Tuesday, May 14, 2024
COMPANY PROFILE:
Red River Mutual is a progressive insurance company with a focus on our customers and employees. We believe everyone has a right to feel safe and protected, and to know that someone is looking out for them. So, we treat our employees like family members – we’ll be honest with them, support them, offer a listening ear, admit when we’re wrong and be a positive force in their lives and in our communities.
LOCATION: Altona, Winnipeg, Remote
SCHEDULE: Full-Time
REPORTS TO: Farm Department Manager
PURPOSE OF POSITION:
The Farm Underwriting Supervisor leads a team of underwriters to underwrite all applications for insurance in accordance with company underwriting policies and procedures. A Supervisor is responsible for the day-to-day management and development of their team, which may include performance management, reviewing individual applications of insurance, evaluating the degree of risk involved and suggesting recommendations or rejection of the applications. As a Supervisor you will be required to develop high levels of subject matter expertise and provide strong leadership and direction to all members of your team.
KEY RESPONSIBILITY AREAS:
Leadership:
Team Player/
Work collaboratively with colleagues, actively contributes to task teams. Gather input, genuinely value others’ ideas and expertise; willing to learn from others. Support and act in accordance with group decisions. Work with others to resolve conflicts, by using problem solving and communication competencies.
Strong Communication Skills/Interpersonal Skills
Speak and write clearly and effectively. Listen to others, asks questions to clarify and demonstrates skills in dialogue. Tailors language, tone, style, and format to match the audience.
Understand the non-verbal cues during an interaction and adjust communications accordingly.
Respect Diversity
Understand it takes people with different ideas, strengths, interests, and cultural backgrounds to make our company succeed. We encourage healthy debate and differences of opinion.
Nurtures Growth
Committed to ongoing improvement of your own skills as well as your employees. Look for opportunities to coach/mentor your employees to produce the leaders of tomorrow.
Decision Making/Problem Solving/Critical Thinking
Identifies key issues in complex situations and comes to the heart of the problem quickly. Gathers relevant information, considers impact, makes decisions, and proposes course of action. Drive business results by using sound critical thinking skills and initiative to make it happen.
Motivate and Inspire People
Inspire and motivate others to be empowered by providing constructive feedback and mentorship, delegates responsibility, clarifies expectations, provides information, reviews work, and provides feedback. Shows appreciation for effort and achievement. Gives autonomy in important areas of their work and involves them when making decisions that affect them.
QUALIFICATION AND SKILLS:
We thank all applicants for their interest; however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Accommodation for applicants with disabilities is available upon request any time during the recruitment process. Our Accessible employment policies and practices are available on request and in accessible formats. Applicants with disabilities can request accessible formats of communication and/or request an alternative method of applying for a position by contacting humanresources@redrivermutual.com or 1-800-370-2888 (toll free).
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