Direct Life in Chichester

Direct Life is a leading life insurance outsource and technology supplier, based in the centre of Chichester, opposite New Look in East Street. We provide systems and services for financial advisers across the UK, enabling them to sell life insurance and similar products to their clients. It sounds dull, but it’s not – we promise!

We are looking for a confident individual to join our intermediary sales team. This role is predominantly telephone based and will involve speaking to both new and existing users to generate new business opportunities and maximise transactions from our current user base.

Your role would involve:

• Contacting, fact-finding and introducing advisers to the services that can be provided by the Company
• Arranging appointments for the external sales team
• Working alongside the Business Development Managers to target firms and networks
• Following up with individual advisers after external visits and events
• Running webinars and system demos to train advisers.

The preferred working pattern is:

• 37.5 hours per week
• Monday to Friday 9 am to 5.30 pm
• However, some variation on this working pattern would be considered.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Previous experience in the financial services (desirable, although not essential)
• Proven experience in a sales/customer service role
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Outstanding negotiating skills, with the ability to persuade and resolve issues
• Ability to learn about the Company’s products and services, and describe and explain them.

If you have answered yes to all the above, we would love to hear from you!

Our benefits:

• Generous holiday entitlement (including all the bank holidays)
• Life Insurance
• Private Medical Insurance
• Birthday day off
• Perkbox (discount portal including freebies)
• Pension Scheme
• Eye Care Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Social and fundraising events.

Application closing date: Friday 11 December 2020.

Interviews to be held w/c: Monday 14 December 2020.

Apply via Direct Life’s Careers Page: https://www.alljobspro.com/direct-life-jobs/careers

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