Solicitor/Associate- Employment

Your Role

Working in our Employment team is a fantastic opportunity to get involved in challenging and complex cases, whilst learning from the very best. Using your understanding of this interesting area of law, you’ll work to participate in relevant practice development initiatives, seek to get involved with business development opportunities and keep up to date with changes in relevant law and practice. To drive best practice further, you will be an exceptional team player with the ability to work collaboratively to deliver the best outcomes for our clients and to develop other team members.

Your role will focus on the full range of employment issues advising on matters including Corporate Support, TUPE, International Project Work, HR Advisory work and Tribunal Claims, working with UK-based and international businesses, including medium, large and listed companies and reputable high street names in sectors such as Leisure, Hospitality and Retail.

You will gain plenty of hands on experience from the outset with support from senior members of the team who are leading experts in this area, to further your development

About You

2 PQE +

Experience in Corporate Support, TUPE, International Project Work and HR Advisory work

A high level of accuracy

An enthusiasm for advising on a varied range of employment law issues and taking on new challenges

The ability to manage a busy and varied workload

An interest in business development

We’re proud of our values, and we’re looking for people who share them:

To be pioneering with an imaginative outlook

To be approachable and caring

To be tenacious in the pursuit of our objectives

To be efficient in the provision of our services

To work with a foundation of integrity.

If this sounds like you, we’d love to receive your application.

Our Benefits - What We Can Offer You

Flexible working options - Make work fit around your life, not the other way around.

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.

We also offer a wide range of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace and to make sure you’re fully supported to work in a way that best suits you. This includes our Flexible by Choice programme which gives our colleagues more choice over how they wish to work subject to role and client requirements.

We have recently been ranked in the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing for Large Organisations for 2023! 

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. It’s made up of four strands: Our People, Our Community, Our Environment and Our Pro Bono.