Lead Risk Advisor Assistant | WithCoverage
Somewhere
πΏπ¦ Hirezar Summary for South African Applicants
This fully remote full time position at Somewhere is open to applicants from South Africa. The estimated monthly salary is R37,000 β R46,250 ZAR. This role is suited for junior-level professionals. As a remote position, you can work from anywhere in South Africa β whether you're based in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, or a smaller town.
Job Description
Lead Risk Advisor Assistant
Role Summary
The purpose of this full-time remote role is to support the organizational growth and client management pipelines through comprehensive inbox management, risk data organization, outreach, and operational support. Sitting within a high-growth, technology-driven risk management firm that replaces traditional insurance brokerages with AI-supercharged systems, the successful candidate will work closely with a lean, collaborative team to manage communications, organize priorities, and track critical deliverables. Acting as an essential operational bridge between active client development and technical risk analysis, this position will collaborate hand-in-hand with internal underwriters to organize client risk files, flag missing exposure data, and accelerate the submission-to-quote lifecycle.
Key Details
* Employment Type:Full-Time Remote Contractor
Employment Type:Full-Time Remote Contractor
* Location:Remote
Location:Remote
* Working Hours:Full-Time
Working Hours:Full-Time
* Benefits:Competitive PTO and Holidays off
Benefits:Competitive PTO and Holidays off
Role Responsibilities
* Underwriting & Sourcing Collaboration:Work hand-in-hand with internal underwriters to ensure prospect risk data, applications, and exposure metrics are complete and accurate prior to formal underwriting review.
Underwriting & Sourcing Collaboration:Work hand-in-hand with internal underwriters to ensure prospect risk data, applications, and exposure metrics are complete and accurate prior to formal underwriting review.
* Submission Preparation:Review client documentation (loss runs, statement of values, etc.) to extract relevant data points, helping streamline the pipeline for the underwriting team.
Submission Preparation:Review client documentation (loss runs, statement of values, etc.) to extract relevant data points, helping streamline the pipeline for the underwriting team.
* Inbox Management:Manage the Lead Risk Advisor's inbox, including prioritizing messages, organizing threads, and drafting thoughtful outreach and follow-up emails aligned with the organization's tone and communication standards.
Inbox Management:Manage the Lead Risk Advisor's inbox, including prioritizing messages, organizing threads, and drafting thoughtful outreach and follow-up emails aligned with the organization's tone and communication standards.
* Communication Handling:Handle high-volume email correspondence with prospects, insurance carriers, underwriters, and internal stakeholders.
Communication Handling:Handle high-volume email correspondence with prospects, insurance carriers, underwriters, and internal stakeholders.
* Project Coordination:Coordinate and manage projects related to client onboarding and growth initiatives, ensuring deadlines, follow-ups, and risk compliance deliverables are met.
Project Coordination:Coordinate and manage projects related to client onboarding and growth initiatives, ensuring deadlines, follow-ups, and risk compliance deliverables are met.
* Data Integration:Maintain and update client risk data, inbox workflows, and task tracking inside HubSpot and proprietary internal systems.
Data Integration:Maintain and update client risk data, inbox workflows, and task tracking inside HubSpot and proprietary internal systems.
* Pipeline Support:Assist with setting up and executing email campaigns, outbound sequences, warm referral tracking, and growth KPI reporting.
Pipeline Support:Assist with setting up and executing email campaigns, outbound sequences, warm referral tracking, and growth KPI reporting.
Required Skills & Experience (Hard Skills)
* Underwriting Exposure:Direct professional exposure to or foundational knowledge of commercial insurance underwriting workflows, submission requirements, or risk documentation, along with a comfortable understanding of basic insurance terminology and functional understanding of commercial underwriting parameters.
Underwriting Exposure:Direct professional exposure to or foundational knowledge of commercial insurance underwriting workflows, submission requirements, or risk documentation, along with a comfortable understanding of basic insurance terminology and functional understanding of commercial underwriting parameters.
* Inbox Mastery:Strong experience in heavy inbox and email management, ideally supporting an executive, senior risk advisor, or underwriting leader.
Inbox Mastery:Strong experience in heavy inbox and email management, ideally supporting an executive, senior risk advisor, or underwriting leader.
* Tech Proficiency:Familiarity with CRM tools (HubSpot preferred), LinkedIn sourcing, and modern digital workspaces, with a willingness to learn proprietary tech platforms.
Tech Proficiency:Familiarity with CRM tools (HubSpot preferred), LinkedIn sourcing, and modern digital workspaces, with a willingness to learn proprietary tech platforms.
* Professional Background:Experience in high-volume executive support, insurance operation
Tips for South African Applicants
Timezone Advantage
South Africa (SAST, UTC+2) overlaps well with European business hours and has a few hours of overlap with US East Coast. Mention your timezone flexibility in your application.
Salary in Context
At R37,000/month, this role is competitive with the average South African remote salary. The USD equivalent ($2,000/mo) benefits from the favourable exchange rate.
Application Tips
Tailor your CV to international standards β use a clean format, highlight remote work experience, and include your English proficiency. Many SA applicants succeed by emphasising their strong work ethic and cultural adaptability.
Load Shedding Preparedness
If you're applying for a remote role, having a backup power solution (UPS, inverter, or generator) and mobile data as a backup internet connection shows employers you're prepared for South Africa's infrastructure challenges.
About Somewhere
Somewhere is a company in the Recruitment & Staffing industry that hires remote workers from South Africa. They currently have 685 open positions on Hirezar. View all Somewhere jobs β