About the role:
As the Insurance & Resilience Lead, you will be responsible for overseeing the ongoing management and continuous improvement of Elders' corporate insurance program, optimising coverage, and ensuring effective risk transfer across the business. You will also support business continuity planning and enterprise resilience initiatives that align with Elders' evolving risk profile and strategic objectives.
Working closely with internal stakeholders, brokers, insurers, and risk specialists, you will ensure Elders maintains robust, cost-effective insurance coverage while contributing to broader risk maturity and resilience efforts.
Key Responsibilities:
As an Insurance & Resilience Lead, you will:
- Lead the management and optimisation of Elders' corporate insurance program, ensuring alignment with operational needs and risk appetite- Oversee insurance renewals, broker relationships, policy reviews, and strategic placement activities, including M&A support- Manage the full lifecycle of insurance claims, ensuring timely resolution and effective stakeholder engagement- Provide expert advice on insurance-related contract terms, policy wordings, and risk transfer mechanisms- Support business continuity planning and enterprise resilience initiatives, including facilitating workshops, plan development, testing and maintenance- Contribute flexibly to initiatives aligned with Elders' resilience and enterprise risk strategies, supporting evolving business needs- Willingness and ability to travel as required to support insurance and resilience activities across the business
About you:
To be successful as our Insurance & Resilience Lead, you will have:
- Experience in insurance, risk, compliance, governance, or related fields, ideally within corporate or insurance industry settings.- Strong understanding of insurance programs, policies, claims processes, and risk transfer strategies- Familiarity with business continuity, operational resilience, and enterprise risk management frameworks- Excellent communication, analytical, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across all levels- Current driver's licence and Q-Fever vaccination (or exemption)- Flexible, proactive, and collaborative, with a strong commitment to continuous learning and team culture
About Elders
As a trusted Australian agribusiness, we have played an important role in the agricultural sector for 185 years. Our expansive network across Australia offers links to markets, tailored advice and specialist knowledge across a range of products and services, including farm supplies, agronomy, livestock, wool, grain, finance, insurance, and real estate.
We are committed to a sustainable and prosperous future for rural and regional communities and creating value for all stakeholders in the agricultural supply chain, across both Australian and international markets.
Elders is for Australian agriculture.
We are now looking for the next generation to be part of something big and drive the future of Elders.
If you are ready to grow your career with Elders, please today.
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