Health and Benefits Risk Consultant

Description

Join our Health & Benefits Team as a Risk Benefits Consultant in our London office, working in a flexible hybrid model. If you're passionate about helping organisations build healthier, more resilient workforces, we have an exciting opportunity to join our Large Corporate Risk Benefits team, where you’ll play a key role in supporting clients across all aspects of workforce health management.

In this role, you will provide expert consulting services—advising clients on risk and health-related insurances and helping them implement effective solutions that support employee wellbeing. Your work will directly influence how organisations protect, manage, and enhance the health of their people.

You’ll be part of a dynamic team responsible for the full spectrum of group insurance services. This includes market broking, renewals, day-to-day administration, and strategic consulting. You will also support clients with underwriting, funding models, benefits, scheme governance, absence management and wellbeing services.

If you're seeking a role with purpose, impact, and variety, this is your opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the world of employee health and benefits. Please note we are looking for the successful candidate to start from January 2027.

The Role:

To work with WTW consultants and its clients on the provision and selection of risk and related insurances.

• Provide strategic consultative advice to clients around the design, delivery and ongoing management of their benefit programmes, working with other consultants within the Risk Team, Health & Benefits and wider WTW business.

• Proactively update own knowledge of economic, legislative and regulatory changes through news briefs/publications, industry bodies and networking. Applying this knowledge to day-to-day work.

• Liaise with and manage providers for own client base using negotiation and influencing skills as appropriate.

• Servicing, consulting with and retaining existing clients with an exceptional level of service and credibility.

• Plan and organise renewals.

• Design and redesign of benefits.

• Assist with re-broking exercises, analysis and verification of providers' contract terms.

• Deal with queries from clients.

• Maintain quality control procedures.

• Development of other colleagues’ technical knowledge and experience of the risk market, including market developments and best practice.

Qualifications

The Requirements:

• Comprehensive and up-to-date technical knowledge and practical experience in the areas of Employee Benefits.

• Excellent knowledge of the group risk market (ideally supported by GR1 qualification), with experience of healthcare (ideally supported by IF7 qualification) being seen as advantageous, but not essential.

• Consulting experience within employee benefits risk market.

• Good standard of written and oral communication.

• The ability to work with minimum supervision and within cross-disciplinary teams.

• Computer literacy of Microsoft Office software, in particular Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

• Able to learn quickly, use own initiative, manage and organise own workload effectively.

• Able to work quickly, but accurately in a professional environment.

• An understanding and appreciation of broader employee health issues would be an advantage, as would experience of wellbeing and technology platforms, all of which are key aspects to future progression.

What we offer

Enjoy a benefits package designed to help you thrive, both professionally and personally. You'll receive 25 days of annual leave plus an extra WTW day to relax and recharge. Our comprehensive health and wellbeing offering includes private healthcare, life insurance, group income protection, and regular health assessments, all giving you peace of mind. Secure your future with our defined contribution pension scheme, featuring matched contributions up to 10% from the company.

We support your growth and balance with hybrid working options, access to an employee assistance programme, and a fully paid volunteer day to make a difference in your community. On top of these, you can opt into a variety of additional perks including an electric vehicle car scheme, share scheme, cycle-to-work programme, dental and optical cover, critical illness protection, and much more. Start making the most of your career and wellbeing with a range of benefits tailored for you.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We’re committed to equal employment opportunity and provide application, interview and workplace adjustments and accommodations to all applicants. If you foresee any barriers, from the application process through to joining WTW, please email candidate.helpdesk@wtwco.com