About the role

  • Leads Financial Adviser community at Eight in Whiteley. Focuses on recruitment, training, and performance management to drive growth.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the Financial Adviser community of Eight.
  • Support recruitment, selection, and onboarding of new advisers.
  • Develop and support advisers’ capabilities and performance.
  • Retain talent through engagement, feedback, and support.
  • Align adviser support with wider business growth objectives.
  • Build relationships with key stakeholders to foster adviser growth and development.
  • Manage budgets responsibly with the Head of Business Growth.

Requirements

  • Strong analytical and decision-making skills underpinned by informed sound judgement.
  • Able to build excellent rapport and relationship building skills that enable impact and influence both Eight and wider SJP.
  • Sound knowledge of Financial Advisory skills.
  • Ability to organise time and workload, work under pressure and meet deadlines.
  • Have an in depth understanding and appreciation for good client outcomes and have service orientated approach.
  • Ability to identify skills and knowledge shortfalls, provide constructive feedback and through strong coaching/development/mentoring skills support individuals in the relevant areas of the business to enable the Adviser to become established.
  • Strong IT skills, across the MS Office suite, sufficient enough to produce reports, to communicate and present data/outcomes/information.

Benefits

  • Hybrid working: 3 days in the office, 2 days wherever you work best
  • Performance bonus + Company-wide bonus (when Eight hits targets)
  • 28 days' holiday + bank holidays + your birthday off
  • Private medical insurance & life assurance (4x salary)
  • Wellbeing support: EAP, mental health helpline, cycle-to-work scheme
  • Free mortgage and pension advice from our in-house experts
  • Volunteering time: 8 paid hours annually via The Eight Foundation
  • Regular socials & epic events

Job title

Growth and Development Leader

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Location requirements

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