Employment Law Paralegal
Location: Near York (hybrid)
Salary: £25,000 to £32,000
Experience: Paralegal level
Our client is building something a bit different, delivering big-firm expertise with a boutique, human approach. They work with ambitious founders, SMEs and high-growth businesses, providing pragmatic legal support through fixed price projects and monthly subscriptions.
They are now looking for an ambitious Employment Paralegal to join the team. This is a great opportunity for someone who is eager to learn, develop, and take on increasing responsibility within a supportive environment with ongoing training.
You will support the Employment team on a wide variety of matters, acting predominantly for employers across both contentious and non-contentious work. You will get hands-on exposure to advisory work, tribunal support, drafting, and employment elements of corporate transactions.
What You'll Be Doing
- Supporting the team on a broad range of employment law matters for employer clients
- Assisting with day-to-day advisory work including disciplinaries, grievances, performance management, sickness absence, redundancies, restructures and exits
- Supporting Employment Tribunal matters, including preparing bundles, drafting chronologies, witness statements, schedules of loss, instructions to counsel, and liaising with clients throughout the process
- Drafting and reviewing employment documentation including contracts, service agreements, staff handbooks, policies and settlement agreements
- Carrying out legal research and preparing practical, commercially focused summaries
- Liaising directly with clients and helping to manage matters from instruction through to completion under supervision
- Supporting corporate transactions through employment due diligence and assisting with employment aspects of acquisitions, disposals and investments
- Assisting with TUPE matters including business transfers, outsourcing arrangements and workforce reorganisations
- Building strong client relationships and becoming a trusted part of the wider advisory team
- Working closely with colleagues across corporate, commercial, IP, data protection and commercial property
- Supporting business development activity through events, marketing initiatives and client education
What We're Looking For
- Previous experience in an employment law environment (paralegal or similar)
- Genuine interest in employment law and a proactive, can-do approach
- Strong drafting, written communication and attention to detail
- Confident with organisation and time management, able to prioritise competing tasks
- Comfortable working as part of a team and using your own initiative
- Strong IT skills
What's On Offer
- Grown-up flexibility and autonomy
- 5% employer pension contribution (matched with 5% employee contribution)
- Comprehensive health insurance (with option to add dependants at your cost)
- Life assurance (4x salary)
- Employee assistance programme
- Income protection
Working Arrangements
- Full time
- Permanent
- Hybrid working
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