Associate - Employment
Department: Employment and Pensions
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Birmingham
Description
We are looking for an employment solicitor with between 1 and 5 years' PQE to join our Birmingham office at a time when the team is growing. This is a substantive fee-earning role with real responsibility from the outset.
The Role
We are looking for an employment solicitor with between 1 and 5 years' PQE to join our Birmingham office at a time when the team is growing. This is a substantive fee-earning role with real responsibility from the outset.
If you are looking for a role where the work is interesting, the clients are engaged, and a team that is friendly and fun, then we could be the team for you.
The Candidate
Day-to-day the work is varied. You can expect to be involved in:
- Advising high-profile clients on a range of strategic employment matters
- Drafting employment contracts, policies, and disciplinary and grievance procedures
- Managing employment tribunal claims from initial instruction to resolution
- Supporting complex transactional employment matters
- Handling data subject access requests
- Contributing to the team's profile through thought leadership articles, seminars and client events
- Developing deep sector knowledge and maintaining cutting-edge awareness of legal developments
- Building long-term client relationships — we work with clients who return to us repeatedly, and we want Associates who understand the value of that
- Maintaining excellence in file management in accordance with Lexcel and departmental standards
- Actively engaging in comprehensive firm-wide and departmental training programmes
Benefits
- Our benefits include, an annual bonus scheme, GPP Pension Scheme with Aviva. We also offer Private Medical Insurance, (currently with Vitality Health) upon joining the firm, which include discounted gym memberships, free cinema tickets, health assessments and much more.
Trowers & Hamlins is an equal opportunities employer and values equity, diversity and inclusion. All applications will be considered on merit and the applicant's suitability to meet the requirements of the role and will be treated equally irrespective of Ethnicity, Gender (including Trans and non-binary) Race, Disability, Religion and sexual orientation.
As part of our firm recruitment policy our candidates are subject to employment screening background checks. These checks include personal details, education and employment history, professional qualifications and credit and criminal checks as appropriate.
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