People Development  >>

1. Learning and Development
   
   Providing personal development and career fulfilment for all employees is a top priority for us. You’ll have your own personal development plan and we make sure development tools and learning opportunities are available to support you in your role and equip you to take on new responsibilities in the future. This support starts from day one, with a dedicated induction programme backed up by online tools and comprehensive training. As your career progresses you will have the opportunity to be considered for our Management & Career Development Programmes. Committed to having professionally qualified employees, we will pay the necessary fees upon completion of a relevant course or qualification.
    
2. Employee Engagement
   
   Our Commitment to you
   We see our employment contract with you as a two way thing and we’ve committed to an honest, open approach in all that we do. We will:
    
   • Train you and give you all the opportunities and career development you need to achieve your potential.
   • Share our business successes and failures with you.
   • Involve you in decisions which affect you.
   • Give honest feedback and assessment about your performance.
   • Pay you a competitive salary in line with your skills and performance.
   • Aim to meet your career ambitions wherever practical
   • Create an environment that provides an active social life

   In return, we expect you to:

   • Be professional and do your job as well as you can.
   • Be responsible for your own career development.
   • Share your ambitions, knowledge and experience with us.
   • Be flexible by adapting to change.
   • Commit yourself to our aims and values whilst you work for us
      
3. Reward and Recognition
   
   Our culture is one where we reward for performance and achievement. Every year we will agree a series of job related targets with you and provide any training or development that you need to achieve those goals. Regular reviews will be carried out throughout the year and feedback provided. How well you achieve those targets will determine your annual pay increase. In addition, subject to the Company hitting it's business targets, you will be eligible for a performance related bonus with the most successful employees receiving the greatest amounts.
   
   At the same time, we need to ensure that our pay and benefits remain competitive and to this end we employ external consultants to benchmark our salaries against the market so that where appropriate we can make adjustments.
   
   Recognition though is not just about money. We also have several schemes to recognise a job well done which range from award ceremonies to commemorative gifts.
    
4. Promotion and Career Development
   
   Wherever possible we aim to promote from within with all our senior jobs advertised internally.
   
   We also recognise that development is not always about achieving a higher grade. Expanding your skills or leadership abilities can be equally important. That means we will look to provide opportunities for you to be involved in projects, interact with our colleagues in the UK and increasingly be given the opportunity to travel to the UK either for a particular piece of work or for a longer secondment.
   
   As our reputation grows within the Allianz Group as a whole, we are also starting to provide opportunities elsewhere in the world and we expect this to be an area of growth over the next few years