Working for the IFoA

The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries is the UK’s only chartered professional body dedicated to educating, developing and regulating actuaries. Our members are based both in the UK and internationally. We represent and regulate members and oversee education at all qualifying stages as well as providing continuous professional development throughout their careers.

Our employees operate in a range of hugely varied roles that involve everything from supporting students through their exams to helping produce and promote research in a variety of fascinating and critical topics, and regulating the profession and maintaining its ethics.

IFoA employees enjoy a competitive package and a great suite of benefits including a very generous pension scheme, agile working and we support personal and professional development with funded training and studying opportunities.

So what are you waiting for? Check out our latest vacancies below.

Current vacancies

• Membership Coordinator
• Senior Quality Executive
• PA to the Director of Public Affairs and Research
• The Actuary magazine: Editor 

We recruit people from a wide range of disciplines

We offer careers in a wide range of disciplines. If your job application is successful, you will be working in one of our six directorates:

• Chief Executive's Office
• Engagement and Learning
• General Counsel
• Markets Development
• Operations
• Public Affairs and Research

“The IFoA is a supportive employer that invests time and resource into training employees. I can attest to this progressing from the Team Coordinator, to the Head of Policy. The IFoA also gave me the opportunity to spend almost one year working overseas, gaining lots of new skills and knowledge. Our members are a constant source of inspiration and I am proud of the projects we deliver in partnership to try and make a genuine contribution to society.

Rebecca Deegan, Head of Policy

 

Diversity and inclusion

We are committed to promoting diversity and inclusion in all our policies, practices and procedures. This applies to all of the IFoA’s professional dealings with our employees, members, volunteers and third parties. The IFoA acknowledges that recognising and embracing the unique and diverse talents of its workforce, members and volunteers is fundamental to the success of the organisation.
 

More on diversity and inclusion
 

Recruiting the right people is essential to our success

We believe that recruiting the right people, who are the right cultural fit and will embrace our values, is essential to the success of the IFoA. We place a lot of emphasis on our values, and we put them at the heart of everything we do.

Our values are: Community, Integrity and Progress

• Community – building relationships by being inclusive, accessible and collaborative
• Integrity – doing the right thing for the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA), our members and the public interest, by being honest, accountable and professional
• Progress – developing the future of the profession together by being relevant, supportive and purposeful

“With the integrity of the public sector and the dynamism of the private sector, the IFoA is somewhere where you can make a meaningful contribution whilst working in a progressive, forward looking, and growing business with great opportunities for development.”

Cargill Sanderson, IFoA General Counsel Coordinator, General Counsel

Our compensation package and career development opportunities 

We offer competitive salaries and benefits. Some of our fantastic benefits include:

• Pension scheme with generous employer contribution, and additional salary sacrifice option
• Private medical insurance and health screenings
• Life assurance plan
• Competitive annual leave scheme with the option to purchase additional leave
• Corporate bonus
• Company sick pay
• Employee Assistance Programme

Learning and development

We value learning and development and have a structured performance development process which captures key objectives and addresses individual development needs and aspirations, as well as short and long-term career development ambitions.

"‘The actuarial world is a world I never thought I would find myself in. Working for the IFoA has given me an understanding of this profession and opportunities of how you can develop in your career path. I work with some fantastic colleagues from across the organisation who are generous with their time and are full of ideas of how to improve and progress the work that we do.’

Kathryn Rogers, Training Coordinator, Operations

Supporting our employees at work

Agile Working Schemes

We recognise that agile working has many benefits, and will support agile working requests wherever we can.

Wellbeing

We recognise that the ability to achieve our objectives depends on the physical and mental wellbeing of our employees. We acknowledge that workplace wellbeing includes the physical and cultural environment of the organisation as well as policies, practices and procedures that guide our work.

We aim to provide a workplace environment that values and enhances the physical and mental health and wellbeing of employees. We achieve this through our Wellbeing Policy and related working practices, our network of Mental Health First Aiders, our annual Wellbeing Week to help maintain a focus on health and wellbeing and by working in partnership with our Occupational Health Providers.  

“Having had a wide experience of working for banks and insurance companies, I can sincerely say that my time employed at the IFoA has been the most rewarding. Every day presents me with new challenges, allowing me to learn additional skills and provide me with great job satisfaction. I have flourished in an environment which offers both opportunity and mental stimulation. Even after 13 years, I still enjoy the challenges and experiences that each day brings.” 

Gillian Ozer, Membership Manager - Subscriptions and Administration, Membership

Employee Forum

We give our employees a clear voice. For this purpose, the IFoA has an elected a employees Representative Body called “Employee Forum”, whose members meet on a regular basis with each other and other members of employees and directors to discuss matters of common interest to, and affecting members of employees, and to create transparency throughout the organisation.

Social life at the IFoA/Charity Committee

In addition to working together, our employees often also like to spend time with each other and socialise outside of the workplace, and there are social events in the evening or at lunch time such as the IFoA book club, or trips to the theatre or cinema. We also have a Charity Committee who organise activities across the IFoA to raise fund for charitable causes. 

"At the IFoA there is a great sense of community amongst colleagues as you are working towards the same goal -  to create the best experience for our members."

Siân Aplin, Team Administrator, Engagement and Learning

Environmental Management System

Through our Environmental Management System (EMS), we seek to minimise the impact of IFoA working practices and procedures on the environment, and optimise their sustainability. We look for gaps and areas for improvement, listen to employees feedback on EMS matters and support changes, capture and facilitate learning, and take action to ensure that business practices are sustainable and environmentally friendly.