Who are we?
IAG New Zealand is New Zealand's largest general insurer. We are part of Insurance Australia Group (IAG), which is headquartered in Sydney and is Australasia's largest general insurance group.
In New Zealand, we offer the majority of our products under the State and NZI brands and underwrite general insurance business for some of the country’s leading financial institutions.
We underwrite around $7.8 billion of insurance premiums each year and the IAG Group employs around 13,500 people.
As a leading player in that market we can offer our people the chance to work in a range of interesting areas across our entire, multi-facetted organisation. Our customers are our prime focus and our people drive our success. We understand everyone who works for IAG in New Zealand plays a vital role in our achievement - whether at one of our sales sites, customer service centres, or national office. So, we want to make sure everyone who works for us feels valued and is given the tools to achieve their full potential.
As one of New Zealand's biggest employers, we're committed to looking after our staff and having a positive impact on our customers and communities. We believe in giving back to each other and our community and sustainability is important to us!
As New Zealand’s largest insurer, we have both the scope and size to make a real difference to both your career and future!
What we offer?
Whatever area of our business you end up working in you will get:
- A permanent job with IAG following successful completion of the programme
- A competitive salary package with a range of benefits to support your career and a balanced lifestyle plus much more!
- Clear performance objectives to highlight your growth and success
- The opportunity to work on projects across multiple products and distribution channels
- A buddy and mentor to support you throughout the programme
- An in depth induction which will open your eyes to the world of insurance!
- Ongoing and regular interaction with the other graduates in our business
- Commitment to your personal development – through on the job training, courses and study
- support to further your qualifications in your discipline.
- Regular coaching to ensure you achieve your career goals
- Practical experience in Australasia's largest general insurance group
Technology Services
What is the focus of these teams at IAG?
We have over 100 IT professionals working together to achieve our goal – to provide Reliable, Agile, Cost Effective IT solutions across all our businesses.
The technology services team is located in both Auckland and Wellington and is made up of the following divisions - infrastructure and operations, application support and development, business systems, project management office and security.
We support the business in the following ways:
- Offering a central contact point for all queries about PC’s and telephones through the TS helpdesk. The Helpdesk also handles all interactions with the companies that support our technology and telephone systems.
- Running and enhancing our existing business applications and developing completely new ones to support business requirements.
- We focus on continuous improvement, supporting and enabling IAG to identify and implement opportunities to sustain competitive advantage.
- Supporting organisational success through enabling successful projects and providing best practice project methodology and governance.
- We use SCRUM which is an agile framework for completing complex projects. As a result we have seen an improvement in productivity, collaboration and the overall quality to the work we deliver to the business
- Improve the speed, cost and quality of TS deliveries by guiding the selection, design and development of high quality, reusable services and technology building blocks.
We do all this with our own team members, and in partnership with IAG Australia. We also work closely with a number of outsource service providers.
Why should I consider this team and what will it offer my career?
Experience and skills in this business area are highly sought after in the New Zealand market. Given we have some of the best minds and top experts in the industry working for us, these graduate opportunities will naturally come with strong mentoring and development and set you up very well for your future career.
As you maybe aware, IAG is also a recognised leader in sustainability, we tackle the wider issues around our impact on the environment and the communities we operate in.
Given insurance is about risk reduction and we are pro-actively working in communities to reduce the impact of natural disasters and crime.
You will also be given plenty of opportunity to further your qualifications in relevant fields (eg computer science) as well as be exposed to projects across multiple products and distribution channels.
What do I need to be studying to be considered for a role in this team?
We are considering students who are currently in their final year of study with a discipline in computer science.
I am keen! How do I apply and what happens next?
Please apply online here and should your initial application be successful you will be contacted by a member of our Careers Centre in the first instance. From there you can expect some online assessments with the next step being a personal invite along to learn more about IAG from some our business leaders. You can then decide whether you like what you see and if IAG is a place of interest to build your career. If the answer is still 'I am keen' we will move through to assessment rounds allowing plenty of opportunity for you to ask the real questions.
You will find applications live on our careers website
For Technology Services Applications please search for job # 7761 - Graduate Programme – IT (Technology Services)
We look forward to getting to know you but in the meantime you might like to get better aquatinted with our business brands:
NZI, State Insurance, Lantern, NAC, Swann, DriveRight and Mike Henry
