In Summary

Do you want to be a Risk Management Associate, helping clients to prevent or minimise risks? If you answered yes, this may be the right job for you.

Job Description

Location: Homebased – commutable to Glasgow, or Manchester

No one wants to have to make an insurance claim, as it usually means something’s gone wrong. Our Risk Consultants work with clients to prevent or minimise risk and hopefully stop them having to make a claim in the first place.

This might mean advising them to do something as simple as fit new locks or a better alarm system. Or suggesting more strategic changes to help businesses operate more safely and give their customers better peace of mind.

Join as a Risk Management Associate and you'll be learning from some of the most skilled Risk Management professionals in the industry. What’s more, you’ll be able to earn a salary while working towards qualifications and enjoy a permanent role from day one.


What does it involve? 

As an Associate in Risk Management, you’ll be supporting the delivery of risk engineering and our prevention services proposition across the business.

As you’d expect from a training programme, there’s a blend of learning and working. You’ll learn from experts, have your own mentor, and work on a wide range of risk management-related projects to prepare yourself to become a future Risk Consultant.

This is a three-year programme where for the first year you will follow our in-house technical training plan and complete your Cert CII (Chartered Insurance Institute Certificate in Insurance) Certificate in Insurance. This will see you learn the fundamentals of risk management. In years two and three, you will move on to your Diploma in Insurance, whilst gaining a wider understanding of different aspects of risk management.   

You can expect training and learning in many areas, including:

• Supporting the management of risk improvements
  
• Embracing innovation
  
• Working on strategic projects and initiatives delivering Risk Management and Prevention propositions
  
• Developing your own risk engineering capabilities to enhance your performance
  
• Working closely with underwriting teams and clients 
  

Expect to spend a large chunk of your time learning on the job and working as part of a team. Of course, there’ll be dedicated ‘off the job’ time to focus on your studies, using an industry-recognised training provider to support your career growth.  


What’s in it for you?

• A salary of £23,900 per year
  
• Paid study time and support towards professional qualifications
  
• A permanent job from the start
  
• A great support network to help you grow into your role
  
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays
  
• Contributory pension scheme
  
• Discounts on all Aviva products
  
• Eligible for a performance-related bonus
  
• Flexible working and wellbeing support
  
• Paid volunteering time to get involved in projects and local communities  
  

What do we look for?  

To join us on this programme, you’ll need (or be on track to achieve) at least two A-Levels or three Scottish Highers at grades C or above. Or have an equivalent Level 3 qualification.

You will also need at least five GCSEs or Scottish National 5s at grades A*-C (9-4) or have equivalent qualifications. These must include English and Maths. 

New insights, perspectives, and diversity of thought are invaluable to us. Which is why you don’t need any previous experience in risk to apply.  

Instead, we’re looking for:

• A confident communicator
  
• Someone who can adapt well to different tasks and situations
  
• Self-motivation and a dedication to changing things for the better
  
• Someone with a full, clean UK driving licence  
  

Most importantly, you’ll need to be naturally curious, keen to take the lead when it comes to your own development, and excited by the prospect of building a long-term career with Aviva.   


Where will you be based? 

This role will give you the opportunity to get out and about on a regular basis. You will be based at home but will travel to your local office (Glasgow or Manchester) approximately twice a week. You will also travel for accompanied surveys across the North region to see our customers approximately once a month and attend technical training sessions. So if you like variety, this could be the role for you.
 

About Us

We’re a leading international insurance, savings, retirement, and investment business.  We're here to help our customers plan for the future and, when the worst happens, make things right. 

You might be thinking that we’re just another boring, corporate firm. But we don’t all wear suits and shiny shoes here. We’re proud to be different and just like our customers, our people are a diverse mix of cultures, genders, ages, perspectives, and ideas.  


What’s the application process?  

Please note: If we have a lot of responses, applications may close early. So, it’s best to apply as early as you can. 

Start by pressing 'apply' to be taken through to our online application. 

There, you'll be asked to complete a short questionnaire about your motivations, and submit it along with a copy of your CV.  

If you match our criteria (or get pretty close), we’ll ask you to complete a situation strength test and an online numerical reasoning test.  

Pass that and next will be a video interview.  

The final stage is a virtual assessment day, with tasks that enable you to show us what you're good at and what you enjoy.  

Impress us there and we'll offer you a role to start in September 2024.

Additional Information

We are inclusive – we want applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. 

Excited but not sure you tick every box? Research tells us that women, particularly, feel this way. So, regardless of gender, why not apply? And if you’re in a job share just apply as a pair. 

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working – spending around 60% of their time in our offices and 40% at home. 

We interview every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. During your application, there will be an opportunity for you to send us an email stating that you have a disclosed disability. 

Please submit your application online if you can. But if that presents a problem, just email avivaearlycareers@aviva.com and we'll arrange an alternative method. 

To find out more about working at Aviva in general, take a look here.