Newly qualified Employment Lawyer

Our client are Legal 500 and Chambers recommended as one of East Anglia's leading law firms.

The firm offers a broad range of legal advice to individuals and companies in respect of a large range of legal services both nationally and internationally and are consistently ranked highly for providing excellent client service.

They now wish to recruit a newly or recently qualified Employment Lawyer. Ideally, candidates should have had exposure to a broad range of contentious and non-contentious employment work during their training and/or within their current role, including, in particular, experience dealing with:

• Employment Tribunal cases, including drafting pleadings and correspondence
• Reviewing and drafting employment contracts, service agreements, settlement agreements, and policies
• Advising on day-to-day HR and employment law matters
• Business development experience, including networking

The Employment team carry out a high calibre of work and have been credited with being one of the best in the region. Working with both companies and individuals, the team act on a vast range of matters locally and nationally and pride themselves on building strong relationships.

You must be able to:

• Manage own caseload and assist others in the team
• Manage own financial housekeeping
• Conduct meetings with clients both face to face and remotely
• Assess legal issues and advise accordingly / conduct legal research / advise on costs and scope of work
• Draft documents and letters of advice
• Keep up to date with law and practice
• Have excellent communication and team skills

BENEFITS

• 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
• Hybrid working
• Personal pension scheme
• Group life assurance
• Support and funding for further professional qualifications
• Private health insurance
• In-house health & wellbeing sessions
• Car parking