Plymouth firm to take on over 70 more staff

Royal William Yard

A Plymouth business success story has brought some early New Year cheer by announcing it has over 70 jobs to offer in Plymouth.

Later life mortgage specialist Responsible Group will have doubled its headcount in the city inside two years by the time it completes its latest hiring spree.

The business consists of the later life mortgage broker Responsible Life and lifetime mortgage lender Responsible Lending. The firm was founded by local entrepreneur Steve Wilkie in 2010 and has become one of the most prominent brokers in the industry, operating from its HQ in Royal William Yard.

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The company has a wide range of roles to fill from starter positions as administrators and customer services agents to business intelligence analysts, originations agents, data analysts and systems analysts, as well as openings in the firm’s marketing department.

The company has a training programme led by the Responsible Academy which encourages career progression across the business. Candidates will be supported in getting their professional qualifications as regulated financial advisers where appropriate.

Steve Wilkie, executive chairman of Responsible Group, said:

“I’m so proud of everything we’ve achieved in Plymouth. We will number over 200 in the city we call home by the time we’ve filled all these positions.

“It’s really important to me that we’re not just offering people a job. Fantastic career progression awaits those who join us and we are committed to supporting staff in getting their professional adviser qualifications and encouraging them to move around the business. Many of our new joiners will undoubtedly go on to have long careers in financial services.”

Interested candidates can email vacancies@ responsible.co.uk for a full list of available roles and an application pack.