Working hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Duration: Permanent

Location: Birmingham

Job Ref: 203935

About the role

Ecclesiastical Insurance, who are proudly part of Benefact Group are looking for an Underwriting Assistant to join our Birmingham office.

As an Underwriting Assistant, you will contribute to defined service delivery by acting as part of a processing and administration team whilst developing the skills to become a fully-fledged Underwriter.

Why join us?

Join a collaborative and inclusive culture that’s committed to making a difference and building a more sustainable future. Ranked amongst the UK's top 50 Best Large Companies to Work For in 2024, we offer fantastic career and development opportunities within a rapidly growing, innovative Group—where all profits go to charity and good causes.

What you'll be doing 

• Plan, prioritise and manage own work to deliver agreed objectives in line with SLAs.
• Input data accurately and efficiently, recognising and rectifying where quality standards have been missed.
• Act as a triage service for new business ensuring the case is referred to the correct team member.
• Process/underwrite midterm adjustments and renewals for existing business.
• Build effective internal relationships to deliver exceptional customer service and support Ecclesiastical’s right first-time approach.

What you'll need to have 

• The ability to plan, prioritise and manage own work to deliver agreed objectives and meet targets.
• Understand, manage, and use information with accuracy.  
• Competent IT and data skills, including Microsoft suite. 
• Commitment to deliver exceptional service contributing both as an individual and as an effective part of a team. 

What makes you stand out 

• Cert CII or commitment to achieve within an agreed timescale.
  
• Industry knowledge would be an advantage.

What we offer

• A competitive salary - let's discuss it
  
• Hybrid working
  
• Group Personal Pension - up to 12% employer contribution
  
• Generous annual bonus scheme between 6% and up to 24%
  
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, and a holiday buy and sell scheme
  
• An array of health and wellbeing benefits, including private healthcare, income protection and life assurance
  
• Up to £400 annual personal grant to a charity of your choice
  
• Encouraged to take at least one volunteering day per year
  
• Employee Assistance Programme
  
• Full study support to gain professional qualifications
• Access to virtual GP
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Hear from the hiring manager

"We're a successful, friendly and experienced team who have worked closely together to produce consistently excellent results. You'll be a key component in a dynamic trading unit, with the opportunity to develop your understanding of insurance and underwriting in a supportive learning environment."

Andy Mahoney, Trading Manager

About us

Ecclesiastical Insurance offer insurance with award-winning service across a broad range of specialisms, including faith, charity, heritage, education, art and private client, real estate and schemes, across Ireland, Canada and the UK.

As a business, we’ve been trusted to protect some of the UK’s best-loved and most iconic buildings for over a century, and we’re not standing still. We’re a forward thinking, energetic organisation entering new markets, with an ambition to double our size, because when we grow, we give back more.

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