MARSH COMMERCIAL – ENTERPRISE – WITHAM

Marsh Commercial is one of the UK’s leading commercial insurance brokers, we are a diverse community of colleagues, serving a diverse community of clients with insurance, risk management and employee health and benefits advice and solutions.

Marsh Commercial is member of the wider Marsh Group and with offices in more than 130 countries, Marsh is the world’s leading insurance broker

The role: Trainee Sales Advisor

We recruit for potential and not industry experience, we are seeking individuals who aspire to be leading contributors to our business and who can embrace the opportunity to complete our fully funded training programme and attain chartered insurance qualifications.

As part of our new Sales team, you’ll be responsible for generating sales leads and generating information to support our ongoing sales campaigns. 

This is a superb opportunity to launch a career within a sustainable and exciting industry that provides aspirational individuals the platform for a long-term insurance career. This role offers scope and the opportunity of progression to move into our Client Advisory team.

The successful applicant will be based out of our Witham office.

What can you expect:

Our Enterprise businesses operate from modern, fit for future offices with easy access via car or public transport routesYou will receive in-depth and engaging training giving you greater insight and knowledge into insurance broking in addition to learning and enhancing your communication, problem solving, decision making and many other soft skillsThe opportunity to progress your insurance career, both within our Enterprise business and the wider Marsh organisation, we embrace and champion career development

What you will be rewarded with:

Competitive Benefits Package including: 27 days annual leave, up to 4 days flexible bank holidays, excellent pension contributions, private medical cover, life assurance, income protection, employee assistance program, plus a range of flexible benefits including the option to buy or sell up to 5 days holiday per year, cycle to work, dental insurance, health assessments plus many more.Generous Family Leave including:  6 months paid maternity leave, 4 months paid paternity leave, 6 months paid adoption leave plus shared parental leave options.  To help ease the transition when you return to work you will be able to work 8 weeks at 80% of your normal work pattern and receive 100% of your normal salary.

We will rely on you to:

Provide excellent client service on all aspects of account management to our clients, ensuring client needs are identified and met in line with agreed service standardsEnsure timely completion of all set tasks always ensuring client satisfactionDemonstrate your adaptability skills when required in order to support colleagues in completing business critical tasksManage quotation requests from prospective clientsShare product and services information with clients when requestedReview sales data to identify sales effectivenessRespond to queries via email & telephoneThrough training, coaching and mentoring have a thorough understanding of all major classes of insurance that we offer our clients and keep abreast of new technical and product developments

What you need to have:

Excellent verbal communication skills and confidence on the phoneA Willingness to learnStrong literacy, numeracy, administration and communication skills that can be demonstrated via qualifications/grades gained during educationAbility to remain calm under pressure and be able to work flexibly when requiredExcellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple enquiries simultaneouslyHave experience utilising the Microsoft Office suite and similar products

What makes you stand out:

A desire for a long-term career within the insurance industryPrevious experience within a client/customer facing role, this can be gained from within a similar role or working in environments such as (but not limited to) retail, hospitality, food & beverage etc,A thirst for learning and the opportunity to study for further insurance related qualificationsPrior insurance experience, although this is not essential

About Marsh

Marsh is the world’s leading insurance broker and risk advisor. With more than 45,000 colleagues advising clients in over 130 countries, Marsh serves commercial and individual clients with data-driven risk solutions and advisory services. Marsh is a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), the world’s leading professional services firm in the areas of risk, strategy and people. With annual revenue of $23 billion, Marsh McLennan helps clients navigate an increasingly dynamic and complex environment through four market-leading businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman. For more information, visit marsh.com, and follow us on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh McLennan is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age background, civil partnership status, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments in accordance with applicable law to any candidate with a disability to allow them to fully participate in the recruitment process. If you have a disability that may require reasonable adjustments, please contact us at reasonableaccommodations@mmc.com