Claims Administrator
Join a global law firm at an exciting moment of growth.
Kennedys is expanding, and we're looking for a Claims Administrator to support our busy and growing Casualty Corporate team in Leeds. With increasing client demand and a strong pipeline of work, this is an excellent opportunity to build your career within a leading international firm.
The Role
As a Claims Administrator, you will play a key part in ensuring our casualty litigation team operates smoothly and efficiently. You'll work closely with fee earners and business services colleagues, supporting high‑quality work for major clients across the insurance and corporate sectors.
Your role will be varied, fast‑paced and integral to delivering an exceptional client experience.
Key Responsibilities
- Claims administration - supporting day‑to‑day case handling
- Opening and closing files in line with firm procedures
- Managing and updating case management systems
- Preparing documents, filing and handling correspondence
- Liaising with clients, insurers and third parties
- Monitoring deadlines and ensuring key actions are completed
- Supporting billing processes and general team administration
- Liaising with clients regarding loss fund accounts
- Working on reconciliations and handling team debts
About You
We're looking for someone who is organised, proactive and thrives in a collaborative professional environment. Whether you already have experience in a legal or claims setting, or you're looking to develop a long‑term career in this area, we'd love to hear from you.
You will ideally bring:
- Administrative experience (legal or claims background is a bonus)
- Strong attention to detail and excellent organisational skills
- Confidence using IT systems and Microsoft Office
- A professional, client‑focused approach
- The ability to manage competing priorities effectively
About Kennedys
Kennedys is a global law firm with expertise in dispute resolution and advisory services. With over 3,000 people in 45 offices across 18 countries around the world we have some of the most respected legal minds in their field.
Our lawyers handle both contentious and non-contentious matters, and provide a range of specialist legal services, for many industry sectors but we have particular expertise in litigation and dispute resolution, especially in defending insurance and liability claims.
We're a fresh-thinking firm, and we're not afraid to bring challenging new perspectives to the table way beyond the traditional realm of legal services. We empower our clients with a diverse range of ideas, tools and technology to make their lives easier, as well as delivering exceptional results, every time.
What do we have to offer?
We welcome high-performing lawyers, business services professionals, secretaries, graduates and apprentices to join our rapidly expanding global firm. Whatever your role at Kennedys, you'll be involved in exciting and stimulating work, where your input will make a difference.
Our culture and values form a big part of who we are and we take them seriously. We make a difference by being approachable, straightforward, supportive, distinctive and ambitious. Our values are at the core of who we are and what make us a great firm to work with and for.
The Firm recognises the value of investing in our people's development and believes our culture and values contribute to the quality of our work and of our client relationships. With a culture of on-the-job and experiential learning, peer to peer learning, mentoring, resources and tools that enable you to drive your career, we can support your development in your current and future roles. A variety of other opportunities are available including secondments to clients and our global offices.
We strive to celebrate diversity, empower our people and ensure everyone can bring their authentic selves to work. We've created a culture based on client service, professional excellence, hard work and trust, where diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) is a key priority. We recognise that many of our people want to work for an employer that is aligned to their values, which is why we are building an inclusive culture, decarbonising our operations and supporting our people to thrive at work. Our people are the key to driving this change and helping us to make a difference to our clients, our people and the communities in which we live and work.
Kennedys is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. We expect all employees to be aware of and comply with all relevant policies and procedures within their jurisdiction, including those relating to Information Security, Data Protection and Quality Management, refer any breach promptly to Risk & Compliance and to complete all mandatory training when requested.
