Employment Solicitor

Our client has a vacancy for an Employment Solicitor (2 to 5 years PQE). The ideal candidate should be hard‑working, out‑going and a good team player. Experience of working in a city or medium/large provincial practice is desirable. You should have a keen interest in employment law and be able to discuss knowledgeably topical employment law issues.

Knowledge

• Advising on day‑to‑day HR and employment law issues
• Drafting employment contracts, policies, and staff handbooks
• Handling and advising Settlement Agreements, Redundancy Matters, and Employment Tribunal claims
• Supporting corporate transactions with employment law input (TUPE, due diligence, etc.)
• Assisting with business development, client training sessions, and marketing initiatives
• Exposure to both claimant and respondent employment work

Key Skills

• Sound legal knowledge, drafting and advisory skills
• Experience of undertaking advocacy in court/chambers/tribunal setting
• Experience of presenting to an audience
• Commercial, practical and financial awareness
• Confidence and ability to communicate at senior levels
• Excellent interpersonal and marketing skills with the ability to develop contacts for the team and the firm
• Problem solving
• Strong ambition for career development
• Team player able to fit into a friendly, busy team
• Negotiation skills
• Organisational ability
• Ability to be responsible for own caseload (under supervision where relevant)

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