Senior Associate/Associate – Employment – Cardiff – 2+ PQE – Cardiff

Senior Associate/Associate – Employment – Cardiff – 2+ Years PQE
Location: Cardiff (Hybrid)
Type of Role: Permanent, Full-time
Salary: £55,000 to £75,000

A well established national law firm is seeking a Senior Associate/Associate with a minimum of 2 years’ post qualification experience to join its Employment and HR Services team in Cardiff. This is an excellent opportunity to take a leading role in a high profile group action in the Employment Tribunal while helping to grow and shape the firm’s claimant offering.

The Role

You’ll be responsible for managing and developing a varied and impactful caseload of employment matters, including:

• Leading and managing a complex group action claim from inception to resolution
• Developing and growing a high performing claimant employment law team
• Providing strategic legal advice to claimants with a strong focus on client care
• Supporting respondent work including unfair dismissal, discrimination, TUPE, restructuring, redundancies, settlement agreements, policies and procedures, and contractual issues
• Delivering seminars/webinars, writing articles and contributing to the firm’s marketing and social media presence
• Supporting the department’s business plan through networking, training and relationship building
• Working collaboratively with colleagues across the wider Employment and HR Services team

Candidate Requirements

This role is suited to a qualified solicitor with:

• Minimum 2 years’ PQE in employment law
• Strong track record in claimant litigation, ideally including group or multi party actions
• Excellent advocacy, negotiation and case management skills
• Leadership experience, including supervision of junior team members
• Strong organisational and time management abilities
• Proven ability to build and maintain excellent client relationships
• A proactive, ambitious and forward thinking approach

Benefits

The firm offers:

• Minimum of 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
• Birthday day off
• pension scheme
• Hybrid working
• Employee recruitment incentive scheme

The firm is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. Adjustments to the recruitment process can be made to support individual needs. The firm is also a Disability Confident committed employer.

*At Chadwick Nott, we are committed to developing a diverse and inclusive culture as well as supporting our large client network achieve the same. We are an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications of all qualified candidates regardless of their age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, disability, culture or anything other personal characteristic. We champion and celebrate diversity in the workplace. Where a level of experience is indicated, please note that this is only a guideline.*

Job Tenure: Permanent and Full-Time
Salary: £55000 – £75000 per annum
Location: Cardiff,