Working hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Duration: Permanent

Location: Greater Dublin Region

About the role

Ecclesiastical Insurance Ireland, who are proudly part of Benefact Group, are looking for a commercial and self-motivated individual who aspires to become a Risk Surveyor. 

Risk Management is at the heart of our specialist customer proposition and we have a reputation for market leading expertise in the Education, Charity, Faith, Heritage and Real Estate sectors. We insure some of some of the most interesting, unique and iconic sites in Ireland. Our aim is to protect the irreplaceable, a truly privileged position helping to protect our fabulous built heritage!

In this role you’ll have a diverse and challenging mix of survey assignments across all of our customer groups and you’ll carry out desk-top and on-site risk management appraisals and surveys of customer properties and businesses, delivering survey and valuation reports that reflect the highest standards of accuracy and professionalism.

Our team in Ireland continues to grow and so joining our rapidly expanding and innovative Group presents a fantastic opportunity to develop your career and become an integral part of an inclusive, purpose-led organisation.

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 

You will undertake desk-top and on-site risk management appraisals and surveys of insured premises within Ireland and other geographical areas (occasional requirement) and produce high quality survey and valuation reports for our customers and our underwriting teams, in line with service level agreements.

• As an Ecclesiastical Risk Management Team representative, proactively build positive internal and external relationships to facilitate the delivery of exceptional service.
• Work collaboratively with Claims, Underwriting and the wider business to support the free exchange of technical risk information and achievement of business initiatives and objectives.
• Maintain a professional and positive approach to work situations, supporting change that benefits the wider business.
• Plan, prioritise and manage workloads to ensure efficient delivery to agreed service standards.
• Promote and support the Ecclesiastical Risk Proposition through attendance at and delivery
• Building your technical knowledge and professional expertise through development and implementation of a meaningful Personal Development Plan.

What you'll need to have 

• Trainees will either have previous commercial general underwriting or claims experience or a degree (2:1 or above) in a relevant subject (ideally Architecture, Risk and Insurance, Building Surveying or Quantity Surveying)
• Good appreciation of Irish architecture, design and construction, as well as fire detection, protection and suppression systems.
• APA minimum, CIP preferred. IOSH qualified or hold a health & safety diploma
• Innovative with an enquiring mind and strong critical thinking skills
• Organisational and problem solving capabilities and willingness to work outside your own comfort zone, to support wider business and personal development opportunities.
• Must hold a full, clean driving license.

What we offer

• A competitive salary - let's discuss it
  
• Company car allowance
• Hybrid working
  
• Group Personal Pension - up to 12% employer contribution
  
• Generous annual bonus scheme between 6 and 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
  
• £200 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

"Join a welcoming and supportive team, where collaboration and personal growth are at the heart of everything we do. As our business continues to thrive, we’re committed to help you develop your survey and valuation skills—so you can grow, succeed and feel valued as a part of your team.” 

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