The Role:

• Do you like the idea of a start-up, backed by a market leading multi-national?

• The chance to shape the offering of an ambitious challenger law firm?

• To commit to an engaging colleague environment, which prioritises wellbeing and development, creative autonomy, and subject-matter excellence?

If so, join us at Sedgwick Legal Services.

In this newly created role, we are seeking enthusiastic team players to work with our blue-chip clients. We advise and handle disputes for major insurers, Lloyds syndicates, large corporates, utilities, and local authorities. This role will have a particular focus on property damage losses, including those caused by major fires, floods, building collapse, escape of water and subsidence.

Our legal team is lead from our Bristol offices, with colleagues in Cardiff and London also. Many of our colleagues now benefit from working flexibly between the office and home, which helps support a healthy work/life balance. When you do spend time in our Bristol office, you’ll experience bright and open surroundings which offer excellent areas for collaboration as well as desk space. It’s an ideal environment for working alongside and interacting with fellow colleagues.

We provide expert and practical advice covering a range of areas, including:

• Subrogated recoveries from third parties

• Defence of claims made against policyholders

• Policy coverage advice

Main duties and responsibilities include:

• Claims handling a variety of litigated and pre-litigated files in the motor recoveries industry

• Task-based discrete activities assisting on claims for other fee earners in the team, including:

  • carrying out preliminary investigations and evidence gathering,

  • ensuring technical and expert evidence obtained by insurers and their agents is sufficient to prove causation.

  • obtaining witness statements.

  • contacting relevant parties to obtain contractual and other relevant documentation.

  • Query databases and carry out online searches.

• Ensuring that the case management system is updated with diary dates as required by the case.

• Developing your knowledge of litigation tactics and a sound working knowledge of the CPR.

• Developing your knowledge of all aspects of property-related insurance claims, including policy coverage disputes, public and product liability claims, fraud claims and complaints, and subrogated recovery claims and liability matters.

• Assuming responsibility for client protocol compliance both on own files and when working on task-based assignments for others.

• Creating and developing systems and procedures to manage and allow the function of SLS within Sedgwick’s digital systems.

• Training and developing Sedgwick’s wider colleague base and clients in areas of SLS’s expertise.

• Handling confidential information in line with the firm's data security protocols.

• Ensuring compliance with Sedgwick’s various systems and procedures, Darwin, WorkDay, mySedgwick, etc

• Meeting and exceeding internal targets for time recording and billing.

• Assisting the wider Sedgwick group

• Working in accordance with Sedgwick values

What are we looking for?

• Preferably have a degree or previous relevant legal experience.

• Knowledge of the litigation process is desirable

• Able to demonstrate flexibility in approach and working hours, with the requirement to work in our Cardiff office three days a week.

• Be interested in and have a good working knowledge of general contract and tortious principles.

• Be interested in and willing to learn insurance-based property damage law.

• Be interested in and willing to learn the technical aspects of construction and property claims investigations as required for the role.

• Be change-orientated, with a positive, flexible approach towards the implementation of new initiatives.

• Be IT-literate, with a good knowledge of Microsoft Office and previous knowledge or experience of a case management system advantageous (but not essential).

• Have a willingness to follow a process-driven system, working within set parameters.

• Be team-orientated, with a willingness to share knowledge with and support other members of the team.

• Have an ability to adopt a commercial perspective rather than an ‘academic’ approach to claims settlement.

What can we give you in return?

• Competitive salary depending on skills, experience and qualifications

• Many of our vacancies offer the opportunity to work flexibly, whether from office and/or home

• Healthcare scheme

• Access to Sedgwick University and opportunities to complete professional qualifications

• A Self Invested Personal Pension Scheme

• Holiday allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays

• Discounts on various products and services

• Employee assistance programme for employee wellbeing

• Life assurance

• Group Income Protection

• Voluntary benefits – dental cover, cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan, wellbeing and digital GP app

Working at Sedgwick

Our company is a place where creative and caring people of all backgrounds can be challenged, grow as individuals, and feel a higher purpose in the unique value they bring and the difference they make in the lives of others. We celebrate our differences; cultivating uniqueness and belonging allows us to connect with our consumers on a personal level, understand our clients’ needs, support the communities in which we operate, and perform at our best.

We’re passionate and understanding about our colleagues – so we have built flexibility into our colleague working model. If you wish to work from home, split your working time between the home and office or change your hours so you can collect your children or care for someone in your family, we’re supportive of that. As a flexible employer, we’re happy to discuss options that take into consideration your personal needs for this position during your interview.

Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to: ID document verification, credit check, address verification, employment verification, employment gap verification, UK DBS, UK financial regulator search, anti-money laundering search, directorship search and global watch list check.

Sedgwick is committed to Equal Opportunity and Diversity. We aim to ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the ground of race, colour, nationality, religion, ethnic or national origins, age, gender, marital status, sexual orientation or disability.