Volunteer vacancies

Volunteering is a great way for members and non-members to help develop the wider actuarial community. You will work with the IFoA to deliver our strategy and Royal Charter and help promote our values.

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Vacancies with a closing date

Now in its third phase of research, the Cashless Society Working Party is looking to recruit new volunteers to the group. No particular expertise or experience is necessary, but knowledge of payment systems would be helpful.

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We are seeking proactive and innovative volunteers to work in partnership with the IFoA executives to source content and encourage sponsorship of the conference.

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The Actuary magazine, the leading publication for the actuarial profession and owned by the IFoA, is seeking an enthusiastic member to join the editorial team as a Features Editor. If you’re a qualified actuary with relevant experience we’d love to hear from you.

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The Life Research Sub-committee is seeking to recruit new members, to help drive the development of actuarial practice in the life area.

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The IFoA is seeking to appoint both members and suitably experienced or qualified non-members to join this committee to support the IFoA’s active programme of risk management research.

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If you are a student or early career actuary with a keen interest in sustainability issues or desire to pursue a career within the profession’s sustainability practice area, you can make a difference by joining the IFoA Sustainability Early Careers Board.

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The IFoA’s Finance and Investment Board and Pension Board are seeking additional expressions of interest to support this ongoing working party. Lay members, including non-IFoA members, are also welcomed.

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The Life Research Sub-committee is looking for new members to join this member-led working party which looks at the advice gap in the UK insurance market.

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The Lifelong Learning Sub-committee (Life) is seeking new volunteers.

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The Pensions Lifelong Learning Sub-committee is seeking new volunteers.

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As a young professional, your input is invaluable to ensure members have the skills, qualifications, and support they need now and in the future. The Voice Group is an opportunity for you to share your views and insights and help shape the future of your profession.

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Ongoing vacancies

If you are a qualified member of the IFoA and are willing to have a conversation with other members around learning, development, and reflection, please consider joining the ‘appropriate person’ pool.

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The general insurance (GI) Asia International Working Party provides a forum for GI actuaries to explore local and international GI issues specifically impacting members in the Asia region. Proactive volunteers who have a passion for advancing the profession and the time to contribute are encouraged to get involved. There is no requirement to be located in the Asia region, but prospective members should be interested in working on Asia-specific projects.

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Are you passionate about reaching the next generation of actuaries? If so, we’d like to hear from you. The IFoA is looking for members at all levels to promote the actuarial career to bright young people in the UK.

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CPD co-ordinators play a key role in effective engagement between organisations who employ our members and the IFoA.

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The IFoA Natural Language Processing (NLP) Working Party is seeking to appoint enthusiastic members and a Deputy Chair to contribute to the advancement of NLP application in general insurance, life, health and care, pensions, finance and investments, risk management, or any other areas and wider fields.

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Members have told us that easy access to relevant, expert content and actuarial hot topics is important to them, so we are looking for a group of volunteers to help shape and curate content for IFoA communities. IFoA communities is our new digital community, created by members for members.

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Are you are a member of the IFoA and live or work near Tower Hamlets in London, Dorking in Surrey, or Radlett in Hertfordshire? If so, consider volunteering to share your enthusiasm and knowledge of finance and business with primary schools in these areas.

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The overarching objective of the Flood Working Party is to be a source of knowledge and expertise within the IFoA on matters relating to flood. The working party’s research has a strong UK focus.

If you have a passion for the subject and the time to contribute we would like to hear from you. In particular, an awareness of customer interaction with insurance and of public policy or capital and reserving expertise are sought, as this working party is comprised of a broad mix of skills.

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The Health and Care Research Sub-committee is seeking to recruit enthusiastic, proactive, and innovative volunteers with expertise in health insurance, health research, healthcare, or related fields to volunteer to join this sub-committee to help drive the development of actuarial practice and research in the health and care area.

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For all members of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA): volunteer to join the IFoA’s 400 Club and have an effective voice in shaping the future of your profession.

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This working party is particularly interested in volunteers with relevant experience, but is open to everyone with enthusiasm for the subject and time to commit. Applications are welcome from both members of the IFoA and non-members.

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The Pensions Consultations Sub-Committee of the IFoA’s Pensions Board is seeking to appoint a new member. The role would suit an experienced pensions actuary who:

  • is keen to be closely involved in responding to pensions industry consultations
  • has technical expertise in UK DB and/or DC occupational pensions
  • has an interest in broader social and regulatory policy

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We’re currently looking for experienced, qualified members of the IFoA to join the Professional Support Service to provide members with the benefit of their expertise.

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We support Founders4Schools, an award-winning charity that connects young people and their educators across the UK with a network of inspirational volunteer role models who share their career stories to better inform young people about the world of work.

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At IFoA we pride ourselves on working with organisations that employ our student members. It is vital that we get your feedback and work with you to support your (and our) students, so make sure you have a volunteer student employer contact registered with us.

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Would you like to get involved in sustainability and climate issues? Would you like to gain experience in a rapidly expanding area of expertise that is critical to a sustainable future?

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The working party aims to include a representative from each organisation that handles UK-based general insurance third-party data. While this is an individual volunteer appointment, the individual volunteers appointed to this working party are appointed to represent their organisation.

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Diversity and inclusion

We are committed to promoting diversity, equality of opportunity, and inclusion within all our vacancies and we actively encourage applications from a diverse range of potential candidates. Recognising and embracing the unique and diverse talents of our volunteers is fundamental to the success of our organisation.

Diversity, equity and inclusion

As an international, multicultural membership organisation, we recognise, value and embrace the benefits of diversity.
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