Duration: Permanent

Location: Dublin

Job Ref: 203853

About the role

Ecclesiastical Insurance Ireland, who are proudly part of Benefact Group are looking for an Insurance Apprentice to join our Dublin office.

Insurance Apprentice – Kick start your career in insurance!

We are looking for an ambitious and talented individual who shows the potential to develop into a high performing business professional.

This opportunity is a 3 year earn and learn programme that provides exposure to all aspects of our business, allowing you to develop your technical expertise as well as professional skills. We will work with you to enable you to reach your development goals and aspirations for your career at Ecclesiastical. In return, we expect you to bring the commitment and drive to add significant value to the company.

What will I be doing?

While on the programme in addition to gaining on the job insurance experience you will complete the insurance industry professional qualifications APA and CIP as well as a BA (Hons) in Insurance Practice awarded by the Atlantic Technological University.

When you join Ecclesiastical Insurance, you will receive a tailored induction and will be assigned a business mentor to provide support throughout the programme.

During the 3 year programme in addition to the academic and professional studies, you will gain experience in our key areas of Underwriting, Claims, Risk Management and Business Development. This means that you will get the opportunity to gain hands on experience:

• Delivering exceptional customer service to our customers and brokers

• Inspecting the risks we insure, such as Churches, schools and heritage buildings, with our Risk Surveyors

• Working in our underwriting team to learn about how we underwrite risks and develop new products

• Processing and managing claims

What can you look forward to:

You can look forward to on the job learning with hands-on experience, a key part of this is working in our different teams to help you build up your understanding of our core business and industry knowledge. In addition you will have a network of individuals on similar programmes across the whole Benefact Group.

You will finish the programme with strong industry knowledge and experience to start thinking about your long term future in Ecclesiastical Insurance.

What skills and experience do I need to apply for the programme:

• A track record of success and achievement in education, work experiences or extra-curricular activities/volunteering to date.

• Demonstrate where you have taken on extra responsibility or delivered in challenging circumstances

• Ability to work independently as well as in a team

• Highly effective communication (both in writing and verbally) with critical reasoning & analytical skills

• Propensity to learn and apply learning in the work place, showing your ability to pass Insurance Institute and degree modules alongside a demanding work programme

• Effective planning and prioritisation skills – balancing multiple deliverables to agreed quality standards.

• Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills

• Proficient IT skills in MS Office

• Able to demonstrate alignment with our group values and culture

What qualifications do I need to apply?

You need to meet the minimum entry requirements as set out by III/Atlantic Technological University.

What we offer:

• A competitive Salary

• Hybrid working (after training period)

• Defined contribution pension – up to 12% employer contribution

• Generous annual bonus scheme up to 24%

• 25 days annual leave plus public holidays and a holiday buy and sell scheme

• A range of health and wellbeing benefits, including private medical insurance, income protection and life assurance

• Annual personal grant to a charity of your choice

• Encouraged to take at least one day volunteering day per year

• Employees Assistance Programme

• Full study support to gain professional insurance qualifications

• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

About us

Ecclesiastical Insurance offer exceptional insurance and risk management, service and support across a range of specialisms, from church, charity and heritage to education, real estate and more.

We’re proud to be one of the most trusted names in specialist insurance, with over 40 years experience and commitment here in Ireland to creating innovative solutions that really help people.

Benefact Group is a unique international financial services Group made up of over 30 businesses. We are owned by a charity and have been the 3rd largest UK corporate donor over a decade*, having given away £250 million since 2014. We have ambitious plans to become the UK’s number one corporate donor, with strategic objectives in place to double the Group’s size.

We believe it’s essential to attract, empower, grow and reward talented people, offering fantastic opportunities for career and personal development. Our giving ethos, 135-year history and the diversity of what we do, has enabled us to build a culture of kindness, great ambition, and of passionate people driven to do better and be better.

At Benefact Group, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture and building an environment where each and every one of us feels valued and respected. We are a community made up of people with a range of different backgrounds, abilities, perspectives, beliefs and interests and we value the strength this brings to us as a Group. We welcome applications from everyone.

If you need any additional support during the recruitment process, then please let us know. 

*Directory of Social Change’s UK Guides to Company Giving 2017-26