Corporate Pensions & Benefits Associate Consultant

At Gallagher Benefit Services, you’re a trusted partner to organizations navigating some of their most important people decisions. We help clients build better workplaces, where people feel supported, empowered, and inspired to thrive. Whether it’s shaping benefit strategies, designing wellbeing programs, or advising on workforce challenges, the work you do here creates meaningful change for businesses and the people who power them.

Overview: At Gallagher, we’re more than just an insurance brokerage – we’re a community of innovative thinkers and service-minded individuals. This position is to be based in either Woking or Edinburgh. This is your chance to work with a global leader in insurance and risk management, where your ideas and contributions will shape the future of employee benefits.

How you’ll make an impact: In this role, you’ll manage a portfolio of SME clients, providing tailored advice and consultancy to meet their unique needs. You’ll work closely with clients to ensure their employee benefits schemes are up-to-date and aligned with their goals. From preparing reports and presentations to assisting with scheme renewals, you’ll play a key role in delivering high-quality service. You’ll also collaborate with internal teams and external stakeholders to ensure smooth operations and exceed client expectations. Your work will help clients protect their people, reduce risks, and achieve their organisational goals.

About You: We’re looking for someone who:

• Has a good understanding of employee benefits consultancy, including pensions, group risk, and healthcare.
• Is organised, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple tasks effectively.
• Communicates clearly and builds strong relationships with clients and colleagues.
• Is IT literate, with experience using Microsoft Office and other relevant tools.
• Holds A-Level qualifications (or equivalent) in English and Maths.
• Professional qualifications in related fields are a plus.
• Eligible to work in the UK.

If you’re passionate about helping businesses and their employees thrive, and you’re ready to grow your career with a company that values your development, we’d love to hear from you.

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…

We value 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 TGlobalSupport@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.

Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.