Senior Associate Solicitor Bristol, England
Sedgwick
Full Time
Bristol, England
10.56 - 12.04 GBP Today
Job description
Taking care of people is at the heart of everything we do, and we start by taking care of you, our valued colleague. A career at Sedgwick means experiencing our culture of caring. It means having flexibility and time for all the things that are important to you. It’s an opportunity to do something meaningful, each and every day. It’s having support for your mental, physical, financial and professional needs. It means sharpening your skills and growing your career. And it means working in an environment that celebrates diversity and is fair and inclusive.
A career at Sedgwick is where passion meets purpose to make a positive impact on the world through the people and organizations we serve. If you are someone who is driven to make a difference, who enjoys a challenge and above all, if you’re someone who cares, there’s a place for you here. Join us and contribute to Sedgwick being a great place to work.
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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.
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
- Fraudulent claims and their recovery
- Business Interruption
- Cyber liability and policy response
Main duties and responsibilities include
- Manage a litigated file load of varying claim types and value; proactively ensuring that your client’s needs are fully considered and advised on at all times.
- Assisting the Partners with complex litigated caseloads.
- Developing client relationships both within and outside of Sedgwick in the best interests of SLS and the wider adjusting business.
- Being a role model and example of excellence in both litigation and personal development to the wider teams. Ensuring excellent client service to all Sedgwick’s stakeholders.
- Supervising paralegals and other junior staff so as to ensure their personal development, legal education, and career advancement
- Marketing the firm to Sedgwick’s broader client base; seeking opportunities to provide enhanced profitable growth. Engage in business development to enhance your own and maintain the firm’s profile
- Provide and update knowledge management and training to Sedgwick and its broader client base. Training and developing Sedgwick’s stakeholders and clients in areas of SLS’s expertise.
- Meeting and exceeding financial and other metrics.
- Ensuring that the case management system meets SLA and CPR requirements.
- 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.
- Creating and developing systems and procedures to manage and allow the function of SLS within Sedgwick’s digital systems.
- 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?
- In order to undertake this role you will need to be recognised as a qualified solicitor, barrister or CILEx, or equivalent
- Demonstrable experience as a solicitor, legal executive or equivalent
- Experience of litigation is essential
- Experience of insurance litigation or property damage claims is desirable
- Understanding of commercial insurance policies, the insurance market, reporting arrangements, reserving philosophies, and the relationship between brokers, underwriters/insurers and lawyers would be valuable
- Previous secondment to or employment with an insurance organisation would be advantageous
- Able to demonstrate flexibility in approach and working hours, with the requirement to work in our Bristol office three days a week.
- Ability to work to deadlines / targets, to prioritise and manage a caseload and to work under pressure to deliver effective solutions
- Ability to work well as part of a team and on your own initiative
- A commercial, solution-driven and client-focused approach
- Strong legal and analytical skills and an eye for detail
- Excellent organisation and time-management skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a positive attitude
- Excellent IT skills
- Excellent teamwork skills
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.
Sedgwick is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
The statements contained in this document are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by a colleague assigned to this description. They are not intended to constitute a comprehensive list of functions, duties, or local variances. Sedgwick retains the discretion to add or to change the duties of the position at any time.
