"Employee Benefits Consultant" / "Group Risk & Healthcare Consultant"

Tunstall, Kent - hybrid after probation. 3 days office Tuesday to Thursday

Competitive salary Excellent Benefits

PMI, Dental, Life Assurance, 6 monthly discretionary bonus.

20 days a/l with one additional day per year up to 25 days.

Paid study support of GR1 or CII qualification.

Full-time | Permanent

Are you an experienced "Employee Benefits" professional from a consultancy or brokerage background, looking for your next challenge? We’re working with a highly respected firm that is expanding its specialist team and is seeking a proactive "Group Risk & Healthcare Consultant" with a solid background in:

• Group risk benefits (e.g., life assurance, income protection, critical illness)
• Healthcare insurance (private medical, dental, cash plans)
• Broader corporate benefits strategy and scheme administration

Please note: This role is not within HR. We’re looking for candidates with a background in employee benefits consulting, broking, or provider-side delivery - not internal HR benefits administration.

What the role will entail, but is not limited to -

• Market review exercises for Group Risk and Healthcare policies:

• Liaise with clients to gather relevant information.
• Request terms from market & existing providers
• Analyse the market feedback
• Produce a report and recommendation to clients
• Instruct insurers to proceed – including relevant completion of forms etc.

• Process annual accounts for scheme renewals:

• Check and issue accounts to employers for payment

• Support clients with queries on their schemes or potential schemes:

• Answer member questions, whether written or verbal.
• Answer employer questions, whether written or verbal.
• Have a good working knowledge of the issues and hot topics in the Group Risk & Healthcare sector.
• Liaise with providers to ensure we have the most relevant information on their overall proposition
• Communicate with existing and former clients, providers and advisers via e-mail, letter and phone.
• Obtain, check and issue invoices (PMI, GLA, GIP, Cash Plan & Dental).
• Save the invoices to the company file.
• Update individual EE premiums on internal DB.
• Issue invoice to employer.

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2 stage interview - Teams and face to face