Speaker panel: Professional Skills Course [PDR*]

A Professional Development and Responsibility (PDR) role. 

Are you a Fellow with at least 6 years experience who is an excellent communicator, with first class presentation skills?  If yes, please consider taking this opportunity to help the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA). 

The role:  We are looking for Principal Lecturers to deliver the “Specialism Presentation” at the Professional Skills Courses (PSC).  The Institute and Faculty’s Registrar, together with the Professional Awareness Committee (PAC), is expanding the speaker panel for courses to accommodate an increased demand for PSC events.   We are also enhancing and professionalising the training, feedback and support provided to those members who act as Principal Lecturers.

Skills and experience required:  As a Principal Lecturer, you would be asked to facilitate face to face and/or online courses, engaging with newly qualified Fellows and Associates, and students who have reached their sixth anniversary of membership. 

We are seeking to build up a group of Fellows who have comprehensive understanding of subject specific material in relation to business to deliver the “Specialism Presentations”.  As such you would need to have at least 6 years experience in one of the following practice areas:  

• General insurance  
• Investment  
• Life  
• Pensions 

Time commitment and tenure:  The time commitment would be up to 3 days per year, which would include training.  Those invited to join the panel will be able to attend an initial observation of either or both the online and face to face courses.  You will then be given the opportunity to confirm your preference for the type of course you would help at.  Once trained, it is hoped that a Principal Lecturer will stay on the Speaker Panel for 2, or preferably 3, years. 

Principal Lecturers would be asked to help deliver 1 or 2 courses per year, and the time allocation per course is generally 5 hours.  Face to face courses are held in London and Edinburgh, and we are considering expanding to Birmingham and/or Manchester. Online courses are, of course, delivered from your own location. 

Training and development:  Following each course facilitation you would receive confidential feedback.  This can be reviewed with the Staff Actuary for the course, allowing you to understand how your presentation skills are received and, where necessary, to fine tune and develop them. 

Panel members will also have the opportunity to attend an annual training session, where best practice will be shared with other panel members. 

View PSC Course objectives –  this will provide an overview of the course

View PSC programme timetable – this will show you where the “Specialism Presentation” fits in to the course

How to get involved:  If you have the skills and experience and would like to find out more, and potentially get involved, please contact Debbie Atkins, Head of Volunteer Engagement.  When contacting Debbie please provide a note of your relevant experience and your specialist area, plus your ARN. 

*  As this role falls within our “Professional Development and Responsibility” (PDR) criteria those selected to become part of the Speaker Panel would receive a nominal fee per lecture. Reasonable travelling expenses would also be reimbursed to those delivering a face to face presentation.