At a Glance
- Tasks: Handle diverse employment law cases and engage in business development activities.
- Company: Join a leading national Employment & HR team with a collaborative spirit.
- Benefits: Enjoy a competitive salary and a comprehensive learning programme.
- Other info: Flexible benefits and opportunities for professional growth await you.
- Why this job: Make a real impact while developing your expertise in employment law.
- Qualifications: 6+ years of experience in employment law and strong advisory skills.
The predicted salary is between 59400 - 72600 £ per year.
About The Role
Our Employment team is seeking an experienced Employment Lawyer to join our Birmingham office.
The national team is headed by Marc Long with support from four other partners.
Our Employment & HR team operates from Bristol, Taunton, Manchester, Southampton and Birmingham, providing a full range of services primarily to corporate clients.
Day to day, you’ll be successful in this role by
- Work on a varied mix of contentious and non‑contentious employment matters for corporate employer clients, with occasional work for senior executives and claimants.
- Allocate time between dispute work and general advisory work, with occasional corporate support.
- Handle complex, high‑value contentious cases, developing expertise on technical and strategically challenging matters.
- Take a lead role in business development, including seminars, networking events and drafting guidance and articles.
- Receive support and resources from the national team.
- Engage in client contact and take on significant responsibility.
- Comply with information security and firm policies and procedures.
Qualifications
- Minimum of 6+ years post‑qualification experience (PQE).
- Good experience of handling wide ranging employment law, HR matters and Tribunal cases for employers, prepared from inception to final hearing.
- Experience managing and complying with directions, including detailed discovery exercises and witness statement preparation.
- Advised clients on day‑to‑day employment issues: disciplinary proceedings, grievances, redundancies, discrimination issues.
- Experience preparing contracts of employment, policies/handbooks, settlement agreements and some employment‑based data protection work.
- Excellent team player capable of collaborating with solicitors to provide commercial solutions.
- Interest in business development and growing the practice.
- Solid drafting, research and advisory skills, with practical, commercially minded advice, excellent client care and organisational skills.
Benefits
- Competitive salary.
- Comprehensive learning and development programme.
- Flexible benefits.
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