James Leighton Financial Services
Protection Specialist
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💼 We're Hiring: Protection Adviser – Full-Time, Permanent 💼
📍 Location: Nottingham (Office-based with regular attendance required)
💰 Realistic OTE: £45,000–£100,000 (Uncapped, DOE)
⁉️Are you a qualified Protection Adviser ready to elevate your career
⁉️Tired of chasing leads, low conversion rates, and limited progression
James Leighton Financial Services Ltd is a Top 50 mortgage producer nationally and ranks in the Top 5 of new build specialists.
We are looking for a highly organised individual who can bring their experience into our already experienced Protection Team. The successful candidate will need to be able to learn and adapt very quickly in order to get up to a submission rate of at least two applications per day.
All appointments are booked for you and clients have already agreed to use our service. Our Case Management department support you and your customers throughout the entire remortgage process. Protection is referred to a dedicated team in return for a healthy commission, leaving you to focus on delivering mortgage advice and a first-class service.
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The successful candidate will need to possess exemplary communications skills, given the cultural and demographical variation of our clients, whilst also having an incredible eye for detail and a “right-first-time” approach.
James Leighton Financial Services Ltd is one of the fastest growing mortgage brokerages in the UK and as such has unlimited career progression opportunities. This role should be seen as a gateway to team and divisional management pathways.
🔑 What You’ll Be Doing
- Deliver first-class customer outcomes and service
- Submit 2+ protection applications daily
- Achieve 95%+ error-free submissions
- Maximise diary capacity and same-day submissions
- Receive excellent customer reviews
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🧠 What You’ll Need
- CAS status ideal but not essential
- Experience in advising on protection products
- Comfortable in a fast-paced, telephone-based environment
- Exceptional communication and problem-solving skills
- Full UK driving licence preferred
💡 Our Core Values
Positive – Dependable – Flexible – Respectful – Honest
We’re looking for someone who lives and breathes these.
🎁 Benefits
- NEST pension
- Enhanced staff referral commission
- Core Values bonus scheme
- Regular social events
- Career progression pathways
- Overtime available
- 20 days holiday (rising to 25) + Bank holidays
📩 Interested?
Send your CV to recruitment@jlfs.co.uk or tag someone who’d be perfect for this role!
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