Technical Commercial Underwriter

**Working hours**:35 hours per week, Monday to Friday ** Duration**:Permanent Location**:Gloucester ** Job ref**:204177 About the role **Ecclesiastical Insurance**, who are proudly part of **Benefact Group** are looking for a **Technical Commercial Underwriter** to join our** Church and Direct Commercial Team**in our **Gloucester**office. As** Technical Underwriter**you will act as the technical specialist for the team. Having responsibility for the technical competence of a team of underwriters you will play a key part in mentoring and coaching, providing training, procedure, practice and technical updates, and conducting audits. You’ll work closely with various internal and external stakeholders and act as a referral point in the team, contributing to a dynamic and high-performing underwriting team. In this role you will also have responsibility for handling your own case work and you’ll handle some of our most complex, prestigious and fascinating risks and valued customers ensuring seamless servicing. Why join us? Join a collaborative and inclusive culture that’s committed to making a difference and building a more sustainable future. Ranked amongst the UK's top 50 Best Large Companies to Work For in 2024, we offer fantastic career and development opportunities within a rapidly growing, innovative Group—where all profits go to charity and good causes. What you'll be doing - Developing, negotiating and profitably underwriting new and existing business within own authority and in line with the team, delivering underwriting excellence through specialist knowledge and support - Responsible for the technical competence of underwriters across the area. Act as a technical referral point for the team, provide coaching, training and support for colleagues including less experienced members of the team with their engagement and underwriting development, identifying training needs and delivering training where appropriate - Leading the team self-audit process including completing audits and analysing team audit results, identifying trends and implementing solutions to improve future results - Representing and promoting Ecclesiastical at customer, partner and industry events where required - Actively expanding personal technical and niche knowledge both informally (networking internally and externally, internet, industry press) and formally (In-house training, CII, CPD) What you'll need to have - A proven track record of delivering exceptional customer service as an individual and as an effective part of the team - In depth insurance technical and experience of acting as a coach, empowering others within a commercial environment including taking referrals - Experience of effective stakeholder management within a commercial environment - Appropriate IT skills - Strong verbal and written communication skills - Minimum of 5 GCSE’s including Maths and English at grade C or above or equivalent experience What makes you stand out - Dip CII / ACII qualified or commitment to achieve within an agreed timescale - Experience of conducting training to individuals and groups - Experience of completing audits and providing feedback to improve underwriting performance What we offer - A competitive salary - let's discuss it - Hybrid working - Group Personal Pension - up to 12% employer contribution - Generous annual bonus scheme between 6% and 24% - 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, and a holiday buy and sell scheme - An array of health and wellbeing benefits, including private healthcare, income protection and life assurance - £200 annual personal grant to a charity of your choice - Encouraged to take at least one volunteering day per year - Employee Assistance Programme - Full study support to gain professional qualifications - Access to virtual GP - Enhanced maternity and paternity pay Hear from the hiring manager _ "The Church and Direct Team deal with a wide-ranging scope of risks and products. We insure some of the most iconic risks within the Company. From churches and cathedrals to large commercial properties, from vicarages and manses to retreat centres and even an Oxford college Our product range goes from Cathedrals, to Property Owners, to Education and Charity."_ About us ** Ecclesiastical Insurance** offer insurance with award-winning service across a broad range of specialisms, including faith, charity, heritage, education, art and private client, real estate and schemes, across Ireland, Canada and the UK. As a business, we’ve been trusted to protect some of the UK’s best-loved and most iconic buildings for over a century, and we’re not standing still. We’re a forward thinking, energetic organisation entering new markets, with an ambition to double our size, because when we grow, we give back more. ** 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*, hav