Training Specialist (Life and Health)
Are you an experienced Life and Health insurance professional who enjoys turning complex information into practical, engaging learning? We’re looking for a Training Specialist – Life and Health to help our advisers confidently deliver high-quality advice and positive outcomes for FMG clients.
Reporting to the Training Manager, you’ll design, deliver and maintain induction, onboarding and ongoing training for our Life and Health teams. You’ll translate technical, regulatory, product and process requirements into clear learning experiences that support best practice and strong quality and compliance standards.
What you’ll be doing
- Deliver engaging classroom, virtual, group and individual training to our Life and Health advisers, both phone-based and mobile.
- Develop and maintain training content, facilitator guides, assessments and learner resources to bring best practice to life.
- Provide specialist guidance on nominated representative capability, CFAP and fair conduct requirements.
- Evaluate learning effectiveness and identify capability gaps and emerging risks.
- Keep training current as legislation, products, systems and processes change.
- Partner with Life and Health leaders, technical experts, learning specialists and risk and quality teams.
- Contribute specialist training expertise to projects and continuous-improvement initiatives.
What you’ll bring
- A NZ Certificate in Financial Services Level 5, or an equivalent recognised qualification.
- Significant Life and Health insurance or financial-services experience.
- Experience supporting nominated representatives or working in a regulated financial-advice environment.
- Proven experience designing and facilitating technical training for varied audiences.
- The ability to make complex regulatory, technical and process information clear and practical.
- Strong facilitation, communication, relationship-building and stakeholder-influencing skills.
- Experience assessing learning effectiveness and using quality or performance information to shape training.
If you’re passionate about learning, technical excellence and helping others succeed, we’d love to hear from you.
About FMG
Formed by farmers for farmers over a century ago, FMG is New Zealand’s leading rural insurer, providing risk advice and insurance solutions for farmers, growers, commercial businesses, the lifestyle sector and residential clients. We’re proudly 100% New Zealand owned and operated, and as a mutual organisation we reinvest all profits back into the business to keep premiums low. Our Palmerston North office is our largest regional office.
Why FMG?
At FMG, we know our success comes from our people. When you join us, you’ll be part of a supportive, connected and down-to-earth team, and we’ll make sure you’re well looked after. Along with a meaningful career, we offer a range of great benefits including flexible working practices, 4% employer superannuation contribution, free life and income protection insurance, two paid wellbeing days each year, five paid professional development days, annual salary reviews and a paid Give Back Day to support your community.
Applications close 5pm, Friday 27th November 2026.
Applications for this role will take you to the advertisers site.
