At Doctors of BC our vision is to promote a social, economic, and political climate in which members can provide the citizens of BC with the highest standard of health care, while achieving maximum professional satisfaction and fair economic reward.

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THE JOB: Insurance Advisor

The starting salary range falls within the minimum to mid-point of the salary range.

Starting Salary Range: $90,640- $113,300

Reporting to the Insurance Advisor Manager, the Insurance Advisor is responsible for analyzing physicians’ personal insurance needs and providing recommendations on a complete insurance portfolio that may include life, disability, critical illness, and accidental death & dismemberment insurance. The Advisor’s primary responsibility is to promote the Doctors of BC proprietary programs and to provide individual insurance solutions to enhance a member’s insurance portfolio. The Advisor will initiate marketing campaigns that will generate in-person, virtual, and telephone appointments with members. The Insurance Advisor will support marketing campaigns, conduct large group presentations and provide superior customer support to our members. Evening work and occasional weekend work are required. Occasional travel to Vancouver Island, other areas within BC or to the main office in Vancouver may be required.

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE

Relationship Building (A):

• Provides informal functional leadership of peers and lower levels as a technical expert and may lead small project working teams.
• Builds a common understanding of issues and priorities between client groups.
• Ability to set shared objectives necessary for obtaining feedback and assistance.
• Frame issues to present opportunities and difficulties.
• Maintains effective communication by sharing ideas, best practices, trends and exploring opportunities with client groups.
• Attends and maintains relationships with relevant formal and informal professional groups and organizations.

Change Advocate (I):

• Participates in change initiatives by implementing new directions and providing appropriate information and feedback. Offers ideas for improving work and team processes.
• Experiments with new approaches and improves productivity through trial and error.

Leading Self (A):

• Adapts approach without feeling that one's own agenda or outcomes have been compromised.
• Challenges inefficient/ ineffective work processes and offers constructive alternatives.
• Analyzes work errors, successes and failures.
• Sets learning strategies to rectify and increase knowledge.
• Ability to adapt to changing workload priorities, effectively re-prioritizing or deferring tasks in line with operational and strategic goals.

Organizational Awareness (A):

• Recognizes external factors and changing organizational goals that will affect current projects and successfully adjusts the team’s work efforts in accordance with these changes.
• Provides guidance to others on team-specific processes and terminology.
• Collaborates with other teams to establish consistent standards and processes in alignment with the organizational strategy.
• Analyses existing and evolving standards to improve the consistency of efforts across teams and the organization.
• Anticipates external trends that will impact teams within the organization or the organization as a whole and supports the planning process to address these changes.

Strategic Thinking (I):

• Occasionally works outside established practices and procedures as required to ensure effectiveness/efficiency.
• Applies prior knowledge, models, tools, and techniques to analyze and deeply understand issues and recognize connections, patterns, and trends.
• Determines the direction and develops short-term strategies for programs that are consistent with key organizational priorities and values.
• Understands the position of Doctors of BC in the larger world context, conveying a thorough understanding of the organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.

Doctors of BC Team Member: Approaches work with a collaborative spirit, recognizing we are better together. Embraces change, provides excellence in service and is accountable for their results and helping others achieve theirs. Does the right thing, not the easy thing. Speaks openly and honestly to tackle tough challenges and enrich relationships. Balances hard work with fun and is genuinely friendly and committed to others’ well-being.

WHAT YOU BRING

• A Bachelor’s or graduate degree and/or a recognized professional designation in a specialized field, and up to six years of progressive experience in a financial/insurance marketing or sales role; or having an equivalent level of related work experience in lieu of post-secondary education.
• Must be licensed to sell Life and Accident & Sickness insurance in BC and be in good standing with the Insurance Council of BC. CHS, GBA, CFP or CLU designations are an asset.
• Thorough product knowledge of individual life insurance and living benefits; able to present marketing concepts and solutions.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, as well as proven ability to develop clear and concise written documents and communication.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to collaborate significantly with peers and multiple stakeholder groups while accessing guidance only when critically required.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills, and a strong track record of balancing priorities and meeting multiple deadlines.
• Ability to conduct highly complex and highly specialized work activities associated with your client group and provide expert advice and solutions to achieve broader organizational results.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to work well independently and as part of a team.
• Demonstrated proficiency with MAC and PC based software, particularly Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Experience with CRM Salesforce is an asset.
• Valid driver’s license and car, along with willingness to travel within BC and to be flexible, accommodating evening meetings, overnight stays and home-based working.

Doctors of BC thanks all applicants; however, only those selected for an interview will be notified.

Doctors of BC recognize the pervasive and ongoing harms of colonialism faced by Indigenous peoples and that these harms include the widespread systemic racism against Indigenous peoples in BC's health system. Physicians have a significant role to play in addressing the health disparities that exist between Indigenous and non-Indigenous patients, and Doctors of BC is committed to continuing to advance reconciliation and address and eliminate racism in health care.

Doctors of BC celebrates diversity, challenges inequality and is committed to sustaining an inclusive and diverse community. We seek qualified applicants who share our commitments to equity, diversity and inclusion, and truth and reconciliation. We especially welcome applications from persistently and historically oppressed groups, including Indigenous (First Nations, Métis or Inuit) peoples, members of racialized communities, persons with disabilities, women, gender-diverse, and persons who identify as 2SLGBTQ+.

We acknowledge that the land Doctors of BC operates and supports physicians from is the traditional territories of the Coast Salish peoples including the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations whose historical relationship with the land continues today. For Doctors of BC, acknowledging the land is an expression of cultural humility that involves recognizing our commitment to support the provision of culturally safe care to First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people in BC.