About the role: Are you an experienced Senior Underwriter? Would you like to join a growing team where you can play a key role in supporting our business goals? Are you looking to use your expertise to make decisions independently, while also working collaboratively to deliver the best outcomes for members? Well, continue reading We have the opportunity for you to join our highly regarded Underwriting Team. Darlington Building Society is looking for a skilled and experienced Senior Underwriter to help grow our department and provide a fantastic lending facility to our members. On a daily basis as a Senior Underwriter at Darlington Building Society, you will utilize your extensive experience to assess and make decisions on complex mortgage applications within your mandate. With a quality and risk-driven approach, you will manage your workload efficiently to meet deadlines while ensuring the best outcomes for our members and the Society. This role requires someone who can work independently, take the initiative, and consistently strive to understand and improve processes to ensure positive outcomes for our memebers to become homeowners. As part of a growing team, you will collaborate with both internal and external stakeholders, building strong relationships that support a seamless mortgage journey for our members. You will become an advocate of our lending policy, developing an in-depth knowledge of it, and contributing your ideas for improvement to enhance our underwriting function further. ________________________________________ We are looking for someone who: • Has significant underwriting experience and has held their own mandate. • Is passionate about delivering the right outcomes for our members. • Excels at building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders. • Is confident working independently as well as with a team • Has excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. • Possesses a keen eye for detail and loves finding solutions to problems. ________________________________________ Why Work For Us? We are committed to paying our people fairly for the role they undertake and provide a wide range of benefits to support our colleagues’ finances and wellbeing. Darlington Building Society has a Passion for Talent, allowing you to shape your career within the Society, offering learning and development programmes to give you everything you need to succeed. What we can offer you: • Annual Bonus Scheme • 10% Employee Contribution Pension Scheme • 4 x Annual Salary Life Cover • Minimum of 2 days for volunteering • Employee benefits platform • Health Care Cash Plan • Cycle2Work scheme • Gym Discount • Enhanced Family Friendly Leave Entitlements PLUS MANY MORE To find out more information, please visit our Careers page. ________________________________________ About our Society: Darlington Building Society is an award-winning organisation, and our vision is to be a thriving, independent regional building society that creates a feeling of pride amongst its staff, members, and community. At Darlington Building Society, we pride ourselves on making a difference to our customers by encouraging saving, supporting home ownership, and sharing our knowledge and resources with our local communities. We have 9 branches from Stockton to Northallerton, via Bishop Auckland, Barnard Castle, Redcar, Middlesbrough, Guisborough, and Yarm. Our head office is based in Darlington along with our High Row Branch. ________________________________________ Job type : Full-time (35 hours), permanent, Flexible working considered Location : Darlington, Head Office (Hybrid working available) Salary: £38916.84 to £41,286.52 (Dependent on Experience)