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Working hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Duration: Permanent

Location: Dublin

Job Ref: 203869

About the role

Ecclesiastical Insurance Ireland, who are proudly part ofBenefact Groupare looking for a Risk Surveyorto join the team.

Joining our rapidly expanding and innovative Group presents a fantastic opportunity to develop your career and become an integral part of an inclusive, purpose-led organisation.

Key responsibilities

- Proactively build positive internal and external relationships to facilitate the delivery of exceptional service as part of Ecclesiastical’s Risk Management team

- Work collaboratively with Business Development, Claims, Underwriting and the wider business to support the free exchange of technical risk information and achievement of business initiatives/objectives
- Undertake desktop and on-site valuation and/or risk management survey assessments in line with agreed survey authorities
- Produce suitable valuation, risk survey and risk improvement reports in accordance with published guidelines, to a professional standard and delivered in a timely manner
- Plan, prioritise and manage individual workloads to enable efficient delivery to agreed service standards.
- Act as lead Surveyor on Key Accounts delivering the additional services prescribed.
- Promote/support the Ecclesiastical Risk proposition through attendance at/delivery of ‘Risk’ workshops/seminars to brokers, customers and sector bodies, as required by the business
- Act on audit results and agreed actions plans to improve own performance and fulfil personal potential
- Take responsibility for building own technical knowledge and professional expertise through development and implementation of a meaningful PDP which supports self- development and benefits the wider survey team
- Proactively contribute risk insight to internal and external events, communications and publications
- Proactively share knowledge, expertise, loss and risk insight with colleagues across the organisation, including delivery of training on risk management
- Identify and lead opportunities to innovate and improve current practices and processes
- Undertake project work as required

Knowledge, skills and experience

- Experience in fire (and non-fire perils), theft, business interruption and liability insurance risk surveys
- ACII or firm commitment to achieve this within an agreed period (MDI qualification as a minimum) + relevant Health & Safety qualification or firm commitment to achieve this within an agreed period
- Good appreciation of buildings architecture, design, construction and fire detection, protection and suppression systems
- Excellent technical underwriting knowledge or extensive property damage claims handling/loss adjusting experience
- Quantity Surveying qualification desirable
- Ability to accurately calculate a building (and where appropriate contents) valuation/sum insured on a reinstatement and/or restoration basis, and all necessary maximum loss scenarios is desirable; valuation training will be provided
- Can analyse an organisation/location and identify resilience or vulnerabilities in respect of insured perils
- Organisational and problem solving capabilities and willingness to work outside own comfort zone to support wider business and personal development opportunities
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Confident and influential communicator at all levels
- Ability to learn and apply learning to benefit own on the job contribution
- A clear appreciation of the need for exceptional standards of customer experience and evidence of a strong commitment to delivering improved standards
- Self-starter, able to manage own workload and multiple priorities
- Keen, enthusiastic and energetic
- Full clean driving licence

What we offer

- A competitive salary - let's discuss it

- Car allowance
- Hybrid working

- Defined Contribution Personal Pension - up to 12% employer contribution

- Annual Bonus scheme up to 24%

- 25days annual leave plus public holidays

- A holiday buy and sell scheme

- €250annual personal grant to a charity of your choice
- An array of health and wellbeing benefits, including private medical insurance, income protection and life assurance and Employee Assistance Programme

- Support for your personal development including sponsorship for insurance qualifications

- Great career development opportunities

- A ‘world class’ place to work (external employee engagement accreditation by Best Companies, an independent company who specialise in employee engagement)

About us

Ecclesiastical Insuranceoffer exceptional insurance and risk management, service and support across a range of specialisms, from church, charity and heritage to education, real estate and more.

We’re proud to be one of the most trusted names in specialist insurance, with over 40 years experience and commitment here in Ireland to creating innovative solutions that really help people.

Benefact Group is a unique international financial services Group made up of over 30 businesses. We are owned by a charity and have been the 3rd largest UK corporate donor over a decade*, having given away £250 million since 2014. We have ambitious plans to become the UK’s number one corporate donor, with strategic objectives in place to double the Group’s size.

We believe it’s essential to attract, empower, grow and reward talented people, offering fantastic opportunities for career and personal development. Our giving ethos, 135-year history and the diversity of what we do, has enabled us to build a culture of kindness, great ambition, and of passionate people driven to do better and be better.

At Benefact Group, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture and building an environment where each and every one of us feels valued and respected. We are a community made up of people with a range of different backgrounds, abilities, perspectives, beliefs and interests and we value the strength this brings to us as a Group. We welcome applications from everyone.

If you need any additional support during the recruitment process, then please let us know.

*Directory of Social Change’s UK Guides to Company Giving 2017-26

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