At the IFoA we pride ourselves on being a great place to work. On this page you can find our vacancies, values, benefits, and colleague proposition.
Our employees work in a wide variety of roles including education, policy, and communications. We are an ethical, inclusive organisation where colleagues’ wellbeing is a priority.
We are recruiting for the role of:
The IFoA has approved a series of measures to strengthen and modernise its governance. The changes reflect governance best practice and support the IFoA’s ambition to be a leading professional body, as well as promoting accountability and diversity globally. As a result, the existing Management Board will be reconstituted as a new unitary Board with an independent Chair. Positions for Board Members are advertised below.
Recruiting the right people is essential to the success of the IFoA. Our values are important to us and at the heart of everything we do.
At the IFoA, we are:
IFoA employees enjoy a competitive financial package and a great suite of benefits. These include a generous pension scheme, agile working, and support for personal and professional development with funded training and studying opportunities.
Our excellent benefits include:
We value learning and development and have a structured performance development process. This captures key objectives and addresses individual development needs and aspirations as well as short and long-term career development ambitions.
We recognise that agile working has many benefits and will support agile working requests wherever we can.
“The IFoA has the integrity of the public sector and the dynamism of the private sector. It’s a progressive and forward-looking business where you can make a meaningful contribution and boost your career.” – Cargill Sanderson, Regulatory Policy Executive, General Counsel
We recognise that the ability to achieve our organisational objectives depends on the physical and mental wellbeing of our employees. Workplace wellbeing includes the physical and cultural environment of the organisation as well as policies, practices and procedures that guide our work.
We strive to provide a workplace environment that values and enhances the physical and mental health and wellbeing of our employees. We achieve this through our:
It is important to us that our employees have a voice and a way to raise any issues, concerns or matters of interest with our Executive Leadership Team. For this purpose, we have an elected representative body called ‘Employee Forum’. It draws members from across the organisation who then meet on a regular basis to share and discuss issues raised by IFoA employees.
“At the IFoA there is a great sense of community among colleagues as you are working towards the same goal: to create the best experience for our members.” – Siân Aplin, Team Administrator, Education Partnerships and Lifelong Learning
We are committed to promoting diversity and inclusion in all our policies, practices, and procedures. This applies to all of the IFoA’s professional dealings with its employees, members, volunteers, and third parties. Recognising and embracing the unique and diverse talents of our workforce, members, and volunteers is fundamental to the success of our organisation.
Due to employee numbers, the IFoA is not required to report on our gender pay gap. But we are committed to ensuring the diversity, equity, and inclusion of our colleagues and members, and we’re using this data to form part of our plan in this area.
Find out more on our diversity, equity, and inclusion page.
Please email the HR Team if you require:
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You can reach us at HRsupport@actuaries.org.uk.
If you have any questions for the HR Team, please email us.
We aim to respond to all initial enquiries within 3 working days.