Technical Underwriting Training Consultant - Commercial Lines

Aviva; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance firm is seeking a Technical Underwriting Training Consultant to deliver impactful training and coaching for underwriters. This role involves planning training sessions, mentoring, and collaborating across teams to improve performance. Ideal candidates should have strong underwriting knowledge and excellent interpersonal skills. The package includes competitive salary, performance bonuses, and flexible benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Performance bonus

Generous pension scheme

29 days holiday plus bank holidays

Employee discounts

Free shares through matching plan

Flexible benefits options

Paid volunteering days

Wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Proven commercial underwriting expertise with demonstrated trading confidence.
• Ability to provide consultancy and coaching to embed capability effectively.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to engage stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Planning, developing and delivering impactful training predominantly underwriting technical training.
• Coaching and mentoring underwriters through group sessions and 1:1 development.
• Collaborating across teams to identify and address training gaps.

Skills

Expert Underwriting Knowledge

Excellent Time Management and Organisational Skills

Consultancy and Coaching

Communication and Interpersonal Skills

Great Team Player

Job description

Overview

Technical Underwriting Training Consultant - Commercial Lines

Locations: Manchester, Glasgow, Perth, Leeds

Are you an experienced underwriter with a passion for developing others? Do you thrive on building capability, driving performance, and delivering exceptional customer outcomes?

We’re looking for a Technical Underwriting Training Consultant to join our Commercial Lines & Distribution Academy – a team dedicated to empowering underwriters with the skills, confidence, and knowledge they need to succeed.

Responsibilities

• Planning, developing and delivering impactful training predominantly underwriting technical training enabling underwriting licence progression.
• Coaching and mentoring underwriters through group sessions and 1:1 development.
• Designing and implementing capability plans delivering for our people and to support the business needs
• Collaborating across teams to identify and address training gaps using insights from quality checks and performance reviews.
• Building strong stakeholder relationships and being a visible, hands-on presence across the business.

Qualifications

• Expert Underwriting Knowledge: Proven commercial underwriting expertise with demonstrated trading confidence and cross-class (Property, Liability and Motor Trade) licence authorities preferable
• Excellent Time Management and Organisational Skills: You will have a variety of work that will need planning to achieve results.
• Consultancy and Coaching: Proven ability to provide consultancy and coaching to embed capability effectively.
• Communication and Interpersonal Skills: Excellent communication and collaboration, presentation, and interpersonal skills to engage and inspire stakeholders
• Great Team Player: You will need to be adaptable and work incredibly well across a team and wider business area.

What you’ll get

• Salary is Competitive (depending on skills, experience and qualifications).
• Bonus opportunity - Competitive % 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

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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