Protection Adviser

Job Description

Job Title: Protection Adviser Location: Telephone based role. Home, hybrid or office based in Peterborough (PE8 6TJ).Target: Candidates with customer service and sales experience in a financial setting.Rewards: Basic salary of £25K + bonus and benefits, OTE £40K+Hours: Mon-Fri working two early shifts 9AM - 6PM and three late shifts 11AM - 8PM.Timeline: Immediate Interviews and Q1 2023 Start Date. (2 Positions Available)Connells Group Mortgage Centre (GMC) - part of Connells Group:With a network of over 1,200 branches nationwide, Connells Group combines residential sales and lettings expertise with a range of consumer and corporate services including new homes, mortgage services, conveyancing, EPC provision, surveying, corporate lettings,asset management, land & planning and auctions. GMC (part of Connells Group) is dedicated to delivering our Lifetime Mortgage & Protection Service to Connells Group existing mortgage customers. Our Protection Advisers specialise in advice and recommendationon mortgage and family related protection products, including life assurance, critical illness cover, income protection and household insurance.As a Protection Adviser at GMC we believe your skills and experience are best suited to focusing purely on the provision of quality advice and sales to our customers. You will be provided with all leads and have responsibility for your own diary managementfollowing a proven and established sales process. In addition, the progression of your protection applications is the sole remit of our dedicated Adviser Support Teams. We have therefore created the environment for you to perform at your very best and thisrole presents a fantastic opportunity for those candidates capable of delivering the results we expect.This is a telephone based role so you will be articulate and engaging. Our sizeable client bank presents an enormous protection sales opportunity so you will also be highly motivated, disciplined and organised, with a strong track record in telephone sales,ideally in a financial services environment.Your career is important to us. We are passionate about training and development to help you realise your full potential. We pride ourselves on the number of colleagues who have developed and progressed with us. Our entire Sales Management team have progressedfrom Advisory roles.Required Knowledge, skills and qualifications:

• Previous Sales/Customer Service experience in a financial setting.
• Detail conscious with experience of working in an office based environment.
• Motivated to meet and exceed personal targets and customer service standards.
• Excellent inter-personal skills, with outstanding telephone manner and strong listening skills.
• Competent Microsoft Office user, including Excel, Word and Outlook.
• Clearly able to explain verbally and in written form the key features of our policies in benefit terms to ensure our customers understand and appreciate their value to them.
• Adopts a flexible approach to work pressures and priorities to ensure team and individual objectives are met.
• Actively seeks opportunities to develop relevant knowledge and applies this actively in the role.
• Pays close attention to detail in all work activities to ensure mistakes are avoided and all standards are met.
• Protection sales experience preferred but not essential

Benefits:

• Permanent Full Time Role.
• Office based or hybrid working options available.
• Outstanding monthly commission earnings. (Our top performers earn excess of £50K PA)
• Quality bonuses achievable against a range of performance based KPIS.
• Extensive induction coupled with an ongoing training, support and development program.
• Unrivalled opportunities for progression, promotion and personal development in an expanding and market leading business.
• Defined promotional tiers with significant basic salary and commission rate uplifts.
• 34 days paid holiday including Bank Holidays and birthday.
• A flexible approach to working hours.
• Contributory workplace pension.
• 24 hour Wellbeing Employee Assistance Programme.
• Death in service cover.
• Access to discounts platform, Perks at Work.
• Access to self-funded Health Care plan.
• Discounted medical assessment Health Screening.
• Discount on Nuffield Gym Membership

(T&Cs Apply)If this role sounds of interest please forward your CV by clicking Apply Now,or call Will Howell Talent Acquisition Resourcer at The New Homes Group for a confidential chat on 0/1/2/0/6/7/1/6/0/9/4.