Account Director Education

The Role

• Manage retain and grow a significant portfolio of Education clients in Victoria.

• Manage comprehensive insurance programs tailored to the sector covering risks such as:

  • Public & Products Liability for schools and campuses

  • Professional Indemnity for educators and training staff

  • Student Accident / Personal Injury

  • Cyber risk & data breach protection

  • Employment Practices Liability

  • Property & ISR for multi-building campuses

  • Travel (domestic & international student staff travel)

  • Special issues cover to meet safeguarding obligations

• Provide strategic risk advice aligned to sector specific obligations

• Lead and own the renewal strategy engagement with clients in Education in Victoria supported by national team support

• Manage and execute reporting to state clients including report issuing

• Conduct on site client visits

• Proactively engage with clients on emerging risks impacting the sector

• Identify opportunities to expand the Education portfolio through networks associations and sector relationships.

• Attend and represent the organisation at education industry events conferences and board briefings.

• Build deep trusted relationships with school boards business managers principals and risk teams.

• Lead tender responses and proposal development for large schools multi-campus networks in conjunction with National Education Lead for Victoria prospects.

• Work with National Education Lead to execute growth plans for the state.

• Lead and mentor Account Executive/s servicing Education clients.

• Set performance expectations conduct reviews and drive capability development.

• Provide technical coaching especially around complex Education sector risks

• Oversee workload allocation for Victoria Education service team

• Create a high-performance culture focused on service excellence and continuous improvement.

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The Requirements

• Minimum 7 to 10 years experience in insurance broking underwriting risk advisory or industry consulting.

• Demonstrated success managing a sizeable revenue portfolio

• Use of Technology to support client engagement

• Experience leading teams and developing broking professionals.
• A team player with ability to demonstrate credibility and gain trust

• Strong technical knowledge across product lines relevant to Education clients.

• Confidence engaging with senior education stakeholders (boards principals CFOs risk managers).

• Tier 1 Insurance Broking Qualification and a relevant qualification.

• Excellent technical skills in coverage and wording reviews

• Strong analytical capability and comfort with data-driven insights.

• Excellent communication writing and documentdevelopment skills.

• Prior experience working with Education sector clients preferred

• High attention to detail and commitment to quality.

At WTW we believe that a culture of inclusion and diversity is critical to our business. Its not a separate initiative rather its fundamental to everything we are an equal-opportunity employer who is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and embrace diversityincludinggender nationality disability age marital/parental status ethnicity gender identity and sexual orientation. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds.

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