Employment Associate / Senior Associate - Manchester

Our highly regarded Manchester Employment team is expanding and we’re looking for a talented Employment Associate or Senior Associate to join us. You’ll be part of a dynamic and collaborative team that represents a diverse client base, including SMEs and PLCs across various sectors such as retail, manufacturing, engineering, financial services and facilities management.

As an Employment Associate or Senior Associate, you’ll be engaged in:

• A broad variety of contentious and non-contentious work, including employment tribunal litigation, providing day-to-day HR and employment law advice and advising on complex restructures, redundancies, and TUPE.
• Corporate support, advising on executive severances/settlement agreements, and supervising junior team members.
• Participation in business development and marketing initiatives (including client training and seminar delivery).

Our Manchester team has been involved in many high-profile cases and continues to grow its reputation for excellence. Recent work includes advising on large-scale restructures, defending complex employment tribunal claims, and supporting clients through sensitive workplace investigations.

We’re looking for someone who has a minimum of 4 years post qualification experience with:

• Strong technical skills and proven employment law experience.
• The ability to manage a varied caseload and to work effectively under pressure.
• Line management experience and a desire to mentor and develop junior team members.
• Proven commercial awareness, with strong client service skills and the ability to build and maintain professional networks.

If the above sounds like you, we would welcome your application.

Our Benefits - What We Can Offer You:

• 25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - You can ‘buy’ up to 35hrs of extra holiday too.
• Generous and flexible pension schemes.
• Volunteering days – Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid).
• Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services alongside our Aviva Digital GP services.
• A wide range of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace.
• Flexible by Choice programme which gives our colleagues more choice over a hybrid way of working subject to role, team and client requirements.

We have been ranked in the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing for Large Organisations for 2024! Our responsible business programmes are fundamental to who we are and our purpose. We’re committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can flourish, and we have established a number of inclusion network groups across our business to support this aim. Our commitment to Social Responsibility, community investment activity and tackling climate change is a fundamental part of who we are.