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Indulge your passion for problem-solving and embrace the thrill of addressing risk head-on at Gallagher's global brokerage team. Join a family of diverse minds, united by a relentless pursuit of excellence. As part of our team, you'll be the architect of protection, safeguarding businesses and empowering their ambitions. Together, we'll build a legacy of trust and triumph in the dynamic world of risk management.

We believe that every candidate brings something special to the table, including you! So, even if you feel that you’re close but not an exact match, we encourage you to apply.

Gallagher is currently recruiting for a Broking Placement Manager to join our PSE & Housing division.

In this role, you will be responsible for implementing Gallagher's placement strategy for new and existing business. Your main focus will be on building strong relationships with underwriters and carriers in the market, in order to negotiate the most favourable terms.

As part of our PSE & Housing Broking team, you will play a crucial role in supporting the business and ensuring excellent market relationships are established and maintained.

You must be willing to travel to our London & Chelmsford offices.

• As Broker Placement Manager, you will help advise and coordinate broking strategy with account handlers and account executives, as well as leading negotiations with insurers to secure placement solutions which enable us to both win and retain clients.
• Work with our new business producers to best position our prospective opportunities with insurers, improving our success rate by enhancing our market position tactically.
• Working with and supporting the Broking Director. Establishing and cultivating insurer relationships within the region and evaluating their performance and service delivery.
• Engage with insurers to help manage identified pipeline opportunities for them.
• Build a network of internal and external contacts through effective relationship management.
• Act as a conduit for feedback to furnish your division with relevant market insight and help manage insurer service issues where necessary. Reporting through the l Broking Director.
• Ability to travel within region to increase the visibility of the placement team within the PSE & Housing business.

• Previous experience as a Placement Broker is desirable.
• Experienced in Property, Liability and Fleet insurance packages.
• Happy to consider a new business focused Account handler/Broker/Underwriter with relevant experience.
• Holding or working towards one of the Chartered Insurance Institute Qualifications: Cert CII/Dip CII is desirable as is being educated to GCSE standard or equivalent.
• Worked to targets within a regulated, measurable framework and achieved SLA’s.
• Risk aware in handling customer information. Able to recognise potential risk and seek advice when required.
• Highly accurate with a strong attention to detail.
• Proficient in Acturis.
• Eligible to work in the UK.

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

Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

• Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to ‘buy’ extra days
• Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to
• Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10x
• Income protection, we’ll cover up to 50% of your 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, tax effective, stock purchase plan
• Critical illness cover
• Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally
• Season ticket loan
• Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase
• Emergency back-up family care
• And many more…

We value inclusion and diversity

Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organisation. 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 have pledged to make sure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, in addition to supporting our existing employees with any long-term health conditions or disabilities.

We understand that applicants may have disabilities, if you do, you may find some parts of the recruitment process more challenging than others. Don’t worry, we’re here to help, however, we can only do this if you let us know.

Should you require reasonable adjustments to your application, please get in touch with . If you’d prefer to speak on the phone, please request a call back, leaving details, so we get in touch.

Our employing entity, Arthur J. Gallagher Services (UK) Limited, is proud to be accredited as a Living Wage employer with the Living Wage Foundation. We are committed to diversity and opportunity for all and are opposed to any form of less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender or gender identity, marital status, civil partnership status, parental status, race, ethnicity, colour, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion/ belief, age and those with caring responsibilities.

Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as “protected characteristics”) by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.

Job ref: 26N/PLEN Job type: Temporary Location: NI - Antrim Closing date: Friday 14 Nov :59 Job summary Engineering Placement Opportunities - 26N/PLEN At Randox we are offering exciting opportunities for enthusiastic, self-motivated Engineers to obtain a placement with an innovative and rapidly growing company. Placements offered by Randox are specifically designed to release the potential of high-quality candidates and provide them with the opportunities to make a difference to our business, our customers and gain experience needed to pursue a career in their chosen fields. Our multi-disciplined engineering project teams take end-to-end ownership of design projects to bring our revolutionary diagnostic testing products to market. Using state of the art technologies you will be a key member of the team from day one, learning at each step of the process whilst having the opportunity to share your thoughts and ideas. Duties: Research and development of components, systems and processes Requirements and specification generation Conceptual and detail design Prototyping and system building Systems integration Design documentation and reporting Evaluation and validation test planning, operation and reporting Ensuring adherence with regulatory bodies and compliance requirements (FDA, CE, UL) FMEA and risk management Engineering Roles: We have a diverse range of engineering groups including: Mechanical Mechatronic Biomedical / Bioengineering Electrical and Electronic Embedded /Software Chemical The Candidate Studying an Engineering degree with year in industry A strong academic record to date A high level of business acumen A positive attitude with the drive and work ethic to meet deadlines / targets Initiative and the ability to work as part of a team Excellent communication and presentation skills (both written and oral) Excellent time management and organisational skills Proficient in Microsoft Windows and office packages About Randox: Randox Laboratories continues to develop disruptive innovations in Diagnostics and Healthcare globally. We are proud to have been named the Number 1 company in Northern Ireland for the second consecutive year in the Belfast Telegraph Top 100 Companies List for 2024. Our staff are at the heart of everything we do and achieve. Randox Laboratories is passionate about improving global health and saving lives through the development of innovative and pioneering products. Through our commitment and the skill of our people we have grown to be a world leader in diagnostics for clinical healthcare, toxicology, food security and providing quality solutions to over 145 countries. To serve our growing international markets, we require high calibre applicants with scientific, engineering, software and broader business skills - including sales, marketing, logistics, finance and many more. Central to the Randox ethos is our drive to improve healthcare worldwide and every one of our staff plays a vital role in this aim. Randox Laboratories Limited is an Equal Opportunities Employer To be considered for this role you will be redirected to and must complete the application process on our careers page. To start the process, click the Apply button below to Login/Register

Connect2Luton are excited to recruit a Care Placement Coordinator on behalf of Luton Borough Council.

