Working hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Duration: Permanent 

Location: Remote - Northern Ireland

Job Ref: 201330

About the role

Due to growth, we have a fantastic opportunity for a Risk Management Surveyor to join our award-winning Risk Management Team.

Risk Management has been at the heart of our specialist underwriting and customer proposition for almost a century and we have a reputation for market leading expertise in the Private Client, Education, Care, Charity, Faith and Real Estate sectors. We insure some of the UK’s leading landmarks and most iconic locations and, as the largest insurer of Grade 1 listed buildings, our aim is to protect the irreplaceable, a truly privileged position helping to protect our fabulous built heritage!

You’ll have a diverse and challenging mix of survey assignments across all of our customer groups and you’ll receive comprehensive technical training and ongoing support with your development. We are ideally looking for an experienced risk surveyor with knowledge of the local insurance market.

You’ll carry out desk-top and on-site risk management appraisals and surveys of customer premises to produce assessment, improvement and valuation reports to a highly professional standard.

This a thoroughly rewarding opportunity to make an impact within an organisation that gives all available profits to charities and good causes.

Key responsibilities

• Proactively build positive internal and external relationships to facilitate the delivery of exceptional service as part of Ecclesiastical’s Risk Management team
• Work collaboratively with claims, underwriting and the wider business to support the free exchange of technical risk information and achievement of Business initiatives/objectives
• Undertaking desktop and on-site valuation and/or risk management survey assessments of insured premises in line with agreed survey authorities
• Plan, prioritise and manage individual workloads to enable efficient delivery to agreed service standards
• Produce accurate valuation, risk survey and risk improvement reports in accordance with published guidelines, to a professional standard and delivered in a timely manner
• Act as lead Surveyor on Key Accounts and support new business acquisition opportunities
• Promote & support the Ecclesiastical Risk proposition through attendance at Risk workshops & seminars to brokers and customers
• Take responsibility for building own technical knowledge and professional expertise through development and implementation of a meaningful PDP
• Be a proud advocate for the Benefact Group purpose and allied business units
• Proactively contribute risk insight to internal and external events, communications and publications
• Proactively share knowledge, expertise, loss and risk insight with colleagues across the organisation

Knowledge, skills and experience

• Experience in fire (and non-fire perils), theft, business interruption and liability insurance risk survey assessments
• Analytical and able to identify resilience or vulnerabilities in respect of insured perils
• Able to accurately calculate a building (and where appropriate contents) valuation/sum insured on a reinstatement and/or restoration basis, and all necessary maximum loss scenarios
• Good appreciation of British architecture, design, construction and fire detection, protection and suppression systems
• Proven track record of success and achievement in relevant Risk Management roles with evidence of having added commercial value
• Dip CII, International Certificate in Risk Management and / or GIFireE or better (or good progress towards)
• NEBOSH - national general certificate
• Desire to continually learn, grow and flourish
• Organisational and problem-solving capabilities and willingness to work outside own comfort zone to support wider business and personal development opportunities
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Confident and influential communicator at all levels
• Positively support process and system change which benefits the wider business

What we offer

• A competitive salary - Let's discuss it
  
• Hybrid working
  
• Defined Contribution Personal Pension - up to 12% employer contribution
  
• Annual Bonus scheme up to 24%
  
• 25 days annual leave plus public holidays
  
• A holiday buy and sell scheme
  
• An array of health and wellbeing benefits, including private medical insurance, income protection and life assurance and Employee Assistance Programme
  
• Support for your personal development including sponsorship for insurance qualifications
  
• Great career development opportunities
  
• A ‘world class’ place to work (external employee engagement accreditation by Best Companies, an independent company who specialise in employee engagement)

About us

We are a unique financial services organisation, owned by a registered charity, Benefact Trust. We are a financially secure, professional and award-winning organisation. We pride ourselves in donating a significant proportion of our profits to good causes. To find out more about us and our fantastic achievements please visit About Ecclesiastical

Committed to making a difference

We think that people are looking for something worthwhile in a company beyond the workplace. Our employees are encouraged to take at least one day a year to help a charity of their choice, offering practical and professional support, as part of our MyGiving programme.

Our staff know how to work hard but also how to enjoy themselves! We pride ourselves on creating an appropriate work-life balance, valuing wellbeing, flexibility and being part of a team.