Risk Adviser, Insurable Risk Advisory

Location: Melbourne | CBD

Job type: Full time / 12 months

Organisation: Victorian Managed Insurance Authority

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Risk Management

Reference: VG/1658525

As the Risk Adviser, you will be vital to the delivery of providing end to end insurable risk advice that supports clients to reduce the likelihood and consequence of insurable events, provide insights into leading practice insurable risk management, and deliver a suite of harm prevention programs.

**Risk Adviser, Insurable Risk Advisory, Risk Services, Max Term 12 months x 2 vacancies**

**About VMIA**

Victorian Managed Insurance Authority (VMIA) is the Victorian Government's insurer and risk adviser, covering the people and projects that help Victorians thrive. We're an agency in the Department of Treasury and Finance portfolio established under the Victorian Managed Insurance Authority Act, and report to the Assistant Treasurer.

We provide insurance and risk advice to government departments and agencies, with more than 4,600 clients ranging from small community service organisations to public hospitals, schools, and core service providers. We also provide domestic building insurance to builders, giving Victorian homeowners peace of mind for building projects valued over $16,000.

We help our clients prepare for, prevent, or reduce the impact of harm. When things don't go to plan, we help clients restore services and recover quickly.

Our unique perspective across Victorian Government clients provides an opportunity for learning and development across the risk and insurance industry as well as the broader public sector, creating deeper connections with our clients, and a shared understanding of best practice in our fields of expertise.

People are at the heart of everything we do. At VMIA, you'll be encouraged to achieve your career goals in a progressive and flexible workplace that, most importantly lets you be yourself.

**Your role**

This role sits in our Insurable Risk Advisory team. The team provides insurable risk advice to all our client segments and seeks to ensure that these clients have optimal risk transfer arrangements and are working towards reducing their insurable risk exposure. The team also delivers harm prevention programs to reduce the risk of harm and cost of claims.

As the Risk Adviser, you will be vital to the delivery of providing end to end insurable risk advice that supports clients to reduce the likelihood and consequence of insurable events, provide insights into leading practice insurable risk management, and deliver a suite of harm prevention programs.

Your key focus will be embedded in developing trusted partnerships with VMIA's clients and deliver products and services in accordance with agreed service plans.

You work closely with the State-wide and Enterprise Risk Advisory teams, to deliver integrated risk and insurance advice to clients that also encompasses risks which are state-significant or require a State-wide approach.

You will become part of the Risk Services Division and a talented team of people who are passionate about doing work contributing towards a more confident and resilient Victoria.

This role will report to the Manager, Insurable Risk Advisory.

The portfolios that you will work with include the portfolios include Department of Treasury and Finance, Department of Justice, and Community Safety, Department of Premier and Cabinet, Department of Transport and Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning.

**How you'll make an impact**
- Develop trusted relationships and deliver strategic advisory services to clients.
- Identify new ways to connect clients to VMIA's wealth of expertise.
- Provide relationship management support to our agency clients - facilitating teams across VMIA to develop client service plans and reporting on progress.
- Deliver an end-to-end insurable risk advisory service, from needs analysis to insurance placement and helping our clients reduce the likelihood and consequences of insurable events.
- Provide a suite of transactional insurance services to support the ongoing maintenance of cover for clients - including enquiries, renewal, ministerial directions, machinery of government changes, new policies, endorsements, debt management and general support services.
- Adhere to a quality assurance process for insurable risk services.
- Actively monitor client feedback via formal and informal channels, and continually improve services.

**Who you work with**
- You work across all our client segments and regularly communicate and consult with your peers in the Risk Services and Insurance Divisions to inform trends, market needs, changes, and new opportunities for clients.
- You are the lead client relationship manager for agency clients and facilitate your peers across the organisation to develop client service plans and maintain a comprehensive view of all aspects of our agency clients' needs.
- You work with other teams to desi