Main purpose of position:

The post holder will develop and maintain information on providers and source care packages to meet assessed needs, including completing contracts and all associated financial and administrative tasks. The role will involve engagement with service users and their families/carers, social care and health professionals and a wide range of providers, and contribute to the management of relationships between care managers, commissioners and providers. The post has a key role in enabling people to have genuine choice and control and to find creative and innovative solutions to enable people to continue to participate as active citizens in the community and secure those solutions through placement finding.

Ways of working are described in further detail in the departments' standards operating policies and procedures, with specific roles, responsibilities and objectives in any given year described in annual commissioning intentions and business plan supported with agreed personal development plan which forms part of the PPA process.

As a Care Placement Coordinator , you will be responsible to:

Promote personalised care pathways ensuring choice and control for all eligible individuals within appropriate legal frameworks. Manage placement finding including short-term, respite and long-term residential/nursing care, supported living, and domiciliary/home care. Liaise with care managers, re-ablement team, providers and customers to achieve value for money and meet efficiency outcomes

Maintain good working relationships with other professionals whilst challenging the decisions of other statutory agencies and providers. Act as the interface between customers, care managers, commissioners and service provider's exercise of a high level of judgement and have responsibility for the safety of service users, working to very demanding time scales in care arranging.

Adjust care arrangements to meet service users and carers needs where appropriate resolving individual problems on a day-to-day basis, and maintaining/updating records. Provide advice and support to colleagues and partners with regard to the availability of resources to meet identified needs.

Working with the Care Placement Manager to maintain a resource to capture information about placement options and service providers. Provide information, support and assistance in relation to management of support plans to users, families and professionals, including costs of support services such as advocacy, independent brokerage, and community based preventative services and ensure that information is shared where necessary and in accordance with legal requirements. Produce accurate costing and information for commissioning and operational staff.

Contribute to safeguarding planning to respond to identified risks of abuse and support and contribute to adult safeguarding investigations where appropriate. Contribute to and co-operate with any multi agency audits and Serious Case Reviews required by the Safeguarding Board.

Provide information to managers and commissioners on placement activity and on changes in service preferences made by individuals purchasing services with their Personal Budget and gaps in current services, to inform future community planning and commissioning strategies. Report information on the sustainability of care providers drawn from placement activity.

Carry out other tasks as requested by your Manager and provide duty cover as required to ensure availability of staff to provide placements and services at all times.

Skills and Experience:

• Experience of negotiating where appropriate when sourcing care packages for commissioned services including developing, managing and maintaining systems relating to purchasing care, and maintaining records
• Experience of the customer interface environment and demonstrable commitment to customer satisfaction including knowledge of different adult social care client groups, including experience of collaborative, partnership and inter-agency working
• Able to manage placement of care packages (methodical use of procedures, liaising with social care and health professionals, managers, providers and customers) including ability to determine which short term changes can be made to packages and which require a review
• Effective interpersonal, presentation, facilitation skills and ability to influence and persuade others and to deliver results
• Able to maintain high quality records, write clear, concise reports being self-sufficient in the use of Word, Excel, Power Point, Database Creation and Internet research. This will involve using Council computer database and case recording systems
• Able to work under pressure and set and maintain the highest standards of personal, professional and ethical behaviour and gain the trust and respect of others
• Ability to build trust and confidence with providers and colleagues acting with sensitivity, persuasiveness, negotiation and assertiveness to communicate with diverse audiences in emotive circumstances
• A basic understanding of relevant legislation and regulation and how to interpret this in a context including: Personalisation, Eligibility criteria,Safeguarding & MCA DoLS, CQC Care Standards
• NVQ Level 3 Health & Social Care or equivalent qualification or equivalent experience
• Evidence of continuous professional development
• Able to attend site visits/meetings throughout the Borough and local region
• Able to occasionally work outside office hours as determined by the needs of the service

About Us

Luton Borough Council have partnered with Kent County Council to create Connect2Luton, a recruitment managed service for all contingent temporary agency, contract, and interim roles at the Council.

Our heritage and being local government owned which means we have a wealth of knowledge and expertise within the public sector, with many of our employees having previously worked for the Council or have supplied previously into the Council, for several years.

We are an equal opportunities employment agency and business that positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.

Connect2Luton is a trading style of Luton & Kent Commercial Services LLP - A joint venture between Luton Borough Council & Commercial Services Kent Ltd. Connect2Luton is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business. It positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.