Paralegal

Sedgwick; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

SIPP

Bonus scheme

25 days holiday

Private healthcare

Life assurance

Employee assistance programme

Wellbeing apps

Income protection

Flexible benefits

Discounts

Job summary

Sedgwick is hiring a Paralegal in Bristol to join the Subsidence Mitigation Team. You will pursue third parties, gather evidence, and manage documentation while assisting with timely recoveries and prevention of further damage.

The role combines casework with desk-based compliance and process improvement in a multinational setting. You will work on a hybrid basis, liaising with in-house teams, insurers and third parties, supporting litigation and settlements, and contributing to innovative

Qualifications

• Degree or relevant legal experience required.
• Knowledge of the litigation process desirable.
• Contract and tort knowledge desirable.
• Interest in and willingness to learn insurance-based subsidence law.
• Willingness to learn the technical aspects of motor claims investigations.
• Team-oriented with a willingness to share knowledge.
• Commercial perspective over a solely academic approach to claims settlement.

Responsibilities

• Pursue third parties and obtain their approval for vegetation measures.
• Work with Subsidence Team to prevent further damage and recoveries.
• Maintain diary dates and update the case management system.
• Gather evidence, obtain witness statements, and ensure documentation for causation.
• Litigate matters within your caseload and ensure client protocol compliance.
• Develop systems and procedures to improve Sedgwick's digital casework and billing.

Skills

Legal degree/experience

Litigation knowledge

Contract law

Tort law

Insurance law

Team oriented

Commercial mindset

Motor claims knowledge

Communication

Education

Law degree

Legal experience

Job description

By joining Sedgwick, you'll be part of something truly meaningful. It's what our 33,000 colleagues do every day for people around the world who are facing the unexpected. We invite you to grow your career with us, experience our caring culture, and enjoy work-life balance. Here, there's no limit to what you can achieve.

Paralegal

Job Location: Bristol

Job Type: Permanent

Remuneration: Competitive salary taking into account skills, experience and qualifications

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Paralegal to join our Subsidence Mitigation team in our Bristol team.

Sedgwick Legal Services (SLS) delivers legal advice and dispute resolution for major insurers, Lloyd's syndicates, large corporates, utilities, and local authorities. The role centres on property damage claims, including incidents such as fires, floods, building collapses, water escapes, and subsidence.

As a Paralegal working in our Subsidence Mitigation Team, you will pursue third parties, gaining their approval for the necessary vegetation measures. You will work closely with our award winning Subsidence Team, to help prevent further damage occurring to their customer's property as well as recoveries. It will be your responsibility to deliver high levels of success within the shortest duration possible. You'll act as first point of contact for third parties and members of our in house Subsidence Services team for any queries.

Based in our Bristol office on a hybrid basis, main duties and responsibilities include updating and maintaining the case management system with diary dates as required by the case. You'll carry 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, and contacting relevant parties to obtain contractual and other relevant documentation.

You'll litigate matters within your caseload, assuming responsibility for client protocol compliance both your own files. You'll create and develop systems and procedures to manage and allow the function of SLS within Sedgwick's digital systems, meeting and exceeding internal targets for time recording and billing.

This is perfect for being part of a market-leading and award-winning multinational company, shaping the offering of an ambitious challenger law firm, and committing to an engaging colleague environment that prioritises wellbeing, development, creative autonomy, and subject-matter excellence.

As well as proactively driving your case portfolio you will be required to:

• Manage tree mitigation work to agreed service standards
• Provide the desired level of updates to Subsidence Services
• Interpret instructions and documentation from Subsidence Services
• Interpret and comment on arboriculture reports, site investigation reports, soils analysis and root evidence
• Form and maintain working relationships with third parties and local authorities to improve the cooperation and communication concerning tree mitigation matters
• Manage tree mitigation in accordance with any specific protocols
• Ensure that tree mitigation is handled in accordance with current statute
• Provide tree mitigation and recovery advice to Subsidence Services
• Deal with telephone calls and queries
• Raise invoices for work completed and deal with any invoice queries

The skills you will have when you apply:

• Professional Qualifications: Preferably have a degree or previous relevant legal experience.
• Expertise: Knowledge of the litigation process is desirable.
• Contract and Tort Knowledge: Be interested in and have a good working knowledge of general contract and tortious principles.
• Insurance Law: Be interested in and willing to learn insurance-based subsidence law.
• Technical Knowledge: Be interested in and willing to learn the technical aspects of motor claims investigations as required for the role.
• Team Orientation: Be team-orientated, with a willingness to share knowledge with and support other members of the team.
• Commercial Perspective: Have an ability to adopt a commercial perspective rather than an 'academic' approach to claims settlement.

What we'll give you for this role:

Remuneration & more

• Competitive salary taking into account skills, experience and qualifications
• A Self Invested Personal Pension Scheme (SIPP)
• You will join an appropriate incentive (bonus) scheme
• Holiday allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays

Health & support

• Private healthcare plan (including pre-existing conditions)
• Life assurance
• Employee assistance programme for employee wellbeing
• Wellbeing and digital GP apps
• Group Income Protection

Other benefits

• Voluntary flexible benefits - green car scheme, health assessment, travel insurance, dental cover, cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan
• Discounts on various products and services

This isn't just a position, it's a pivotal role in shaping your future career and our industry

At Sedgwick, not only will you be working behind the scenes for some of the UK's most trusted insurance brands helping to resolve millions of claims every year, you'll also be an architect of tomorrow's insurance landscape with Sedgwick University. Our proprietary offering is the most comprehensive training and development program in the industry with more than 15,000 courses on demand, training specific to roles, and opportunities to continue your formal education - all available to you starting from your very first day.

You'll join a community passionate about making a difference, where every role contributes to a larger mission; protecting people and businesses. This isn't just a job; it's an opportunity to shape the future of insurance.

Not only that, we are proud to have a zero tolerance policy towards discrimination of any kind regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital/ family status, race, religion, sex or sexual orientation.

After the closing date we will review all applications and may select some applicants for an interview (which may be virtual, or in-person).