Professional Support Lawyer - Employment

About your new role

Our market leading Employment, Pensions and Immigration team advises employers across the UK on all aspects of employment, pensions and immigration law. Our clients are some of the UK's largest and best known employers. We believe that the quality of our clients and strength of our relationships with our clients speaks volumes about the quality of the service we provide.

We are currently recruiting for a Professional Support Lawyer to join our HR Rely team.

This role will be closely aligned to HR Rely, our flagship product, which provides fixed fee employment, HR and advisory support for employers.

As an integral member of the HR Rely team, your key responsibilities will include:

• Updating the HR Rely Website with the latest employment law developments to ensure clients have access to accurate and up-to-date information.


• Updating and maintaining our employment document library with minimal supervision.


• Developing client-facing tools and training programs to improve the quality of service provided to clients.


• Staying informed about employment law trends and maximising current awareness updates to proactively address potential legal issues.


• Creating and maintaining best practice guides and knowledge resources to support the team in delivering high-quality legal advice.


• Proactively seeking ways to help our lawyers be more efficient.


• Bringing any ideas to Product & Innovation and Business Change – e.g. how new technology may be harnessed and leveraged for benefit. How processes might need to be adapted.


• Write and edit guidance notes, precedents, checklists and provide practical advice to employment lawyers.


• Attend external meetings and events as appropriate and maintain personal professional development.


• Supporting on a wide range of projects as and when required.


• Delivering training and some limited legal work to achieve a modest financial target.

To be successful in this role, you must possess the following qualifications and skills:

• Proven experience as an Employment lawyer with a strong background in Employment Law.


• Excellent drafting, research, and communication skills with keen attention to detail.


• Ability to write about, present and train others in relation to legal developments, including case law, legislation and procedural changes.


• A high level of interpersonal skills, able to work collaboratively with a range of people to deliver results.


• A pragmatic and commercial approach to legal problem-solving.


• Proven ability to juggle demands and resources with various requirements and priorities.


• Good time management, organisation and IT skills.


• An entrepreneurial mindset – looking for opportunities to sell bolt‑on services (eg training) to our existing HR Rely clients.

Working alongside the ever‑growing HR Rely team you will be at the forefront of our business and future development. Our HR Rely service, a fixed fee employment law service, grants clients access to a dedicated team of experts addressing all employment and HR requirements. We offer bolt‑on services to tailor our support offerings for a personalised experience within many sectors including manufacturing, retail, utilities, professional services, hospitality and education.

About You

• Experienced Employment lawyer requiring minimal supervision.


• Passionate about keeping abreast of legal developments.


• Enjoy presenting/training both to colleagues and clients.


• Looking for opportunities to sell additional services (such as training) to existing clients.


• Team player.


• Excellent communicator – both oral and written.


• Attention to detail.

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

Any reference to experience or PQE in our adverts or job descriptions is to be used as a guideline only. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and with different levels of experience who can demonstrate that they fulfil the requirements of the role.

Why work for us

Come and join our award‑winning organisation and team. Weightmans has been recognised as a leading employer for the 19th consecutive year at Britain’sTop Employers awards 2026, and rankingtop 10in the list, the firm has secured top positions in Chambers UK.

Embark on this journey with Weightmans towards becoming one of the Top 30 UK Law firms.

Why work for us? Take a look:Work for Weightmans: voted a top employer | Weightmans

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