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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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Senior Commercial Claims Technician
Are you passionate about delivering excellent customer service and want a new challenge?
Experienced Commercial/Property claims person
Do you have great attention to detail?
Would you enjoy being part of a busy, supportive team which can provide great long-term career opportunities?
Is flexible work/life balance important to you?
If you’ve answered yes, then a role in our commercial property team 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:
Structured programmes with clear timescales & transparent career pathways
Fully supported professional qualifications with rewards
Truly flexible working
Competitive salary
Employee assistance programme for employee wellbeing
Life assurance
Group Income Protection
Our other benefits include:
Private healthcare plan (including pre-existing conditions)
A Self Invested Personal Pension Scheme
Annual leave allowance of 25 days + public holidays
Voluntary benefits – Purchase extra holidays, dental cover, cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan, wellbeing, and digital GP apps.
The Role:
An excellent opportunity has arisen in our Commercial property team. We are seeking an individual, with experience of managing a caseload from receipt of claim (via our new claims team) through to settlement.
The role will involve working within a well-established team. The claims will be of varying value and complexity, and we’ll provide you with the training and tools that you need to help develop your skills and knowledge.
We’re looking for an individual who is able to demonstrate excellent communication and listening skills, combined with the ability to impart information and maintain accurate data. Proven skills in developing and maintaining close working relationships, both internally and externally is essential.
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, you will experience bright and open surroundings which offer excellent areas for collaboration as well as desk space. It is an ideal environment for working alongside and interacting with fellow colleagues.
You will have:
Good level of education – at least to GCSE level o. equivalent
Previous claims experience is essential.
Good negotiation skills
Excellent communication skills both written and verbal with Customers, Clients, and Colleagues
The ability to prioritise your workload effectively.
The ability to work on your own initiative and take ownership of your own caseload of claims at the same time as working together as a team.
The ability to develop and maintain a close working relationship with our customers, to promote customer satisfaction during all stages of the claim.
Ability to demonstrate understanding and empathy throughout
Excellent IT skills
Existing or intention to become Cert / Dip CII qualified.
As a global business, we are always interested in hearing from candidates with bi-lingual/multilingual skills.
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 are 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 are supportive of that. As a flexible employer, we are 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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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.