At a Glance
- Tasks: Advise schools on employment law, handle tribunal claims, and draft tailored contracts.
- Company: Top-ranked legal team in the education sector with a focus on collaboration.
- Benefits: Flexible working, private medical insurance, pension contributions, and wellbeing initiatives.
- Other info: Diverse and inclusive workplace with strong support for career growth.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in education while developing your legal expertise.
- Qualifications: Solid grounding in employment law and a passion for the education sector.
The predicted salary is between 30000 - 40000 £ per year.
Join our employment education team consistently ranked Band One in the Legal 500 and Chambers UK to deliver pragmatic, solution-focused employment advice to schools, academies and other education sector clients.
The Role:
- Advising education sector clients on the full range of employment law matters, including:
- Advisory work: Day-to-day employment advice covering disciplinary and grievance procedures, redundancy programmes, flexible working, family-friendly rights, holiday pay, and contractual queries.
- Contentious work: Preparing employment tribunal claims and responses, witness statements, skeleton arguments, and conducting advocacy at hearings.
- Drafting: Contracts of employment, policies, and procedures tailored to the education sector.
- TUPE: Advising on academy transfers, projects, and general transfer queries.
- Union relations: Navigating policy negotiations, restructures, and changes to terms and conditions in a unionised environment, as well as advising on industrial action.
What We Are Looking For:
- A solid grounding in employment law with a genuine interest in the education sector.
- The ability to deliver solution-focused, commercially aware advice aligned to clients' needs.
- Strong relationship-building skills with clients and colleagues alike.
- A team-oriented approach and a commitment to continuous development.
Why Join Us?
- We offer a flexible and hybrid working model.
- Our comprehensive benefits package includes private medical insurance, pension contributions, an employee assistance programme, and a range of wellbeing initiatives.
- Enhanced parental leave is also available, reflecting our commitment to supporting you through every stage of your career and life.
- Many of our people work flexibly in some way and we’re open to considering how we can accommodate flexible working arrangements alongside role requirements.
- If this is important to you, please talk to us about it during the recruitment process.
- We celebrate diversity and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, social economic background or age.
- We’re a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who best meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role.
Associate - Employment (Education) employer: Browne Jacobson LLP
Browne Jacobson LLP is an exceptional employer that prioritises employee well-being and professional growth, offering a hybrid working model that promotes work-life balance. With comprehensive benefits such as private medical insurance and enhanced parental leave, the firm fosters a collaborative culture where team members can thrive and contribute to meaningful service improvements in a supportive environment.
We think you need these skills to ace Associate - Employment (Education)
Employment Law
Advisory Skills
Disciplinary Procedures
Grievance Procedures
Redundancy Programmes
Flexible Working Policies
Contractual Queries
