About the role
- Basic starting salary of c£40,000 per annum + up to 17.5% annual bonus
- Company car and travel expenses
- 35-hour working week, Mon-Fri, no weekends!
- Excellent opportunity to learn the heart of our business and progress your career further with a ‘Gallup Great Place to work’
Due to an internal promotion we currently have a great opportunity for someone who can be mobile within Scotland in a varied and interesting permanent Regional Sales position, to cover periods of absence (an average placement is for 6-9-months) within our Branch Network, know internally as Agencies.
Our Agents have full autonomy for running their office, they lead and coach their team and champion the face to face, personalised high calibre service we provide to our customers. They sell and service a wide range of insurance products, in accordance with strict regulatory and compliance controls.
Your role as a Locum Agency Manager will be to step into their shoes when required, and provide proactive, responsive support in unexpected circumstances to keep driving the business forward.
As such, it's critical that you're a strong relationship builder and a flexible team leader, who can hit the ground running wherever you’re sent, selling our products, championing compliance and offering the first-class personal service we’re known for.
The role requires the individual to undertake a wide variety of tasks including leading the team, planning and delivering sales and marketing objectives, integrate and coach new agents providing them with the awareness and knowledge of the NFU Mutual culture and model, improving their capability to maximise business potential. And building effective working relationships with internal stakeholders across our Regional Sales teams, Service Centre and Head office.
About you
A leader able to plan, delegate and deliver on ambitious targets; developing and motivating the team to deliver quality advice while also hitting their sales and business objectives.
It is essential you have excellent customer facing skills, both from a service and sales background. You will be comfortable with change, have high levels of enthusiasm and self-motivation, as well as a desire to work through a thorough and detailed training programme.
You will need to be mindful you are coming to work in a highly regulated role so an eye for detail and adherence to process and procedures is essential.
It would be desirable for you to have worked within the insurance or financial services sector.
Ideally a graduate calibre you will need to have a minimum of 5 GCSEs (or equivalent) including Maths and English at Grade C or above. You will be encouraged to obtain CII Diploma/Advanced Diploma and Internal Licence within an agreed timescale if not already held. In return you will be joining a business that encourages self-development, further learning and training with unlimited progression for our high performing colleagues.
Full driving license and ability to travel across Scotland essential
Benefits and Rewards
When you join our team, you can expect a supportive culture and an attractive range of rewards and benefits including:
- Basic starting salary of c £40,000
- Up to 17.5% annual bonus potential.
- Company car
- Contributory pension scheme.
- Health and well-being plan.
- 25 days holiday per annum plus bank holidays.
- Staff discounts and offers.
- A monthly gym membership benefit (subject to T&Cs).
This role falls under the Insurance Distribution Directive. This means there is a requirement for Continuous Professional Development in role, in addition to ongoing screening checks once in post.
Working at NFU Mutual
We’re one of the UK’s leading general insurance and financial services companies. For over 110 years we’ve put our customers at the heart of everything we do. Our people are just as important to us. We pride ourselves on being “a great place to work” and are one of only 39 companies across the globe, and the only organisation with headquarters in the UK, to receive a Gallup Exceptional Workplace 2021 award. We were also named in the LinkedIn Top 25 Companies List 2021.
We offer a supportive culture where we empower and inspire our people to perform, offer them opportunities to grow, and recognise and reward their contribution. Our people are proud to work for a company that respects them and their communities, and they trust us to be financially sustainable, so we are successful now and in the future.
Locum Branch Manager - Scotland employer: NFU Mutual
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