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Sales Consultant

  1. Cardiff
  2. Full-time
  3. Sales

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Company Description

Life can sometimes be unpredictable, and it pays to plan ahead. Our aim at Legal & General Retail is to help our customers plan for the unexpected, achieve financial security for their tomorrow, and protect everything that’s important to them. To better understand our customers and meet their needs, we’ve brought our protection, retirement income, savings, lending and advice, fintech and mortgage businesses under one umbrella. Created at the start of 2022 through the merging of our long-standing and trusted retail retirement and insurance businesses, we’re a fast-growing division with big, customer-centred ambitions.


Job Description

Do you thrive when working towards targets? Are you motivated by the opportunity to earn monthly bonus? Are you looking for a hybrid role where you’ll work 3 days from home and 2 days in our Cardiff office? If so, come and join us!  

We are recruiting for Sales Consultants here in our Life Insurance team in Cardiff! We work on a shift basis 8.30am - 8pm Monday - Friday and 9-1 on Saturdays (1 in 3 rotation).  

Our excellent monthly bonus scheme* means you could earn up to an additional £800 per month on top of your base salary of £22,500.  

We love working at Legal and General and know you will too. Here are some of the amazing benefits our colleagues get:  

  • *Monthly performance related bonus (discretionary and based on performance metrics) 
  • 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, 26 days after 2 years’ service. You can also buy and sell holiday.  
  • We give colleagues a 5% company pension contribution, plus match up to a further 5% of your personal contribution.  
  • Life assurance x8 of your annual salary.  
  • Free individual private medical insurance. You can also add your dependants on for a small cost.  
  • Recommend L&G as a great place to work and earn £500-£3500 if someone you know joins us.  
  • A variety of company share schemes, discounts at a huge range of high street stores and on our own products.  
  • We have announced that our Cardiff office will move to Cardiff Central Square in 2023. We are completing a £400m regeneration project, the largest privately funded development in Wales. This move will see our people placed at the beating heart of the incredible £400m investment we're making in the city, and its long-term future.  

What you'll be doing:

  • You’ll be working in our Life Insurance Direct Sales team taking incoming calls from customers looking life protection quotes. They come through to us via our policy review team or referrals from third party referrer (as part of their loan offering, the customer must have life insurance).  
  • You’ll complete a full medical application via phone, covering health and lifestyle, hobbies, family history etc.  This will generate a life insurance quote- the objective is to turn that into a sale.   
  • You’ll provide customers with a first-class experience during every interaction.  
  • Offering support and feedback to other colleagues, contributing to a highly motivated, straightforward, and collaborative culture.  
  • For our most vulnerable customers, you’ll ensure you consider their circumstances and needs and take additional steps to support them through their interactions with Legal & General. 

What we're looking for:

  • The skills below are really important to us. Rest be assured, we will show you the L&G way. You’ll be in our office based induction for a couple of weeks so, you’ll have the tools you need before you start helping our customers and clients.  
  • People who love helping people! People who are straightforward, ambitious, authentic, collaborative, and purposeful.  
  • Self-motivated and target driven people.  
  • Strong communication skills and passion to support customers, whatever their personal circumstances.   
  • Confidence in using a desktop or laptop and experienced in using MS Office. 

Qualifications

  • The skills below are really important to us. Rest be assured, we will show you the L&G way. You’ll be in our office based induction for a couple of weeks so, you’ll have the tools you need before you start helping our customers and clients.  
  • People who love helping people! People who are straightforward, ambitious, authentic, collaborative, and purposeful.  
  • Self-motivated and target driven people.  
  • Strong communication skills and passion to support customers, whatever their personal circumstances.   
  • Confidence in using a desktop or laptop and experienced in using MS Office. 

Additional Information

The brand with the brolly is choosing today to change tomorrow.

Since 1836, we’ve grown to become one of the world's largest asset managers, homebuilders, pension providers and insurance brands. 

We’re all here to improve the lives of our customers, build a better society for the long term, and create value for our shareholders - helping to shape a better future for society and the planet.

We need people who share our ambitions, agility and entrepreneurial spirit to help us do it.

At L&G, you’ll find a balance that helps you be your best. Empowered by hybrid working, we’re supported by technology and workplaces that enable us to work effectively wherever we are. We come together in offices to collaborate and connect, and use time at home for individual, focused activities. And, when we achieve great things, we celebrate our success and reward strong performance.

Today, there’s over 10,000 of us, working towards our mission, with plenty of opportunities to grow your career as we grow L&G. Will you join us?

Great minds don’t have to think alike, so we welcome voices from all backgrounds. Bringing together people with different life experiences helps us build empathy with our customers and drive innovation.

We don’t just talk about it, we actively promote diversity and equitable opportunities for all. That means our employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or protected veteran status. In fact, we embrace every dimension of diversity to reflect the customers and communities we serve.

We think it’s important to create an inclusive environment where we can all belong, contribute and drive progress, where you can develop and grow, and be empowered. We want you to use your voice to help us build a better tomorrow.

We all work differently, and have different needs, which is why. we’re always open to discussing flexible working arrangements. Likewise, we’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with specific needs during our recruiting process.

So whoever you are, wherever you are, whatever your story, we'd love to hear from you.

The brand with the brolly is choosing today to change tomorrow.

Since 1836, we’ve grown to become one of the world's largest asset managers, homebuilders, pension providers and insurance brands. 

We’re all here to improve the lives of our customers, build a better society for the long term, and create value for our shareholders - helping to shape a better future for society and the planet.

We need people who share our ambitions, agility and entrepreneurial spirit to help us do it.

At L&G, you’ll find a balance that helps you be your best. Empowered by hybrid working, we’re supported by technology and workplaces that enable us to work effectively wherever we are. We come together in offices to collaborate and connect, and use time at home for individual, focused activities. And, when we achieve great things, we celebrate our success and reward strong performance.

Today, there’s over 10,000 of us, working towards our mission, with plenty of opportunities to grow your career as we grow L&G. Will you join us?

Great minds don’t have to think alike, so we welcome voices from all backgrounds. Bringing together people with different life experiences helps us build empathy with our customers and drive innovation.

We don’t just talk about it, we actively promote diversity and equitable opportunities for all. That means our employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or protected veteran status. In fact, we embrace every dimension of diversity to reflect the customers and communities we serve.

We think it’s important to create an inclusive environment where we can all belong, contribute and drive progress, where you can develop and grow, and be empowered. We want you to use your voice to help us build a better tomorrow.

We all work differently, and have different needs, which is why. we’re always open to discussing flexible working arrangements. Likewise, we’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with specific needs during our recruiting process.

So whoever you are, wherever you are, whatever your story, we'd love to hear from you.

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