Employment
Employment Senior Associate, 4+ PQE, Birmingham / Manchester / Leeds / Oxford.
This is a well-regarded Employment team sitting within a large, top-50 scale national firm, so you get the client quality and resource of a big practice, with the day-to-day variety of a team that works across several sectors. The work is genuinely mixed: health and care clients (both private and NHS), commercial clients in areas like automotive, manufacturing and retail, and higher education institutions. You'd join a national service line, working alongside colleagues across offices rather than as a lone regional presence, and you'd be trusted to run your own matters while also helping to develop the juniors around you.
- Location
- Oxford
- Discipline
- Employment
- Level
- Senior Associate
- Salary
- £70,000 – £85,000
What You’ll Actually Be Doing
- Leading Employment Tribunal and advisory matters for large employers, with appropriate supervision at Senior Associate level
- Managing your own caseload day to day and delegating work to junior employment lawyers
- Advising clients across health and care, higher education and commercial sectors, including regulated-sector employers
- Building strong, long-term client relationships through the quality of your advice
- Getting involved in client training, marketing and business development activities
What We Need From You
- Qualified solicitor with 4+ years' experience as an employment lawyer, gained at a reputable law firm or in-house
- Experience advising large employers, and advocacy experience
- Proven ability to run matters independently and to delegate effectively to junior colleagues
- Strong organisational skills, with excellent time and document management and a keen eye for detail
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence, persuade and work well as part of a team
- Some experience advising clients in regulated sectors is desirable
- An interest in client training, marketing and business development
The Offer
- Salary: £70,000 – £85,000
- Flexibility: Hybrid working - 50% in the office and home
- The bit worth highlighting: Varied, high-quality employment work for large employers across several sectors, within a renowned national team and a firm with the scale to match
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