Underwriting Assistant
full-time•Manchester
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<figure><a href="https://benefactgroup.com/" target="_blank"><img src="https://images.teamtailor-cdn.com/images/s3/teamtailor-production/gallery_picture-v6/image_uploads/183f62b8-a48a-4c33-9cd9-816f124bc9e1/original.png" alt="Picture1.png" title="" width="277" height="69" href="https://benefactgroup.com/" style="width:277px;max-width:277px;height:69px;"></a></figure><p><strong>Working hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday</strong></p><p><strong>Duration: Permanent</strong></p><p><strong>Location: Manchester</strong></p><p><strong>Job Ref: 204665</strong></p><hr><h4>About the role</h4><p><strong>Benefact Group</strong> are looking for an <strong>Underwriting Assistant</strong> to join the Methodist Insurance team<strong> </strong>in our <strong>Manchester </strong>office.</p><p>As an Underwriting Assistant you will be<strong> </strong><span>providing administrative and operational support to underwriters, ensuring accurate documentation and timely processing of policies.</span></p><hr><h4 style="text-align:center;">Why join us?</h4><p style="text-align:center;">Join a collaborative and inclusive culture that’s committed to making a difference and building a more sustainable future. Ranked amongst the UK's 15 Best Big Companies to Work For in 2025, we offer fantastic career and development opportunities within a rapidly growing, innovative Group — where all profits go to charity and good causes.</p><hr><h4>What you'll be doing:</h4><ul><li><p><span>Planning, prioritising and managing own work to deliver agreed objectives in line with SLAs</span></p></li><li><p><span>Inputting data accurately and efficiently, recognising and rectifying where quality standards have been missed.</span></p></li><li><p><span>Processing/underwriting midterm adjustments and renewals for existing business</span></p></li><li><p><span>Building effective internal relationships to deliver exceptional customer service and support Ecclesiastical’s right first-time approach</span></p></li><li><p><span>Acting on audit results and agreed actions plans to improve own performance and enhance the effectiveness of the team</span></p></li><li><p><span>Understanding and operating within regulatory framework and identify and escalate any risks to the business in line with company policy</span></p></li><li><p><span>Producing timetabled and ad-hoc MI for the team and wider business</span></p></li></ul><h4>What you'll need to have</h4><ul style="margin-top:0cm;"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:2.4pt;margin-bottom:2.4pt;line-height:115%;"><p><span style="">The ability to plan, prioritise and manage own work to deliver agreed objectives and meet targets</span></p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:2.4pt;margin-bottom:2.4pt;line-height:115%;"><p><span style="">Understand, manage, and use information with accuracy.</span></p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:2.4pt;margin-bottom:2.4pt;line-height:115%;"><p><span style="">Competent IT and data skills [including Microsoft suite]</span></p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:2.4pt;margin-bottom:2.4pt;line-height:115%;"><p><span style="">Effective and appropriate communication skills</span></p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:2.4pt;margin-bottom:2.4pt;line-height:115%;"><p><span style="">Commitment to deliver exceptional service contributing both as an individual and as an effective part of a team.</span></p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:2.4pt;margin-bottom:2.4pt;line-height:115%;"><p><span style="">Understanding of all relevant regulations to deliver good customer outcomes.</span></p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:2.4pt;margin-bottom:2.4pt;line-height:115%;"><p><span style="">Understanding of data protection and importance of confidentiality.</span></p></li></ul><h4>What makes you stand out</h4><ul><li><p><span>Industry knowledge would be an advantag</span><span style="">e.</span></p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:2.4pt;margin-bottom:2.4pt;line-height:115%;"><p><span style="">Pro-active with desire to continuously improve.</span></p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:2.4pt;margin-bottom:2.4pt;line-height:115%;"><p><span style="">Cert CII or commitment to achieve within an agreed timescale.</span></p></li></ul><hr><h4>What we offer</h4><ul><li><p>A competitive salary - let's discuss it</p></li><li><p>Hybrid working</p></li><li><p>Group Personal Pension - up to 12% employer contribution</p></li><li><p>Generous annual bonus scheme: on-target bonus between 6% and 24%</p></li><li><p>25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, and a holiday buy and sell scheme</p></li><li><p>An array of health and wellbeing benefits, including private healthcare, income protection and life assurance</p></li><li><p>£200 annual personal grant to a charity of your choice</p></li><li><p>Encouraged to take at least one volunteering day per year</p></li><li><p>Employee Assistance Programme</p></li><li><p>Full study support to gain professional qualifications</p></li><li><p>Access to virtual GP</p></li><li><p>Enhanced maternity and paternity pay</p></li></ul><hr><h4>About us</h4><p><strong>Benefact Group</strong> is a unique international financial services Group made up of over 30 businesses. We are owned by a charity and have been the 3rd largest UK corporate donor over a decade*, having given away £250 million since 2014. We have ambitious plans to become the UK’s number one corporate donor, with strategic objectives in place to double the Group’s size.</p><p>We believe it’s essential to attract, empower, grow and reward talented people, offering fantastic opportunities for career and personal development. Our giving ethos, 135-year history and the diversity of what we do, has enabled us to build a culture of kindness, great ambition, and of passionate people driven to do better and be better. </p><hr><p>At Benefact Group, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture and building an environment where each and every one of us feels valued and respected. We are a community made up of people with a range of different backgrounds, abilities, perspectives, beliefs and interests and we value the strength this brings to us as a Group. We welcome applications from everyone.<br><strong><em><br>If you need any additional support during the recruitment process, then please let us know.</em></strong></p><hr><figure><img src="https://images.teamtailor-cdn.com/images/s3/teamtailor-production/gallery_picture-v6/image_uploads/6061edc9-8910-4796-b20a-8481c9134ebe/original.png" alt="Recruitment - Job Spec Footer .png" title=""></figure><p><em>*Directory of Social Change’s UK Guides to Company Giving 2017-26</em></p>
What you'll do
- The Underwriting Assistant will provide administrative and operational support to underwriters, ensuring accurate documentation and timely processing of policies. This includes managing work to meet objectives, processing midterm adjustments, and building effective internal relationships.
About Benefact Group
Benefact Group is a diverse family of specialist financial businesses, driven by our shared ambition to do right by our customers and clients, and united by a common purpose. To give our profits to good causes.
Being owned by a charity – Benefact Trust – places good intentions at the foundations of our Group, but our ability to turn this movement for good into positive action is based on better business.
Whether it be in specialist insurance, investment management, broking or advisory, every business that makes up the Benefact Group is an expert in their respective fields – leading in ethical investment, protection of iconic buildings and world heritage sites, and providing specialist guidance to people who deliver critical services to communities.
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What does a Underwriting Assistant do at Benefact Group?
As a Underwriting Assistant at Benefact Group, you will: the Underwriting Assistant will provide administrative and operational support to underwriters, ensuring accurate documentation and timely processing of policies. This includes managing work to meet objectives, processing midterm adjustments, and building effective internal relationships..
Is the Underwriting Assistant position at Benefact Group remote?
The Underwriting Assistant position at Benefact Group is based in Manchester, England, United Kingdom. Contact the company through Clera for specific work arrangement details.
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