Risk Management Consultant

Indulge your passion for problem-solving and embrace the thrill of addressing risk head-on at Gallagher's global brokerage team. Join a family of diverse minds, united by a relentless pursuit of excellence. As part of our team, you'll be the architect of protection, safeguarding businesses and empowering their ambitions.

Are you able to spot the risks before they happen? Can you review information objectively and guide your client to safety? We are looking for a Risk Management Consultant to join our Risk Management Solutions team. Your aim is to help clients handle risk exposure more actively in their workplace, for such issues as Health & Safety and Business Continuity planning. You will use your commercial expertise and sound judgement to assess the decisions for clients, growing retention and renewal rates along the journey.

You should explore and conduct research into your client’s business and highlight any risks that they need to consider; loyally protect your client and their interests before delivering bespoke solutions in a consultancy manner.

How you'll make an impact:

• Using your expert knowledge to make proposals for changes to operating procedures in order to safeguard and reduce risk to colleagues, visitors and contractors.
• Call on your experience in writing contingency plans, training courses and proposals to provide the best solution for your clients' issues.
• At times you might undertake surveys and site visits to research and record any hazardous processes or risks constituting liability.
• Maintain a high external and internal profile to maximise the opportunity for business winning and obtain business leads.
• Working seamlessly with other colleagues within the Broking, Claims and Account management teams, you'll be responsible for regular updates and reviews - providing crucial information.
• Using your interpersonal skills, you will work together and connect with clients on their requirements both current and future, and deliver in accordance with quoted work proposals.
• Prospects - contact to secure opportunity to quote and share the best terms.
• Insurers - Negotiation of terms and conditions on tender cases in support of Broking Manager.
• Demonstrate your innovative ideas based on Industry activities/trends and keep tabs on industry standard methodology.

About You:

• Are you a member of any of the individual specialty institutes i.e. Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, International Institute of Risk and Safety Management, Institute of Risk Management, Business Continuity Institute, Institute of Environmental Management & Assessment, and educated to degree standard?
• Minimum of the National Education Board of Safety and Health general certificate is required, preferably having attained CMIOSH status for safety knowledge.
• Aware of the appropriate classes of business and the knowledge to act accordingly should something fall outside your remit.
• Demonstrated rapport-building, tactical negotiation and influencing and strong client-facing relationship consulting experience is crucial for the success of your role.
• Evidence of risk management services from a consultancy perspective, deep understanding of regulations and guidelines as applied to the type of client.
• Problem-solving mindset with creative approaches and solutions to issues coupled with the confidence to interact comfortably with senior level management.
• Highly motivated and results-focused whilst remaining ethical and maintaining your integrity.
• A robust knowledge of general insurance products would be an advantage.
• Eligible to work in the UK.

We are an equal opportunities employer. Ability to travel.

Compensation and benefits:

On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits. Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

• Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to ‘buy’ extra days.
• Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to.
• Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10x.
• Income protection, we’ll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up.
• Health cash plan or Private medical insurance.
• Other benefits include: Three fully paid volunteering days per year.
• Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount.
• Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax-effective, stock purchase plan.
• Critical illness cover.
• Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally.
• Season ticket loan.
• Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase.
• Emergency back-up family care.
• And many more…

Inclusion and Diversity:

Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organisation. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work. Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities.

Gallagher is Disability Confident Committed. We have pledged to make sure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, in addition to supporting our existing employees with any long-term health conditions or disabilities. We understand that applicants may have disabilities, if you do, you may find some parts of the recruitment process more challenging than others. Don’t worry, we’re here to help, however, we can only do this if you let us know. Should you require reasonable adjustments to your application, please get in touch with TAGlobalSupport@ajg.com.

Our employing entity, Arthur J. Gallagher Services (UK) Limited, is proud to be accredited as a Living Wage employer with the Living Wage Foundation. We are committed to diversity and opportunity for all and are opposed to any form of less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender or gender identity, marital status, civil partnership status, parental status, race, ethnicity, colour, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion/ belief, age and those with caring responsibilities.