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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Claims Technician - Private Clients 12 months FTC

This role is 12 months FTC

• Are you looking for a new challenge and are passionate about delivering excellent customer service?

• Do you have great attention to detail?

• Would you enjoy being part of a busy, supportive team with a caring counts culture?

• Is a flexible work/life balance important to you?

• Would long-term career growth in an IBUK recognised '2024 Top UK Insurance Employer' spark your interest?

If you’ve answered yes, then a role as an Claims Technician (internal job title is Adjusting Executive) could be the opportunity you have been waiting for!

Wherever you are in your career, we can support you to achieve your goals. A role with Sedgwick opens the door to many benefits, including:

• Truly flexible working

• Competitive salary

• Employee assistance programme for employee wellbeing

• Life assurance

• A Self Invested Personal Pension Scheme

• Annual leave allowance of 25 days + public holidays (pro-rata for FTC)

The Role:

We now have an opportunity for a talented Adjusting Executive to join our highly successful Private Clients team.

The adjusters in the team utilise their renowned expertise on private clients claims of significant value and complexity. The Adjusting Executive role is a technical assistant role, designed to support their work throughout the handling of these claims. We require a Adjusting Executive to work on a one-to-one basis with our adjusters, to ensure we can continue to deliver service and handling at the very highest level.

You will have the following skills:

• The confidence and ability to deliver excellent customer service throughout the lifecycle of the claim

• Cert CILA/Cert CII or the desire and agreement to attain this during the first year

• Have first class communication skills, both written and verbal

• Competent IT skills, and the capability to maintain electronic files to a high auditable standard, including preparation of claim documentation as required, and as agreed with the adjuster(s)

• A willingness to liaise and build effective working relationships with other internal product lines/departments as required.

• Be able to manage incoming and outgoing correspondence and complete case enquiries as directed by the adjuster, but with the confidence and technical ability to work without direction where appropriate

• Understand the importance of ensuring all stakeholders and parties are kept fully updated at all times, and have a pro-active claims handling philosophy

• The desire and ability to deliver customer service at a very high level, and to meet our goal of making claims easy for everyone

• Provide assistance on site on occasion, including minute taking of meetings, preparation of the action plan, taking statements/photographs etc. as directed

• Accurate daily time recording, delivering a high proportion of chargeable hours demonstrating technical competence

This is a great opportunity for those looking for a career in adjusting and for those who are motivated by the variety of claims work as well as the opportunity to partner our Private Client Adjusters and contribute to the ongoing success of Sedgwick in the UK.

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 office ( insert 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.

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 for part of the week, splitting 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.

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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.

Taking care of people is at the heart of everything we do. Caring counts

Sedgwick is a leading global provider of technology-enabled risk, benefits and integrated business solutions. Every day, in every time zone, the most well-known and respected organizations place their trust in us to help their employees regain health and productivity, guide their consumers through the claims process, protect their brand and minimize business interruptions. Our more than 30,000 colleagues across 80 countries embrace our shared purpose and values as they demonstrate what it means to work for an organization committed to doing the right thing – one where caring counts. Watch this video to learn more about us. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywxedjBGSfA)