Apprentice Risk Management Consultant

AXA UK; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance company based in Wakefield is seeking a Trainee Risk Management Consultant to work with their Risk Management Solutions team. The role focuses on education and research to help businesses proactively address risks, ranging from Health & Safety to Business Continuity planning. Ideal candidates will have a degree and strong communication skills, alongside the motivation to learn and contribute. This position offers competitive salary and comprehensive benefits including generous holiday and pension contributions.

Benefits

Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays

Defined contribution pension scheme

Life insurance benefits

Health cash plan or Private medical insurance

Discounted gym membership

Employee Stock Purchase plan

Qualifications

• Degree level education with a strong command of English both written and spoken.
• Existing Safety or Business qualifications would be advantageous.
• Problem-solving mind-set with creative approaches and solutions to issues coupled with the confidence to interact comfortably with colleagues and customers.
• Highly motivated and results focused whilst remaining ethical and keeping your integrity high.

Responsibilities

• Spot and address risks proactively in workplace settings.
• Handle client’s risk exposure via education and research.
• Gain experience through training and mentoring from professionals.
• Conduct site visits to identify and mitigate risk.

Skills

Strong and demonstrable command of detail

Good organisational skills

Good communicator

Good retainer of knowledge/information

IT Literate

Education

Degree level education

Existing Safety or Business qualifications

Tools

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Introduction

Indulge your passion for problem-solving and embrace the thrill of addressing risk head-on at Gallagher's global brokerage team. Join a family of diverse minds, united by a relentless pursuit of excellence. As part of our team, you'll be the architect of protection, safeguarding businesses and empowering their ambitions. Together, we'll build a legacy of trust and triumph in the dynamic world of risk management.

We believe that every candidate brings something special to the table, including you! So, even if you feel that you’re close but not an exact match, we encourage you to apply.

Overview

Would you like to spot the risks before they happen? Could you review information objectively and guide a business to safety or become more resilient? We are looking for a trainee Risk Management Consultant to join our Risk Management Solutions team based in Wakefield.

Your aim is to, via education, research and gaining experience, handle client’s risk exposure more actively in their workplace, for such issues as Health & Safety or Business Continuity planning.

This role will commence working with our internal business operations team in Wakefield, to understand our business, the types of services we undertake whilst giving you unfettered access to what our highly experienced consultancy team deliver, by you reviewing their output, in line with our Quality Management system.

Whilst quality checking this output, we will arrange for suitable training to be undertaken in a variety of areas to help understand what you are seeing on a daily basis, become familiar with the processes and procedures aligned to the consultancy role.

When you have gained sufficient qualifications and experience, we will encourage low level contact with customers via our helpline, to advise on simple daily enquiries to further build confidence and your own experiences. During this time, we will also arrange for accompanied site visits to identify and mitigate risk, receive mentoring from seasoned professionals with the aim of you eventually handling your own workload.

How you'll make an impact

• Strong and demonstrable command of detail
• Good organisational skills
• Good communicator
• Good retainer of knowledge/ information
• IT Literate

About You

• Degree level education with a strong command of English both written and spoken.
• Existing Safety or Business qualifications would be advantageous
• A good understanding of Word, Excel and PowerPoint preferably to a certified standard.
• Problem-solving mind-set with creative approaches and solutions to issues coupled with the confidence to interact comfortably with colleagues and customers
• Highly motivated and results focused whilst remaining ethical and keeping your integrity high.
• Eligible to work in the UK
• We are an equal opportunities employer
• Ability to travel

Compensation and benefits

On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.

Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

• Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to ‘buy’ extra days
• Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to
• Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10x
• Income protection, we’ll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up
• Health cash plan or Private medical insurance

Other benefits include:

• Three fully paid volunteering days per year
• Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount
• Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax effective, stock purchase plan
• Critical illness cover
• Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally
• Season ticket loan
• Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase
• Emergency back-up family care
• And many more…

We value inclusion and diversity

Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organisation. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.

Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.

Gallagher is Disability Confident Committed. We have pledged to make sure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, in addition to supporting our existing employees with any long-term health conditions or disabilities.

We understand that applicants may have disabilities, if you do, you may find some parts of the recruitment process more challenging than others. Don’t worry, we’re here to help, however, we can only do this if you let us know.

Should you require reasonable adjustments to your application, please get in touch with [e-mail] . If you’d prefer to speak on the phone, please request a call back, leaving details, so we get in touch.

Our employing entity, Arthur J. Gallagher Services (UK) Limited, is proud to be accredited as a Living Wage employer with the Living Wage Foundation. We are committed to diversity and opportunity for all and are opposed to any form of less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender or gender identity, marital status, civil partnership status, parental status, race, ethnicity, colour, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion/ belief, age and those with caring responsibilities.

Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as “protected characteristics”) by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.