Schemes Specialist (Development Role)

Overview

This is a developmental position for an experienced insurance professional who wants variety, responsibility, and progression. It is not a senior schemes leadership role. This is not a scheme design or underwriting role. You will be focusing on ensuring existing schemes run effectively, deliver agreed service levels, and are used correctly across the business.

Responsibilities

• You will be working on niche education and charity schemes, acting as the central link between insurer partners, internal trading teams, and scheme governance.
• Day to day, you will manage insurer relationships, monitor performance, and resolve issues quickly.
• You will influence internal teams to ensure schemes are used correctly and provide light technical input where needed, such as liaising on underwriting referrals and delegated authority schemes.
• The schemes you will manage include independent schools, universities and colleges, student accommodation providers and unions, language schools, group travel and contents schemes, and charity insurance schemes.

Qualifications & Experience

• Five to ten years of insurance experience with a strong understanding of how insurers and brokers operate.
• Proactive, confident, and comfortable influencing internal teams and challenging poor service.
• Ideal backgrounds include early-career underwriters seeking broader exposure, brokers with delegated authority experience, or relationship managers with insurance knowledge.

Working Arrangements & Progression

This is a hands-on role with strong training and support, hybrid working with two to three days per week in our Cheltenham office, and long-term progression potential.