Health & Benefits Risk Consultant

Willis Towers Watson; Camden Town; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global consulting firm in Camden Town is seeking a Group Risk Consultant to advise clients on workforce health management and risk insurances. The role requires a strong background in employee benefits and excellent communication skills. You will manage client relationships, negotiate with providers, and ensure high-quality service delivery. Ideal candidates will have risk benefits experience and relevant qualifications. This position offers hybrid working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Experience in risk benefits and healthcare benefits is essential.
• Comprehensive knowledge in Employee Benefits is required.
• Understanding of international coverage and wellbeing platforms is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic consultative advice to clients.
• Manage providers and negotiate terms.
• Plan and organise renewals and redesign benefits.

Skills

Strategic consultative advice

Negotiation skills

Excellent written and oral communication

Computer literacy (MS Office)

Ability to work independently

Education

GR1 and/or IF7 qualifications

Job description

Great opportunity to join our team as a Health & Benefits - Group Risk Consultant working hybrid within the risk and healthcare consulting team. In this role you will be responsible for advising our clients on all aspects of managing the health of their workforce, plus advising on and implementing risk and other health related insurances, which are a key aspect of this service. The team deals with all aspects of group insurance from market broking exercises to ongoing day-to-day administration and consulting of client arrangements, including enquiries in respect of renewals, funding, underwriting and benefits. In addition to private medical insurance and healthcare policies (dental, cash plan, optical, health screens, travel, PA and perks) and providers, the team covers registered and excepted group life assurance, death-in-service pensions, group income protection, critical illness, spouse/partner life assurance coverages and policies placed via the Lloyd's market.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic consultative advice to clients around the design, delivery and ongoing management of their benefit programmes, working with other consultants within the team.
• Proactively update own knowledge of changes in legislation through talking to other associates and reading appropriate news briefs/publications. Apply this knowledge to day-to-day work.
• Manage providers for own client base using negotiation and influencing skills as appropriate.
• Servicing, consulting with and retaining existing clients with a high level of service and credibility.
• Plan and organise renewals.
• Design and redesign of benefits.
• Liaise with providers and insurers for information.
• Assist with re-broking exercises, analysis and verification of providers' contract terms.
• Deal with queries from clients.

Qualifications

• Maintain quality control procedures.
• Risk benefits experience is essential and healthcare benefits would be advantageous from an advisory background.
• Comprehensive and up-to-date technical knowledge and practical experience in the areas of Employee Benefits.
• Excellent grounding in group risk and healthcare policies and providers (ideally supported by GR1 and/or IF7 qualifications).
• Good standard of written and oral communication.
• The ability to work with minimum supervision and within cross-disciplinary teams.
• Computer literacy of Microsoft Office software, in particular Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Able to learn quickly, use own initiative and organise own workload effectively.
• Able to work quickly, but accurately in a professional environment.
• An understanding and appreciation of broader employee health issues would be an advantage, as would experience of International coverage, wellbeing and technology platforms, all of which are key aspects to future progression.

Company Culture

At WTW, we believe difference makes us stronger. We want our workforce to reflect the different and varied markets we operate in and to build a culture of inclusivity that makes colleagues feel welcome, valued and empowered to bring their whole selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive work environment throughout our organisation. We embrace all types of diversity.