Employment Solicitor in Manchester

Overview

We have a fantastic opportunity for a talented Lawyer to join our hugely successful Employment team in Manchester. We’re seeking those with experience in equality/discrimination and have experience of employment tribunals. We would like those who are extremely proficient within Employment law and have the ability to manage client meetings and lead complex negotiations. It’s vital to have experience within redundancy and restructure, employment terminations and TUPE agreements.

There will also be further duties, including (but not limited to) negotiating settlements, supporting our clients through their cases, managing your own caseload and providing top class legal advice where required. We would also like those who have a background in supervision and/or line management, with a commercial focus on chargeable hours and billing.

What we offer in return:

We have a wide range of core and voluntary benefits:

• Hybrid working – 2 days per week in the office (must live a reasonable distance to commute to the office)
• 35 hours per week – Monday to Friday
• 25 days holiday allowance plus bank holidays
• Buy and sell annual leave up to 5 days
• Aviva Digicare+ Workplace App providing services including annual health checks, Digital GP services, mental health consultations, 2nd medical opinions and more
• Employee Assistance Programme with free webinars for stress awareness and counselling sessions
• Group Income Protection to support you if you are unable to work long term due to qualifying illness or injury
• Health and Wellbeing Programmes and apps including gym discounts, private medical insurance, cycle to work scheme, meditation sessions and more
• Life Assurance cover
• Benefits Hub providing discounts to 700+ services including cinema, dining, travel and high street stores
• Free legal help and discounted lawyer-led legal services

Your Professional Development

We will support and encourage you with developing your career with an award-winning law firm. We run courses across our offices and continually monitor and update the learning and development offering based on what you tell us. We can support continuous professional development by providing funding for professional qualifications, attending external training courses and access to internal learning resources.

Our Values

Like all great businesses, we strive to recruit the best people and uphold the highest legal standards. Our people bring something a little different. We hire people who can challenge, remove roadblocks and deliver outstanding customer service. That’s why at Slater + Gordon we go further with our values.

How we work is guided by the S+G Way. This means:

• We do what we say we will
• We don’t wait we create
• We own it, we sort it
• We respect and encourage each other
• We make time to live

The S+G Way defines the specific behaviours and actions that our colleagues and our customers care about the most. We know this, because our colleagues helped to create the way, through a series of interactive workshops and interviews.

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Job Details

• Seniority level: Associate
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Legal
• Industries: Law Practice

For further information, please contact SL.Baylis@slatergordon.uk

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