Eventus Recruitment are seeking a Trainee Paraplanner to join an independent financial planning firm in Knutsford, Cheshire. This is a full-time, permanent job paying £33,000 to £36,000 depending on experience, with funded CII study towards Chartered, flexible start and finish times, one day a week from home and 25 days holiday plus bank holidays. What sets this Trainee Paraplanner job apart is the structured training programme behind it. The paraplanning team in Knutsford is being expanded as part of exciting growth plans, so the training is being invested in deliberately.

About the Role

The job of Trainee Paraplanner here is a genuine development job with real client work from day one. Working alongside the paraplanners and advisers, the incoming Trainee Paraplanner services existing clients, handles platform work and illustrations, and learns to build suitability letters and reports through the firm's own paraplanning training programme. The writing is taught rather than assumed, which is the difference between a training job and a job with a training label on it.

Key responsibilities include:

• Servicing existing business, including platform-based work and illustrations
• Producing suitability letters and reports in line with the paraplanning training programme
• Carrying out basic plan and fund research to support the paraplanning team
• Acting on instructions from advisers and paraplanners following client meetings
• Liaising directly with clients and wrap and platform providers
• Obtaining illustrations and product information and chasing outstanding queries
• Maintaining accurate records and keeping client files compliant

About You

This Trainee Paraplanner job suits someone already inside financial planning who has decided paraplanning is the direction they want, and who wants a firm that will actually train them towards it. Attention to detail matters more than polish at this stage, because the technical writing is what the programme teaches.

You should also be able to demonstrate the following:

• At least two years' experience working for a financial planning firm
• Working towards the Level 4 Diploma in Regulated Financial Planning
• Good working knowledge of protection, pensions and investment products
• Confident written and verbal communication with clients and providers
• A conscientious approach with real attention to detail
• Experience of back office and platform systems, Intelligent Office useful but not essential

Benefits and Rewards

As well as a salary of £33,000 to £36,000 depending on experience, the incoming Trainee Paraplanner will receive:

• CII study support towards Chartered
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Employer pension contributions
• 4x death in service
• Flexible start and finish times
• One day a week working from home
• Free parking on site

About the Firm

The employer is an independent, whole-of-market Chartered financial planning firm that has been advising clients across Cheshire and the North West for many years, and it remains owned by the people who founded it rather than a network or a consolidator. It has a genuine record of developing people, having run a Level 3 apprenticeship and taken one of its current advisers all the way from apprentice through paraplanning to qualified, funding the exams throughout. Advice runs on a team model rather than a single named adviser, so someone learning the job learns from the whole advice team rather than one person's way of doing things. The team is collaborative and supportive, and the firm has an excellent reputation locally.

Next Steps

Apply now if your skills and experience align with this job. Alternatively, for a confidential conversation about this or other opportunities, contact Duncan McIlroy at Eventus Recruitment Group via email at duncan.mcilroy@eventusfinance.com or phone 07950 472 004. If this particular job isn't quite right but you're considering your next move, I'm always happy to have an off-the-record chat about the market.

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