About the role
- Up to £43,000 + up to 17.5% bonus + company car + great benefits
- 35-hour working week (Monday to Friday)
- Great career progression opportunities
We have an opportunity for a Locum Branch Manager to join our growing Regional Sales team in the Wales region. You’ll help keep a designated business driving forward by providing proactive, responsive support when the unexpected happens, such as a rise in client volume, or planned support to cover a long-term absence, such as maternity leave.
As a Locum Branch Manager, you’ll build and maintain effective relationships with our Regional Service Centre. You’ll also work closely with our Sales team, who have full autonomy in running their office, where they lead and coach their teams to sell a wide range of financial products and services to new and existing customers. Within a designated agency, you’ll lead a team to plan and deliver their sales and marketing objectives and run marketing campaigns to develop new business across all product ranges. You’ll support, integrate and coach new agents, providing them with the awareness and knowledge of the NFU Mutual culture and model, to improve their capability to maximise business potential. You’ll also manage administration to include Health and Safety, engagement of the staff and maintenance of the office environment.
As this role covers several agencies in the Wales region, although not essential, fluency in Welsh will be beneficial. You must be able to drive and be willing to travel.
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.
About you
With experience of supporting and influencing multiple stakeholders at various levels, we are looking for an experienced team leader, who can confidently speak to clients on a face to face manner, ensure smooth running of an effective team and provide strong knowledge in how best to protect their assets.
To join our team, you’ll also have:
- Experience working in General Insurance
- Fluency in Welsh
- Knowledge and understanding of the regulatory and legislative framework
- Excellent communication with high level of energy and enthusiasm
- Proven time management and prioritisation skills with the ability to work under pressure
- Eye for detail and adherence to process and procedures
Rewards & Benefits
When you join our team, you can expect a supportive culture and an attractive range of rewards and benefits including:
- Up to £43,000 salary and a company car
- Annual bonus (up to 17.5%)
- Contributory pension scheme, up to 20%, including your 8% contribution
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays + buy/sell/save holiday trading scheme
- A Family Friendly policy that helps you balance your work and family responsibilities
- Access to savings at High Street brands, travel and supermarkets
- £20 contribution to a monthly gym membership – subject to T&Cs
- Health and wellbeing plan - cashback for dentist, opticians, physio and more
- Access to voluntary benefits, including health assessments, private medical and dental insurance
- Employee Volunteering - volunteer in the community for one day each year
- Unlimited access to Refer a Friend £500 bonus scheme
- Life Assurance cover of 4 x salary
- Employee discounts on a range of NFU Mutual insurance policies.
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 2022 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 - Wales employer: NFU Mutual
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