SME Broker Development Specialist

SME Broker Development Specialist Salary £30.000-£40.000 (depending on location, skills, and experience) Are you someone who builds strong relationships with ease and knows how to turn conversations into opportunities? This could be a great step for someone with experience in group protection or intermediary sales who is ready to grow their career in a role focused on partnership, purpose, and performance. Whether you’ve worked as an account manager, in a broker support team, or in protection sales, if you enjoy influencing others and turning insight into impact, we’d love to hear from you. A bit about the job: This role sits at the heart of our SME Group Protection growth strategy. You’ll be supporting and growing broker relationships, helping advisers see the value of our offering, and driving new business opportunities. Working closely with sales leaders brokers in your designated panel, you’ll use warm leads and proactive outreach to grow engagement and build trust. Your success will help ensure we deliver on our promises and support the financial wellbeing of more businesses and their people. Skills and experience we’re looking for: Experience in broker relationship management, sales, or intermediary support Ability to negotiate effectively and spot opportunities to maximise value Telephone skills, with the ability to communicate effectively over the phone. Enthusiastic and willing to learn and adapt to Aviva SME broker strategy A solid understanding of online sales journeys and digital engagement tools Confident presenting to a range of audiences, both virtually and over the phone. Delivering sales pitches, both on the phone and virtual presentations. What you’ll get for this role: Our purpose - with you today, for a better tomorrow – is a promise we make to our colleagues too. And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you. We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague. Starting salary £30.000-£40.000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications) Bonus opportunity - 8% (C grade) of annual salary Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva. Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in. 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer leave Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools Take a look to learn more. Put a salary into this calculator to see what your total Aviva Reward could be. Aviva is for everyone: We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don’t, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares. We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working – spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues. To find out more about working at Aviva take a look here We interview every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. Once you’ve applied, please send us an email stating that you have a disclosed disability, and we’ll interview you. We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give send an email to kitti.majer@aviva.com . We help our 19.5 million customers to save for the future and manage the risks of everyday life. To give these customers the best possible products and service we know we must make Aviva the most attractive choice for talented, entrepreneurial people with diverse backgrounds and an evolving range of expertise and insight. So, we’re passionate about helping our 23,000 people to do the best work of their lives, to enable them to make a positive difference to the lives of our customers.