Partner, Commercial

**NFU Mutual Agent opportunity in Sherborne & Beaminster**:
As Agent in the Sherborne & Beaminster Agency you’ll have the opportunity to run and develop an existing business in partnership with a Senior Agent in the NFU Mutual Agency network.

Highly respected within the local farming community, our Sherborne & Beaminster Agency provides a solid foundation for you to build on. Well known locally, with a branch in both Sherborne and Beaminster, the agency team has a large and loyal customer base, providing services to an attractive mix of farming, rural and agricultural-related businesses.

Building on the success of the agency you’ll have the opportunity to nurture existing customer relationships whilst driving new business growth across the local farming community and wider markets. In addition, you’ll be joining an active and loyal NFU branch where you’ll find plenty of growth potential and will further strengthen the bond and elevate your standing in the local community.

**About You**:
Ready to be your own boss, you relish the opportunity to create business plans and implement strategies that provide a professional and personal service to a range of customers, from high-net worth clients to farmers and agricultural related businesses.

An excellent communicator, combined with commercial acumen and sales leadership experience, you're great with people from a wide range of backgrounds and can easily spot opportunities and develop new business.

Collaborative, positive and supportive, you know how to recruit, reward and develop a strong team to help you achieve your ambitions whilst ensuring all relevant regulations and standards of compliance are met.

A strong link to the local farming community or related agricultural industries is required due to the agency being situated in a heavily rural and thriving farming community within Dorset.

**NFU Group Secretary**:
For more than 110 years, the NFU and NFU Mutual have enjoyed a close relationship, working together to provide a first-class service to the farming and wider rural community.

Combining your duties as a Group Secretary with your work as an Agent of NFU Mutual, you’ll have the chance to identify and capitalise on opportunities for new business and introduce what the NFU and NFU Mutual have to offer to a wider audience. The roles are intrinsically linked.

As an NFU Group Secretary, you will be placed at the heart of the local farming and business community. This will enable you to make meaningful, profitable connections with farmers, growers, and the rural community at large, with a focus on growing NFU membership alongside growing your NFU Mutual agency. By developing these strong relationships, you’ll be representing and supporting rural people, sharing expertise, standing up for the countryside and playing a valuable part in sustaining the UK’s agricultural industry.

**Rewards & Benefits**:
You’ll be joining an established business in an existing office, without any need to make an up-front capital investment.

As a self-employed Agent, your income will be built into the Agency financial structure. Your drive, vision and personal ambition are the only limit to your future earning potential.

This self-employed opportunity gives you the autonomy to grow an existing business with the backing of a major organisation whilst enjoying the freedom of being your own boss.

As well as investment support, you’ll also have access to a full range of courses at our dedicated Training Academy; including sales, business and finance planning, team recruitment and NFU Mutual products.

**NFU Mutual Agent network**:
NFU Mutual is an award-winning insurance and financial services business offering high-quality products and services to a range of customers, from individual policyholders to major businesses.

Through our exceptional personal service and honest advice, we develop long-standing relationships with our customers and retain on average 95% of our business each year. We are proud to have a network of more than 250 agencies across the UK. Our agencies are run by self-employed Agents who enjoy an opportunity to build, lead and grow successful local businesses, typically in partnership with one or more other Agents.

**Want to know more?**

**Roberts Court, Digby Road, Sherborne, DT9 3LB**:
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**Vacancy managed by**:
Stephan Papantoniou