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We are a leading provider of General Insurance and Financial Services. From our strong farming roots, we’ve grown to become a UK-wide organisation, turning over £1billion annually. Yet success hasn’t gone to our heads. We’re proud to remain completely customer focused, down-to-earth, and committed to the rural communities we’ve grown from.
Our ethos - of trust, respect, and personal service - lies at the heart of all we do and has seen us build an enviable reputation for exceptional member loyalty. Though we’ve been in business for over 110 years, we have big ambitions for the future. And that’s why we’re looking for talented people to join our growing organisation.
Our Award-Winning Graduate Schemes are an investment in you and your career. You'll gain a rewarding balance of on and off the job learning and hands-on experience, through a structured and insightful training programme; and we'll sponsor you to complete a number of professional qualifications too, helping you sharpen up the skills you need to progress in your chosen career path.
The three-year graduate programmes are designed to actively help you develop and give you everything you need to shape a rewarding career. You'll be supported at every step of your journey, with a dedicated buddy and mentor on hand to guide you, as well as a great network of current and previous graduates.
And it’s not all work. We actively encourage our graduates to participate in extra curricula activities aligned to our Environmental, Social, Governance framework, be that volunteering, participating, and organising charity and social events, and representing the organisation at external events, to name but a few.
Role Description
Here at NFU Mutual, we are passionate about developing individuals who can help shape our future. This role will give you an opportunity to be part of the Sales & Agency division within NFU Mutual. Joining the division that spreads across the whole country and is an integral element of NFU Mutual's success.
We want to support your career and guide you to the area of our regional team that you enjoy the most. Maybe you envision yourself being part of the team that supports our selling network and helps them perform at their best. Alternatively, perhaps the idea of running your own branch is something that excites you. You’ll gain first hand experience of how our agency network operates and the role that our regional sales teams play in driving our business forward.
We firmly believe that being actively involved in projects, and shadowing others, helps you to learn and develop faster. We’ll give you everything you need to shape your career and you’ll be supported every step of the way, with a dedicated buddy and mentor on hand to guide you. You will be supported by a comprehensive personal development programme where you learn with the whole graduate population. Your professional development is important to us too, so we’ll help you work towards your ACII (Advanced Certificate in Insurance).
What You'll Do and Learn
With nationwide opportunities, you’ll get involved from day one in real work and make a real impact. In your first year, we will support you in learning everything there is to know about our products and how to become a successful seller. This means you will be well equipped to develop customer relationships and meet their insurance needs. You will also shadow our regional sales teams in driving sales performance, learning how our branch network grow their businesses and any additional support they need from these teams.
Our recent Graduates have been able to drive sales performance from the start, working on sales campaigns, national and local agricultural shows, completing placements within branches, providing insight into prospecting and supporting branches to use new technology.
At the end of your scheme, we aim to help you be in a position to have a clear career path and next step to your future, whether this is being in a position to consider running your own branch, or working within a regional sales team.
Who You Are
Alongside a good degree, in any subject, you’ll have an enthusiastic, positive nature and a proactive attitude. We encourage anyone who is inquisitive and interested in learning new things.
In addition, we are looking for someone who:
- Is keen to learn.
- Is willing to tackle every challenge.
- Takes on each opportunity that comes their way.
- Is great with people.
- Ready to collaborate and open to building strong working relationships.
If you are someone who wants to learn about the functions of a Sales team and is ready to get stuck in, we’d love to hear from you.
Qualifications
You will have obtained, or be predicted to obtain a degree at 2:1 or above.
The role will necessitate travel therefore a full driving licence is essential
This role falls under the Insurance Distribution Directive. This means there is a requirement for Continuous Professional Development in role, in addition to ongoing screening checks once in post.
Please note this vacancy may close at any time once sufficient applications have been received. Early submission of your application is therefore encouraged.
