Employment Solicitor (Managing Associate) in Belfast

Your New Company

We are delighted to be partnering with a top Law Firm in their search for an ambitious Employment Solicitor to join the ranks of their pre-eminent Employment Law team in Belfast at Managing Associate Level. The Employment team is one of the leading employment law practices and is consistently top ranked by independent legal directories. They provide unrivalled service supporting clients, including many of the world's leading businesses, on their HR, employment and immigration law needs domestically and internationally.

Your New Role

As the Managing Associate Employment Solicitor, you will handle a mix of contentious and non-contentious employment law matters, and deal with a wide range of clients. You will provide high-quality employment law advice and representation to employer clients, delivering practical, commercially focused solutions while contributing to the continued development of the firm's Employment Law practice in Northern Ireland.

Our client has developed detailed career benchmarks set out that you will be expected to achieve at each level of your professional development:

• Technical legal expertise: you will continually seek to build on your current knowledge and proactively look to improve your advising skills.
• Delivering excellent service: you will analyse legal information to solve problems and formulate arguments or strategy relevant to your clients' needs. You'll also use your initiative to proactively manage work and provide regular and appropriate updates to your stakeholders.
• Building relationships: you will proactively develop positive working relationships with colleagues, ensuring that you work collaboratively and that you treat all colleagues with respect and professionalism.
• Developing the business: you will have an awareness of the firm's goals and clients and have an appropriate level of involvement in building and maintaining relationships with key clients and prospects.

Matters will include:

• Unfair dismissal and wrongful dismissal
• Discrimination (sex, race, disability, age, religion/belief, sexual orientation)
• Redundancy and restructuring
• TUPE
• Disciplinary and grievance procedures
• Employment contracts, policies, and handbooks
• Settlement agreements and terminations
• Managing employment tribunal claims from inception to hearing, including advocacy where appropriate
• Drafting pleadings, witness statements, contracts, and settlement documentation
• Providing clear, pragmatic, and commercially focused advice tailored to client needs

What You Need To Succeed

As the Managing Associate Employment Solicitor, you will be a qualified solicitor in Northern Ireland, England and Wales or the Republic of Ireland. You will be 8 years PQE + and gained the benefit of training and development in a well-respected employment team. Deep technical knowledge of most of the employment areas listed above. Excellent drafting, analytical and communication skills as well as strong attention to detail. Comfortable with taking responsibility for work output, working autonomously and dealing directly with clients. Experience supervising junior lawyers is helpful. An ambitious, proactive, curious, commercial, responsive attitude. Examples of marketing and business development initiatives they have been involved with. Experience of acting for employer clients on both general advisory and employment litigation work is preferred. A team player who is keen to support others to learn and who is keen to learn and develop their own skills. You must have comprehensive employment law knowledge, a strong analytical ability, and a clear communication style (both spoken and written). A commercial approach to client service is essential, and you must enjoy doing business development and, above all, must be a team player.

What You'll Receive In Return

As the Managing Associate Employment Solicitor, you will receive:

• A highly competitive salary, bonus and benefits package.
• Opportunities for professional development and career progression.
• A collaborative and supportive work environment.
• Exposure to high-profile matters and clients.

Applying For Your New Role

Does this position sound of interest? Please submit your CV confidentially and we will be in touch shortly to discuss the opportunity in further detail. Or, if you prefer to chat about the role confidentially before submitting a CV, please get in touch via the contact details provided.