Job Description

Location: Home based with travel throughout the UK

Closing Date: Friday 28th July

Date of Interviews: Late August / Early September 2023

Are you self-motivated, inquisitive, and love a challenge? If so, a trainee risk consulting role could be just what you\'re looking for! In today\'s complex world, tackling risk and building organisational resilience is fast, unpredictable and invigorating. This is an exciting opportunity to work within our Workforce Strategies Practice as a Trainee (Risk & Resilience) Consultant.

The opportunity:

This is an exciting development opportunity to work within our Zurich Resilience Solutions, Workforce Strategies Practice business as a Trainee Risk Consultant. Our team are known as \xe2\x80\x9cthought leaders\xe2\x80\x9d within the public sector and s we pride ourselves on understanding what drives an organisation and make sense of the risks they face, building lasting relationships and providing a level of excellence we think sets us apart. Our customer portfolio is diverse and spans local government, social housing, education and charities.

Many of our employees work flexibly in a variety of different ways, including part-time, flexible hours, job share, an element of working from home or compressed hours. This is because we want the best people for our roles, and we recognise that sometimes those people aren\'t available full-time. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you may need.

What will you be doing?

This is an ideal role for an individual looking for a new and exciting challenge. You will enjoy a varied, challenging and rewarding diet of work, working with an experienced and high performing team developing your skills and knowledge to become a Risk Consultant. In doing so you will:

• Support the delivery of a range of engagements to help our customers enhance their organisational resilience, including gap analysis and health checks, training and facilitation and bespoke consultancy
• Production of high-quality professional reports providing best practice advice to customers
• Collaborating with customers to identify, develop and deliver risk management support programmes
• Develop business opportunities in relation to the growth of fee income
• Promote risk management advice and best practice through speaking engagements and Zurich media channels
• Complete research into technical areas and provide the latest information for colleagues, other stakeholders and clients
• Development of effective, productive relationships with colleagues and customers

What are we looking for?

• An interest in Organisational Resilience, Enterprise Risk Management and/or Business Continuity
• Eagerness to learn and develop consultancy and technical skills
• An enquiring mind being able to probe logically to establish key risk information
• People centric being able to build strong and sustainable relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Confidence to engage at Senior Leadership Team levels
• Creative mind-set with a willingness to work outside of your comfort zone
• A dedicated team player with a \xe2\x80\x9ccan-do\xe2\x80\x9d approach to their work
• A professional certification from bodies such as the IRM, BCI will be advantageous
• Experience of working in/with Public Sector, Housing, Education, Charitable and Social Organisations

Who we are:

At Zurich we aspire to be one of the most responsible and impactful businesses in the world and the best global insurer. Together we\'re creating a brighter future for our customers, our people and our planet.

With over 55,000 employees in more than 170 countries, you\'ll feel the support of being part of a strong and stable company who are a long-standing player in the insurance industry.

We\'ve made a promise to each other and every employee; to focus on sustainable impact, to care about each other\'s wellbeing, to use our diverse expertise to be curious and optimistic and to develop the skills needed for our future.

If you\'re interested in working in a dynamic and challenging environment for a company that recognises and rewards your creativity, initiatives and contributions - then Zurich could be just the place for you. Be part of something great.

Our Culture:

At Zurich, our sense of community is strong and we\'re particularly passionate about diversity and inclusion, which we\'ve won numerous awards for. We want our people to bring the whole of themselves to work and ensure everybody is made to feel welcome, regardless of their background, beliefs or culture. We want our employees to reflect the diversity of our customers, and so are committed to treating all of our applicants fairly and with respect, irrespective of their actual or assumed background, disability or any other protected characteristic.

We\'ve an environment that places a real importance on our people\'s wellbeing from a physical, mental, social and financial perspective. We work with our wellbeing partners and industry experts to provide the best advice and access to a wealth of lifestyle support. We\'re also committed to continuous improvement and we offer access to a comprehensive range of training and development opportunities.

We\'re passionate about supporting employees to help others by getting involved in volunteering, charitable and community activity. Our charitable arm, Zurich Community Trust, is one of the longest-established corporate trusts in the UK. In that time, we\'ve awarded grants and volunteered time to deserving causes in the UK valued at over \xc2\xa390 million.

So make a difference. Be challenged. Be inspired. Be supported, Love what you do. Work for us.

The financials

• 12% defined non-contributory pension scheme.
• Annual company bonus.
• Income Protection.
• Life cover - four times your salary.

Time away

• 25 days holiday a year plus bank holidays.
• The option to buy up to an additional 20 days or sell some of your holiday.
• Three days paid volunteering.
• Up to 16 weeks\' full pay for maternity, paternity and adoption leave.

Your health is important to us

• Access to Private medical insurance.
• Virtual GP appointments.
• Discounted gym membership.
• Free flu jab.
• Access to a wealth of support from our wellbeing partners.

We\'re making a difference

• Creating a brighter, more sustainable future underpins all that we do here in Zurich. We were the first insurer to sign the \'UN Business Ambition for 1.5\xcb\x9aC\' pledge.
• Our charitable arm, Zurich Community Trust, has awarded grants and volunteered time to deserving causes in the UK valued at over \xc2\xa390 million.

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