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Branch Manager

1 month ago

Wellington City, New Zealand QBE Full time

Primary Details

Time Type: Full time

Worker Type: Employee
- Full-time, permanent role
- Hybrid-working/flexible work
- Wellington

The opportunity

Reporting to the Head of North Island Branches, you will be based in Wellington and provide local branch leadership, including portfolio management, identification of new business opportunities and staff development. Great opportunity to further develop your leadership skills and lead a tight knit, cohesive team of Underwriters and Administrative staff.

Your new role

As the Wellington Branch Manager you will:

- Support the development and implementation of a local business plan aligned with the approved strategy
- Lead and support the local team to implement new policies and processes to meet business needs.
- Proactively monitor internal and external risks, escalating where required
- Identify and escalate improvement opportunities for core business processes, performance monitoring and measurement, tools/systems/reports and resource utilization to support the business strategy.
- Establish clear accountability for direct reports and build a strong culture of individual accountability and performance in order to ensure delivery of business goals
- Promote excellence through the attraction, continual development and retention of high-quality workforce to create a sustained talent pipeline, and build people capability for the future (succession planning)

About you

With experience in the insurance industry, specifically within commercial underwriting you will demonstrate:

- Strong leadership and motivational ability
- Advanced administrative skills and a proven record of successful management
- Strong communication, influencing and negotiation skills
- High impact presentation
- Ability to think strategically
- Priority and time management

About QBE

QBE is an international insurer and reinsurer, listed on the Australian Securities Exchange and headquartered in Sydney. We employ more than 11,000 people, with a local presence in 27 countries.

We are driven by our purpose of enabling a more resilient future - helping those around us build strength and embrace change to their advantage.

We’ve been cultivating resilience since 1886, when our founders started a marine insurance company in Australia to give early pioneers a safeguard against uncertainty. Today, we’re still giving our customers confidence to explore, innovate and take measured risks, secure in the knowledge they’re covered by a strong insurer.

We work hard to build a culture that best supports our people, and not only represents our business, but the world around us. Find out more about QBE and why you should join us:
At My Best

We offer a range of benefits to help provide holistic support for your work life, whatever your circumstance. As a QBE employee, we will offer you:

- Hybrid Working - a mix of working in the office and at home to enhance your work/life balance
- The ability to maximise retirement savings through enhanced superannuation benefits
- Flexible leave options, including the ability to purchase additional annual leave
- Access to ‘Share the Care’ - 12 weeks’ gender-equal paid flexible leave for all new parents, including paid superannuation
- Access to ‘REACH My Best’ - free holistic wellbeing coaching, nutritional, financial and legal advice, and confidential counselling
- Our ‘At My Best’ wellbeing program, including a free 12-month subscription to meditation app Headspace
- Discounts on insurance products and a range of lifestyle goods and services.
- Life and total disability insurance

If you want to help build a more resilient future, for our customers and the community, we encourage you to APPLY NOW

Application Close Date: 20/06/2023 11:59 PM

How to Apply:
Equal Employment Opportunity:
QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.

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