Insurance Advisor (New Business)

SALARY: Up to £25,000 per annum (Basic Salary) / Up to £29,500 (OTE)

+ Generous Benefits (see below), including a Great Pension Scheme – Company Matched plus 2% (up to 10%)

LOCATION: 1-2 days in the office / 3-4 days from home

Hybrid/Flexible working between home and our iconic office in Birmingham City Centre (You MUST live within a commutable distance to the office in Birmingham)

The office is close to rail links (0.1 mile from Snowhill and 0.5 Mile from New Street). Free onsite parking

(Includes some Saturday working - i.e. 9am - 1pm. 1 Saturday per month paid as overtime - you can work Saturdays more often if you wish to)

JOB TYPE:Full-Time, Permanent

JOB OVERVIEW

We have a fantastic new job opportunity for a New Business Insurance Consultant / Insurance Advisorwho has previous industry experience, preferably providing tailored advice and quotations to customers for Motor, Home and/or Travel Insurance with excellent customer service and communication skills.

As a New Business Insurance Consultant/Insurance Advisor working at the heart of the Wesleyan’s General Insurance Department, you will be responsible for providing tailored advice for Motor/Home and Travel Insurance via inbound and outbound calls.

You will have appointments set for you by our Outbound Team, meaning you can use your time efficiently and effectively to ensure our customers are provided with the most exceptional service possible.

DUTIES

Your duties as a New Business Insurance Consultant / Insurance Advisor include:

• Providing tailored advice to customers for motor, home and travel insurance quotations

• Processing customer requests with queries and changes to policies

• Ensuring all customer documentation is sent accurately and completed to an excellent standard

• Being pro-active in ensuring that the leads passed onto you are followed up efficiently and in a timely manner

• Working towards targets to ensure the company is delivering the best levels of service to customers

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• You have experience within Insurance (ideally within motor, home or travel)

• You’ll be comfortable and able to thrive with targets and KPIs

• It’s all about communication and the customer journey, so you will join us equipped with an outstanding telephone manner

• You have a great understanding of Insurers and Insurance brokers

Wesleyan knows the best teams are made up of inclusive groups of diverse people where everyone’s contribution counts and believe everyone has the right to proudly be themselves. They’re building a culture where difference is actively encouraged and simply recruit the best people for the job irrespective of lifestyle, life history and life choices.

BENEFITS

• 28 days holiday plus bank holidays (rising to 30 days with service anniversaries)

• Buy extra holiday days or sell holiday you don’t need

• Great pension scheme (company matched plus 2% (up to 10%))

• Life assurance – worth four times your base pay

• Flexible benefits – includes our travel loan/car parking scheme, cycle to work programme plus others

• Discounts – across major brands in retail, health, wellbeing and leisure

• Employee assistance programme – we help you, take care of you

• Culture day - an additional day off to utilise in any way you personally choose

• Volunteering days – 2 paid days per year

• Enhanced Maternity Pay: 16 weeks at 100% average earnings (decreasing over time)

• Enhanced Paternity Pay: 100% of average earnings for up to 8 weeks

• Menopause Support Plans

• Access to Mental Health First Aiders

• Salary sacrifice scheme for ultra-low emission cars (electric and plug in hybrids)

WHY JOIN WESLEYAN?

• Wesleyan is committed to the personal and professional growth of their people: across 2021 and 2022 so far, of the circa 850 roles we’’ve offered, 29% of these went to internal colleagues to further their careers

• The Wesleyan Foundation has donated over £4.3 million to worthy causes across the UK

• We are committed to continuing to understand and improve the impact they have on society and the environment. Sustainability at Wesleyan

• Supporters of the Women in Finance Charter and a founding member of the Women in Business network

• Members of Stonewall’s Diversity Champions programme

• From our most recent Employee Survey, 75% of their people see their colleagues as friends

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  Here’s what our people say about us: EVP (INT) - Why do you like working at Wesleyan?

We are unable to provide VISA sponsorship, and therefore cannot employ anyone who does not have the legal right to live and work in the UK – within our recruitment process you will be asked to provide evidence of your Right to Work.

Any unsolicited submissions from agencies will be accepted as a direct application from the candidate and no fees will be payable.

We reserve the right to close adverts early if we receive a high volume of applications; we would therefore recommend an early application if you’d like to be considered for our opportunities.