Intertrust acredited as a Platinum Employer Partner by Step

Monday 15 October 2018

Intertrust has been recognised as a Platinum Employer Partner across six different jurisdictions by the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.

The company has achieved the accreditation across its offices in Guernsey, Jersey, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Singapore and China.

STEP's Employer Partnership Programme (EPP) has been designed to help employers maximise the learning of their STEP members. It provides a set of quality standards and a variety of additional support to help organisations enhance their employee’s developmental journey. The three-month process involved meeting with STEP, collating relevant data, providing evidence of Intertrust’s work culture, the learning opportunities available for employees and appraisal and development information. 

Ian Rumens, Global Head of Private Wealth at Intertrust in their Jersey office, said: “We're so pleased to have achieved this accreditation and to be recognised by STEP as a Platinum Employer. STEP sets the industry standards for training and academia and this status reflects the hard work we have done to support our employees in their professional growth. It is important to us to put our employees first and to help them reach their goals and develop as professionals."

Intertrust’s One Journey initiative was a further key component to its accreditation. The initiative focuses on the theme of building trust within teams and across the organisation by exploring core building blocks of listening, developing a feedback culture and empowerment.

Earlier this year, in Guernsey, the team achieved Gold at the workplace wellbeing awards. This award shows Intertrust is 'committed to achieving excellence within the workplace by promoting and supporting positive mental health.'

Lisa Bragg, HR Director at Intertrust in Jersey, said “At Intertrust our employees’ health and wellbeing is a priority for us so we have a session on mental health as part of the hiring process so that employees know from the start of their journey with us that we have an open and supportive environment.”

The programme also provides companies with a toolkit to help them deploy high-quality learning and development, thereby enhancing the engagement of employees and improving organisational capability. The standards are designed to support the integration of learning into working practice and therefore performance at individual, team and organisational levels.

For more information on the programme click here.

Pictured top: Ian Rumens.