Why join Simply Business?
Simply Business insures small businesses and enables big dreams. Not just for our customers, but our people and communities too. With over 900,000 active insurance policies, we protect builders, bakers, landlords, and more than 1,000 other trades.
We harness cutting-edge data ability, believe in experimentation, and build our own technology to deliver better experiences for our customers and employees alike. This means we’re as much a technology company as one that sells insurance.
We build, we fail, we learn, we improve.
What are the benefits of working at Simply Business?
We offer a great work-life balance where every team member has a manageable workload and the flexibility to work hybrid.
On top of the 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), we offer leave that suits your needs. Plus the option to buy five more days of holiday with your flexible benefits.
Our flexible parental leave allows you to approach an important time how you want – with six months full pay to the primary caregiver and four weeks full pay if you’re the secondary caregiver.
Our life event leave is an extra day of leave every two years for those big moments in your life, like moving house or your birthday. And as a thank you to our long-serving employees, we offer a two week paid sabbatical after five years of service – then four weeks off after ten years of service.
And our core benefits can put your mind at ease with private medical insurance through BUPA, covering any pre-existing condition. And a health cash plan that covers your everyday medical expenses.
We also make sure you’re compensated fairly with a competitive salary based on your experience and the market we’re in. Plus the potential to earn an annual bonus based on performance.
There’s access to the tools to support your personal development with programmes on our dedicated learning platform. As well as support for your mental health with access to counselling.
We’ll match what you put into your pension up to five per cent. And pass on a tax-free sum that’s four times your basic salary with our life assurance policy, with the option to increase it to ten times through our flexible benefit scheme
Our salary sacrifice car scheme gives you the option to buy a brand new, fully insured, and maintained car for a convenient fixed monthly amount taken from your gross salary (after 6 months service).And our flexible benefits scheme gives you an allocated amount to use each year on benefits like critical illness cover, dental insurance, travel insurance, or a gym membership.
Our values are at the heart of what we do
We’re a values-led business. Our people all have a part to play in building a culture that lives these values: learning, empowerment, authenticity, pioneering, and simplicity.
A flexible place to work
Every employee has choice and flexibility to work in a way that’s best for their job, their team and their life. But we know that being together in person is usually the best way to get work done, which is why we expect our employees to visit our hubs eight times a month or more.
Our hubs in London and Northampton are geared up for smart, flexible working, empowering our people to do the best work they can. Use our team areas to focus on solving complex problems, take some time in our wellness room, or relax with colleagues over a game of pool.
Life at Simply Business
What do you think about when you hear ‘insurance’? We’re far from that stereotype. We empower every one of our employees to make a difference, whatever their role, and you’ll be a key part of our continued growth.
You’re empowered to work in a way that suits you
When it comes to working from home, we empower our people with choice and flexibility. This helps them balance the needs of their teams and roles with their personal lives (and we’ve been working this way since before the Covid-19 pandemic).
We expect our employees to visit our hubs eight times a month or more, but we know there’s no one-size-fits-all solution. We encourage our people to find the rhythm that suits them best.
Learning and your career progression
At Simply Business, we enjoy growing and developing not just in our careers, but in our personal lives too. We want our people to reach their full potential, which means we can support you whether you want to do formal training (such as our management training programmes), e-learning, coaching, or get on-the-job experience.
One of the most effective ways for people to realise their big dream is to move into different roles across the business. Through regular self-reflections, we help our people explore all of their options.
For example, you might want to take on a secondment, or move into a managerial position. We also offer squiggly career opportunities for people who want to make lateral moves instead of climbing the ladder, plus you might move between teams too.
Your wellbeing
At Simply Business, we’ve got an open culture around mental health. We have a network of Mental Health First Aiders on hand, and a team of Mental Health Champions who challenge stigma and actively promote the wellbeing of our people.
Working for us will mean you’ll have access to:
- our 24/7 EAP advice line, where you can access counselling services and advice on legal and financial matters
- membership to Unmind for you and one other person. Unmind is a wellbeing app that contains meditations, fitness tutorials, a mood tracker, podcasts, and sleep tools
- wellbeing support, including health checks, resources, and guidance on topics such as the menopause, addiction, physical wellness, nutrition, and financial wellbeing
Giving back to our communities
One of the best parts of working here is the ability to give something back. This can be anything from raising money for charity through our annual events, helping us raise awareness of the EAFA through our sponsorship of the team, helping us tackle gender diversity in tech, or using your time bank days to volunteer for a cause you believe in.
Business should be a force for good
We’re a B Corp, which recognises our strong track record of having a positive impact on people, the society, and the environment.
Profitability is important, but we know that we have a huge responsibility to our communities too. Our success gives us the chance to make a bigger impact, with charity partnerships that help us create a better future.
Our charity partner is The King’s Trust, whose mission is to advance inclusive entrepreneurship with communities across the UK.
Our culture is inclusive and diverse
Our mission is to make Simply Business synonymous with fairness, belonging, and inclusivity. We won’t be happy until we’ve created a truly inclusive culture. One where every employee, whatever their background, role, or location, feels comfortable being their authentic self at work. This will help us better serve our diverse range of customers, too.
We all have a part to play in building this new reality – learning more, doing more, and going further.
Our promise to you
Simply Business is committed to providing equality and opportunities for all employees and candidates considering a career with us. We offer a workplace where colleagues are treated with respect and dignity. We don’t (and won’t) discriminate either directly or indirectly on the grounds of race, colour, religion, belief, political opinion, disability, nationality, ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation or relationship status at any stage of the hiring process or during the course of your employment.
If you require adjustments, support or advice at any point during the course of your application please email us at [email protected]