Insurance Manager (661647)

Salary range:  £46,485 - £56,921

FTE:  1.0 (35 hours per week)

Term:  Open-ended

Closing date:  1 December 2024

The University of Strathclyde is seeking an Insurance Manager to act as the key University advisor and principal specialist on all insurance-related matters. The University is a large and complex organisation with a diverse range of insurable risks and this new role has been created in response to the growth in the scale and complexity of the University’s activities and changes in the external risk environment.

Responsibilities
Reporting to the Deputy Director of Finance for Financial Management and Reporting, you will be responsible for providing a professional insurance advisory service to all staff and students on wide-ranging insurance matters, including available cover, risk management and claims handling. You will manage the insurance portfolio and the University’s relationship with its insurers, covering all aspects of University business within the UK and worldwide.

Working closely with the Office of Chief Compliance Officer, you will regularly review and maintain policies always ensuring that appropriate coverage is in place to address the diverse range of institutional activities and risk profile. This role will involve regular communication with a wide range of external and internal stakeholders including our insurers, loss adjustors, third-party solicitors, the academic community and professional services colleagues.

Qualifications and Experience
You should be a member of the Chartered Insurance Institute, qualified to level 3 or above and have substantial experience in a claims or insurance programme management environment, working with an insurance company, commercial broker, or in a similar corporate, Higher Education, or Public Sector insurance management role.

The successful candidate should be a flexible individual who uses their initiative and will be expected to embrace all aspects of the role and adapt insurance cover, policies and procedures to meet continuing business changes. Knowledge of the Higher Education sector would be desirable but is not essential. Enthusiasm, commitment, and strong collaborative interpersonal skills coupled with a high level of problem-solving and decision-making will make the role a success.

Why Strathclyde?
Strathclyde is a multi-award-winning university. We’re delighted to be the only University to have won the Times Higher Education University of the Year award twice (2012 and 2019). Over the years we've been recognised across a variety of categories at the Times Higher Education awards. These include the coveted Business School of the Year and Workplace of the Year.

We are a values-led organisation. In all we do, Strathclyde is committed to putting our people first – students, staff and partners – and to ensuring that our University is a place of belonging and wellbeing where individual and collective successes are achieved through the support provided for one another.

As a great place to work, we strive to attract, hire, and retain top talent and provide a wide range of appealing benefits to acknowledge our outstanding staff contributions, including financial rewards, family-friendly benefits, flexible work options, wellbeing support and career development opportunities.

We understand that each staff member has unique priorities and lifestyles, so our diverse benefits are designed to suit everyone.

Interviews are scheduled to take place on 10 December 2024.

For informal enquiries, please contact Tim Faehnrich, Deputy Director of Finance at tim.r.faehnrich@strath.ac.uk