Job Introduction

Role:  Group Insurance Manager – Ref YHG/TP/66/366

Salary:  £40,000-£50,250 per annum, plus excellent benefits

Location:  Birchwood, Warrington

Duration:  Permanent

Hours:  35 per week working Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm

Tier:  3

We have an exciting opportunity for a Group Insurance Manager, reporting to the Chief Procurement Officer, accountable for the leadership, design, procurement, implementation and management of the Group’s insurance programme across our £1.1billion asset base.  As this is a brand new role within the organisation, you will have scope to help shape the role.

We are looking for someone who has excellent interpersonal skills to drive cross-functional change in our approach to insurance management and be confident when developing and maintaining senior stakeholder relationships at Board/Executive Leadership Team level and with Senior Management at key suppliers.

To be successful in this role, you will have significant experience within the insurance market with a strong focus on property cover, joint ventures, a deep understanding of the social housing sector and working in a complex and changing environment. You will already have extensive experience of the full end to end insurance claims process, negotiating with underwriters on the acceptance of risk/premium reduction together with a strong working knowledge of insurance law.

In addition, strong insurance provider relationship management is essential to the success of this role, as you will be required to hold Providers and Brokers to account with a strong commercial focus in order to ensure negotiated efficiencies are actually achieved and a continuous improvement ethos is sustained.

This is a challenging and interesting role that gives you the opportunity to strategically drive the insurance programme whilst also maintaining the required quality and customer service standards.

You should have significant experience in all areas of Insurance or hold professional qualification “Associate of Chartered Insurance Institute” (ACII) plus substantial relevant experience.

In addition to the above you will embrace the culture of continuous improvement to support Value for Money throughout the organisation and have a passion for doing things right first time.

Your Housing Group is a new generation of housing provider, working efficiently and effectively to build as many quality houses as possible, thereby playing its part in solving the national housing crisis. With over 28,300 homes across the North West, Yorkshire and the Midlands, the business has a large portfolio of retirement living developments and an innovative private rental offer in Hive.

Prior to application, please review the attached Role Profile to better understand the role and key responsibilities.  Please ensure you complete and submit your application prior to the closing date below.

Applicants are advised that, in the event of receiving a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close this vacancy early. As a consequence you are urged to submit your application as soon as possible.

Closing date:  Thursday 28 September 2017                                    

Your Housing Group values diversity and encourages applications from all communities. Your Housing Group operates a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for tenants or anyone who resides in a Your Housing Group property.  It also operates the scheme for any applicants who declare they have a disability. Those applicants who meet the minimum requirements for the role as set out in the role profile will be guaranteed an interview.  Some roles may be subject to probity checks which will override the scheme where a potential conflict of interest or a probity matter has been identified. 

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