Protection Business Support Consultant

Aviva; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Aviva is seeking a talented Protection Business Support Consultant to join their team. This role focuses on supporting Financial Advisers with administrative tasks, communication, and collaboration within the sales environment. You will have opportunities for professional growth, a competitive salary, and excellent employee benefits, including a generous pension scheme and flexible working options.

Benefits

Bonus opportunity up to 6%

Generous pension scheme

29 days holiday plus bank holidays

40% discount on Aviva products

Sharing plans for Aviva success

Supportive parental and carer’s leave

Paid volunteering days

Wellbeing support and tools

Qualifications

• Experience in insurance sales environment preferred.
• Ability to learn new systems, such as CRM tools and MS Teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support for Protection IFA sales teams.
• Assist in facilitating the sales process through effective communication.

Skills

Protection product knowledge

Communication skills

Strong administration skills

Using Outlook and Excel

Job description

Protection Business Support Consultant

Contract: 12 months Fixed Term Contract

Salary: National circa £26,000

We wish to appoint a talented Protection Business Support Consultant to join Aviva’s Protection Family.

We’re looking for an ambitious individual who is looking to get into an insurance sales environment. To be successful, you’ll like working with and supporting Financial Advisers, their staff and your team and wider department. You’ll be passionate about Protection.

A bit about the job:

The roles’ primary requirement is to provide administrative, telephone and email support for the field and telephony based Protection IFA sales teams.

This support will liberate our Sales teams, allowing them to concentrate on skilfully placing the breadth of Aviva’s propositions at the heart of target distributor firms, and affording Aviva the best chance of increasing market volumes and share in a heavily contested marketplace.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Protection product knowledge
• Demonstrable communication skills for Internal and External, both via telephone and email
• Strong administration skills
• Working knowledge and experience of using Outlook and Excel
• Ability to learn how to use new systems, such as, CRM tools, MI tools and MS Teams

What you’ll get for this role:

Our purpose - with you today, for a better tomorrow – is a promise we make to our colleagues too. And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you. We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague.

• Starting salary circa £26,000 for National based (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
• Bonus opportunity 6% of annual salary - Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s
• Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in
• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days
• Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts
• Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme
• Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave
• Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work
• Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others
• We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools

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Aviva is for everyone:

We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don’t, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working – spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

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