Match, amazing discounts and more!
About Unite Students
Founded in 1991, Unite Students is a FTSE 100 business and the UK`s leading provider of purpose-built student accommodation. You can find us in 25 leading university towns and cities, with 74,000 students calling US home! We are driven by our values, culture, and a commitment to develop diverse and inclusive teams, filled with positive energy and new ideas.
Instinctive inclusion. We know that to create and maintain a happy healthy organisation, we have to work hard to ensure inclusion isn`t just what we do but who we are.
People make Unite Students. Employees, students and neighbours all contribute to building environments where we can all thrive.
Room for Everyone
We`re proud to be an employer that embraces individuality, and we`re passionate about building inclusive teams. We focus on creating a collaborative culture where you can be you, where your voice is heard, and where you can truly belong. We take great pride in being rated Gold Investors in People and are constantly striving to provide the highest standard of learning and development opportunities and professional pathways for our people. Building a home for success, for both our employees and students, requires exceptional people with a passion for creating room for everyone, doing what`s right, keeping US safe, and raising the bar. Join us as we build better experiences for students that live with us.
We are US.
