Employment Solicitor in Birmingham

Our market leading Employment, Pensions and Immigration team is seeking an employment lawyer with a focus on advocacy to cover Employment Tribunal hearings, from case management preliminary hearings to multi-day full-merits hearings, both in-person and by video. We advise clients across the UK including some of the UK's largest and best known employers. We believe that the quality of our clients and strength of our relationships with them speaks volumes about the quality of the service we provide. Our teams are highly ranked in the Legal Directories and have ambitions to grow further.

The position can be based from any one of our offices (or even remote if the candidate is not based near any of the offices listed) but working as part of our national Employment, Pensions and Immigration team. However, it should be noted that the position will involve travel to cover hearings throughout the UK.

As a lawyer and Employment Advocate in our Employment, Pensions and Immigration team, this is a great opportunity to play an integral role in growing our business, working alongside Partners to drive the practice forward, with scope for career development. You will manage a mixed caseload of employment work and will be responsible for:

• Primarily covering employment tribunal hearings, including (but not limited to):
• Multi-day discrimination, whistleblowing and detriment cases;
• Unfair dismissal and wages cases;
• Contentious preliminary hearings (jurisdiction, disability, applications etc.);
• Case management preliminary hearings.
• Employment law advice to a wide range of clients, including unfair dismissal, disciplinary, grievances, whistleblowing, discrimination, detriment claims and equal pay;
• Assist with the supervision and management members of the team with their caseloads as appropriate;
• Draft and prepare documents, tribunal responses, bundles, witness statements and reports;
• Draft articles and legal updates;
• Assist with business development initiatives including training and networking;
• Work in accordance with client and internal SLAs;
• Work in accordance with Weightmans’ values and procedures;
• Achieve set financial and chargeable targets.

You will have previous experience and a genuine and demonstrable interest in the above area of work. As the role is varied, we are looking for you to have a flexible approach to the work you do and be able to adapt to different tasks. We also require you to have/be:

• 4 + year PQE (although we will consider all candidates who have relevant advocacy experience);
• Experience of employment tribunal advocacy (including multi-day hearings);
• Excellent team work skills;
• Attention to detail;
• Strong technical knowledge;
• Ability to multi-task, work to strict deadlines and targets;
• Excellent communication, time management and organisational skills;
• Flexible approach;
• Ideally previous experience of mentoring / supervising junior fee-earners.

If you meet our criteria and think this is a job where you could bring enthusiasm and an eagerness to learn, then we look forward to receiving your application.

Come and join our award-winning organisation and be part of a team where people truly matter. Weightmans is a Leading national law firm, with strong international capabilities. Weightmans has been recognised as a leading employer for the 19th consecutive year at Britain’s Top Employers awards, and ranking top 10 in the list, the firm has also secured top positions in Chambers UK.

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and identities and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where everyone feels respected, supported and able to reach their full potential. Our people-first culture is at the heart of everything we do, making Weightmans a place where you can develop your career and thrive.