Associate - Employment (Education)

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.