Technical Supervisor - Ministry of Defence & Noise Induced Hearing Loss

The Technical Supervisor will lead the team to meet the technical development objectives set for the team and each individual within the team. The Technical Supervisor’s role will involve providing supervision, technical support and training to the team. The Team Supervisor will also maintain a caseload of MOD NIHL matters.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide supervision, training and technical support to their team.
• To continue to handle a reduced caseload.
• Ensure compliance with benchmarks set by Keoghs and by clients whilst driving settlement and ensuring quality of delivery
• Identify and implement appropriate learning activities to ensure the achievement of appropriate authority levels and the ongoing development of all team members.
• Ensure effective communication with the team at all times
• Assist with reviewing client complaints, taking action to resolve issues as swiftly and effectively as possible
• Complete projects and process updates in order to improve current operating practices or to address specific client issues.
• To ensure compliance with the SRA Code of Conduct 2019

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

The successful applicant will ideally have the following skills:

• Qualified Solicitor
• Experience in the file handing of disease claims (Essential)
• Technical sign-off on litigated NIHL matters £150K FA 250K HA (Essential)
• Proficient in all stages of the litigation process of disease claims (Essential)
• Excellent listening and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrate some prior experience of
• Successfully leading a project or a team to deliver on outcomes in insurance/legal sector (Desirable)
• Developing others through identifying learning requirements and gaps and formulating plans to improve performance/capability (Desirable)
• Proficient in MS Office (word and excel in particular) and experience of using a Case/Claims Management system.

Job Benefits

• Davies Incentive Plan
• 25 days holiday per year which increases with level of service (opportunity to buy & sell 3 days)
• Simply Health Care Cash Plan
• WeCare – 24/7 online GP, mental health support and virtual wellbeing covering a whole host of topics to do with health, mental health, wellbeing & healthy living and financial & legal wellbeing

*after successfully completing probation.

About Keoghs

Keoghs is a leading provider of legal and claims solutions to insurers, businesses and other suppliers to the insurance sector. We manage more than £1bn worth of insurer claims and resolve in excess of 100,000 claims per year working in partnership with leading insurers, MGAs, brokers, corporates and the public sector.

With more than 50 years’ experience we have an in-depth understanding of the insurance claims process, enabling us to contain and lower litigation rates, shorten claims lifecycles and reduce overall claims costs. We combine proven processes, technology and low cost infrastructure with extensive legal and insurance market knowledge. This enables us to create individual solutions for each of our clients that match their requirements in terms of quality, performance and value for money.

We invest heavily in specialised services, technology and innovation for our insurance clients, and we are the first to launch a true artificial intelligence (AI) insurance lawyer. Through our proprietary AI lawyer, Lauri, we’ve transformed the claims handling process for low-value personal injury claims; we’ve reduced claim lifecycles and reduced costs for our clients. Supported by commercial acumen and innovative products, Keoghs leads the way in providing legal solutions to the insurance industry.