Job Description

Overview

Would you like to spot the risks before they happen? Could you review information objectively and guide a business to safety or become more resilient? We are looking for a trainee Risk Management Consultant to join our Risk Management Solutions team based in Wakefield.

Your aim is to, via education, research and gaining experience, handle client’s risk exposure more actively in their workplace, for such issues as Health & Safety or Business Continuity planning.

This role will commence working with our internal business operations team in Wakefield, to understand our business, the types of services we undertake whilst giving you unfettered access to what our highly experienced consultancy team deliver, by you reviewing their output, in line with our Quality Management system.

While quality checking this output, we will arrange for suitable training to be undertaken in a variety of areas to help understand what you are seeing on a daily basis, become familiar with the processes and procedures aligned to the consultancy role.

When you have gained sufficient qualifications and experience, we will encourage low level contact with customers via our helpline, to advise on simple daily enquiries to further build confidence and your own experiences. During this time, we will also arrange for accompanied site visits to identify and mitigate risk, receive mentoring from seasoned professionals with the aim of you eventually handling your own workload.

How You'll Make An Impact

• Strong and demonstrable command of detail


• Good organisational skills


• Good communicator


• Good retention of knowledge and information


• IT literate

About You

• Degree level education with a strong command of English both written and spoken


• Existing Safety or Business qualifications would be advantageous


• A good understanding of Word, Excel and PowerPoint preferably to a certified standard


• Problem-solving mindset with creative approaches and solutions to issues coupled with the confidence to interact comfortably with colleagues and customers


• Highly motivated and results-focused whilst remaining ethical and maintaining integrity


• Eligible to work in the UK


• We are an equal opportunities employer


• Ability to travel

Compensation And Benefits

On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.

Minimum core benefits you’ll get (depending on job level):

• Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to buy extra days


• Defined contribution pension scheme, with Gallagher contribution


• Life insurance at 4x basic salary, with option to top-up to 10x


• Income protection covering up to 50% of annual income, with options to top up


• Health cash plan or private medical insurance

Other benefits include:

• Three fully paid volunteering days per year


• Employee Stock Purchase Plan offering company shares at a discount


• Share incentive plan (HMRC approved)


• Critical illness cover


• Discounted gym membership with access to over 3,000 gyms


• Season ticket loan


• Access to discounted voucher portal to save on everyday shopping


• Emergency back-up family care


• And many more

Inclusion and Diversity

Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business and embedded in Gallagher’s culture. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.

Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.

Gallagher is Disability Confident Committed. We are committed to inclusive recruitment and accessible processes, and to supporting our employees with any long-term health conditions or disabilities.

If you require reasonable adjustments to your application, please contact TAGlobalSupport@ajg.com. If you’d prefer to speak on the phone, please request a call back by leaving details so we can reach you.

Our employing entity, Arthur J. Gallagher Services (UK) Limited, is proud to be accredited as a Living Wage employer. We are committed to diversity and opportunity for all and oppose discrimination on grounds of gender or other protected characteristics.

Gallagher believes all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on protected characteristics by applicable laws. Equal employment opportunity extends to all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. Gallagher will provide reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of a qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship.

Wakefield, England, United Kingdom