Trainee Branch Manager

Role Title: Trainee Branch Manager (internally known as Trainee Agent) Location: Midlands Region Salary: £28,000 - £32,000 depending on experience + 10% annual bonus potential + Company car 12 Month Training Opportunity

Do you have ambitions to be your own boss with the autonomy to run and grow your own business, in your own way? You could take your first step towards this with our Trainee Agent position, which provides the training, support and development you need to be a successful Agent for NFU Mutual within 12 months. We’re proud to have a network of more than 300 Branches (internally known as Agencies) across the UK, which are run by self-employed Agents who enjoy a unique opportunity to build, lead and grow successful local businesses. Over the course of 12 months you’ll have ongoing support and guidance from your line manager and extensive regional support teams through a rewarding balance of on the job learning, hands on experience and professional qualifications, to hone and develop the necessary skills and experience to grow and run your own business and become an inspirational and motivational leader to your team. Towards the end of your 12 months you’ll apply to become an Agent where you’ll become a Business Partner of an Agency; it’s your opportunity to run and grow your own insurance sales business, selling and introducing a wide range of insurance and financial products to local customers.

We believe in taking the time to find products to meet our customer’s needs, inspiring trust and developing long-standing relationships with our customers through our exceptional personal service and honest advice; retaining on average 95% of our business each year. Our values will run through you too, as you’ll build strong relationships with our customers, portraying and selling NFU Mutual insurance, pensions, investments and protection. As an excellent communicator, you’ll be great with people from a wide range of backgrounds and can easily spot opportunities to develop new business. Collaborative, positive and supportive, you’ll be confident in leading and motivating a team. You may have knowledge of insurance or financial services, but as our existing Trainee Agents and Agents come from a broad range of backgrounds, it’s more important that you know how to use your entrepreneurial flair and clear vision to grow a business.

Qualifications:

You must have experience in leadership and/or sales.

You will either be progressing towards or be prepared to study for CII.

Agents build, lead and grow successful local businesses, typically in a partnership with one or more other Agents. They’re not franchisees but Tied Agents. This means they’re not employed by NFU Mutual but have an agency agreement – a commercial contract – with us to sell our insurance products. As an Agent, you’ll have a high performing team that could be anything from four to 30-strong. Focusing on growing your business by selling the full range of NFU Mutual products, you’ll provide an advice-rich proposition to a variety of local customers, from farmers and businesses to homeowners and high net worth individuals. Click on the following link to hear from some of our Agents: https://agencies.nfumutual.co.uk/the-agent-opportunity

Here at NFU Mutual we pride ourselves on being a great place to work and have again been presented with the Gallup Great Workplace Award. Along with a supportive culture you can also look forward to some attractive reward benefits such as:

Salary – £28,000 - £32,000 depending on experience

Annual bonus (up to 10%)

Company car

Contributory pension scheme (maximum of 12% company contribution)

25 days holiday plus bank holidays (additional holiday purchase scheme)

Employee discounts

Gym subsidy

Health and wellbeing plan

Discounted Insurance on all NFU Mutual Policies

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.

One of the UK’s leading general insurance and financial services companies, NFU Mutual has been meeting our customers’ needs for over 100 years. Our employees are important to us. We empower and inspire them to perform, offer opportunities to grow and we recognise and reward their contribution. They are proud to work for a company that respects them and broader communities, and they trust us to be financially sustainable, so we are successful now, and in the future.