Job Introduction

Role:  Group Insurance & Fleet Manager – Ref YHG/TP/66/332

Salary:  £48,000 - £60,300 per annum, plus excellent benefits

Location:  Birchwood, Warrington or Preston, Lancashire

Duration:  Permanent

Hours:  35 per week, working Monday to Friday

Tier:  2B

We have an exciting opportunity for a Group Insurance & Fleet Manager, reporting to the Chief Procurement Officer, accountable for the strategic leadership, design, procurement, implementation and management of the Group’s insurance programme across our £1.1billion asset base and circa 150 vehicles and 800 grey fleet users.

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. The post holder will have extensive experience of the full end to end insurance claims process, negotiating with underwriters on the acceptance of risk/premium reduction and managing a commercial fleet together with a strong working knowledge of insurance law.

In addition, good 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 and new fleet programme whilst also maintaining the required quality and customer service standards.

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

Applicants must be a member of the Chartered Insurance Institute with a considerable amount of relevant post-qualification work experience, or have substantial experience in all areas of insurance to be considered qualified by experience.  You must also hold a professional qualification with Institute of Car Fleet Management (ICFM) at intermediary level or above (or equivalent). 

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 32,000 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:  Wednesday 5 July 2017

Interview Date:  W/C 31 July 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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