Telebusiness Associate

Who are we?

Howden is a collective - a group of talented and passionate people all around the world. Together, we have pushed the boundaries of insurance. We are united by a shared passion and no-limits mindset, and our strength lies in our ability to collaborate as a powerful international team comprised of 18,000 employees spanning over 100 countries.

People join Howden for many different reasons, but they stay for the same one: our culture. It’s what sets us apart, and the reason our employees have been turning down headhunters for years. Whatever your priorities - work / life balance, career progression, sustainability, volunteering - you’ll find like-minded people driving change at Howden.

Working for the Howden Employee Benefits & Wellbeing division, this is a fantastic and exciting new role in our Business Development Team, working as a Telebusiness Associate.

You’ll also be working closely with our marketing team, supporting them with campaigns and delivery of great content and advice for our clients and prospects.

Who are we looking for?

We’re looking for enthusiastic, driven telesales professionals who can deliver against targets and generate opportunities for new business. Who are able to demonstrate success in telesales, telemarketing or tele-research roles including setting appointments for field sales consultants.

Who can manage their own workload and pipeline of activities and opportunities and see them through to completion. We’re looking for somebody with commercial awareness and the ability to understand the changing needs of businesses priorities, and the people who work for our clients and prospects so that we can help them provide for their people.

Key responsibilities

The role supports Howden’s plans for business growth and expansion through building a genuine pipeline of prospective clients and accurate data. The job holder will focus on contacting prospects and managing the Customer Relationship Management database. The job holder will ensure that all activities are consistent with Company/Group policies.

Planning and Reporting:

- Manages own work priorities and activities in line with agreed business plans to ensure the achievement of personal and team objectives.
- Manages assigned projects and contributes to other project as required
- Provides relevant management information to the senior manager, as required

Technical:

- Works with data to create an accurate and valid new business pipeline, often linked to specific or targeted campaigns by telephone and/or e mail,
- Manage diaries and schedule meetings for Consultants
- Builds, checks and expands the client database and key contact information
- Undertakes research on behalf of their manager as required

Policy, Process and Procedures:

- Ensures prompt and accurate processing of data/information on relevant systems
- Maintains appropriate client files, and provides marketing information when requested by the client

Environment, Customer Focus and Relationships:

- Actively develops contacts and builds relationships in the market in order to secure new business and identify opportunities for the future.
- Builds and maintains strong relationships with internal stakeholders e.g. marketing, broking teams
- Attends external seminars, forums and events where necessary, to positively represent the company and increase own knowledge and understanding of client priorities, changing needs and market trends. The job holder will actively seek to understand the external professions/trades within which the role has contact in order to engender confidence from prospective clients and an openness to engage.
- Provides support and assistance to senior colleagues and/or their clients on request.
- Responds to the clients(both internal and external) requirements as appropriate
- Behaves with all clients (both internal and external) fairly and ethically
- Shares information that could be beneficial to the Operating Entity/Group

People Management/Personal Development:

- The job holder has no direct reports
- Actively undertakes personal development to ensure up to date knowledge and understanding of best practice
- Remains aware of external, industry, legal and regulatory developments etc. to ensure practice and outputs are of a sufficiently high standard
- Keeps informed of all legal and regulatory developments relevant to the Operating Entity/Group
- Regulatory and Compliance:_

The Board of each Operating Entity requires the highest standards of corporate governance, operational excellence and financial reporting throughout the Group from all its employees. Specific responsibilities are listed below.
- Ensures compliance of self and direct reports (if any) with all applicable legal, fiscal and regulatory obligations in the form of policies and procedures
- Ensures correct authorisation is obtained and processes followed when required by the Operating Entity and/or Group
- Ensures performance, HR and T&C records are up to date an