Apprenticeship Vacancy

at  VERLINGUE

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Job title
Verlingue Apprentice
Department
Various across organisation depending on desires and attributes (General Insurance, Employee Benefits, Claims, Sales and Trade Credit)
Location
Staines with occasionally travel to other UK offices (hybrid when fully trained)
Reporting to
Department Managers with oversight from our Learning & Development Senior HR Advisor
Main purpose of job

To develop excellent foundations in the skills, technical knowledge, and qualifications that you will need to develop a successful career in insurance broking as well as providing exceptional service to our clients. This is achieved by supporting all aspects of the relevant Department’s needs that a successful candidate will join, such as

• Dealing with incoming correspondence
• Liaising with insurers/suppliers where necessary
• Delivering against deadlines on key projects
• Providing great customer service at all time
• Actively contribute to the delivery of the company’s Vision & Gameplan.
• Actively participating in meetings and providing ideas to improve

In addition there will be a requirement to actively participate in all learning opportunities that are provided.
Company Vision
To build a large, European, independent, family-owned insurance brokerage group in which talents blossom and client satisfaction is continually high.
Overview
Verlingue have exciting and dynamic teams right across the business that support a rapidly expanding organisation. Each person on the team is important to Verlingue’s ongoing success. The teams are based across all Verlingue sites in the UK. Each team has responsibility to deliver exceptional service to clients and to make a real difference. As an Apprentice you will have on the job training in the team working alongside experienced professionals that will complement and enhance your specific structured Apprenticeship Programme.
Verlingue Values

QUALIFICATIONS

• GCSE in English & Mathematics (Grade A-C or equivalent)

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• Certification of Insurance Institute

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SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & ATTRIBUTES

• Positive attitude to work

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• Good listener and communicator

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• Organised and efficient to meet deadlines

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• Reliable and punctual

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• Helpful and committed to delivering a good claims experience for the client

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• Desire towards continuous improvement and personal development

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• Ability to adopt a flexible approach to meet the needs of the team

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• Good team player

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• Can work well on own initiative

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• Ability to solve claims related problems

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• Competent in IT

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• Aligned with the Verlingue values and behaviours

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• Develop and maintain good working relationships with clients, colleagues, insurers, and other suppliers.
• Immediately advise Line Manager of any problem, issue or request which falls outside authority, level of experience or knowledge, or which could in any way materially affect role effectiveness.
• Undertake any additional duties which have been specifically assigned/or may be reasonably requested