Employment Solicitor

Job Title: Employment Solicitor / Associate / Senior Associate levels all considered.

Location: Northamptonshire

Salary: £30,000 - £70,000 per annum D.O.E

Hours of Work: Full Time 

Type: Permanent and Onsite

Start Date: Immediately (flexible for notice periods)

Hiring 2 x Candidates

The Company

As a strong regional firm, they have an almost unique niche in their market with 6 offices, great clients, a heritage that goes back over a century. The firm has a vision that vision starts with being a great place to work, a proper work-life balance, varied and interesting clients, opportunities for development and career progression, plus a host of other benefits.

The Role Itself

They are considering individuals with a range of experience but are ideally looking for people who in skill range from 1-year PQE, up to Senior Associate level.

You will need to be competent at working independently, handling your own caseload from initial instruction through to completion and providing guidance and mentoring to our more junior team members.

This is a role where your voice will be heard, with genuine scope for a challenging but supported career.

Responsibilities

The successful candidate will undertake a diverse caseload incorporating contentious and non-contentious work for employer clients. They act for a diverse client base including SMEs, OMBs and listed companies.

In addition, they also act for employees. No two days are the same, as you could be working on anything from Settlement Agreements to providing corporate support for M&A work as well as the full range of employment matters including, but not limited to: 

• Assisting with Modern Slavery Act compliance.
• Playing an integral advisory role with a variety of projects (including re-structuring, changing terms and conditions of employment and large-scale redundancy exercises).
• Providing strategic advice in connection with Boardroom/SMT disputes.
• Providing ad hoc advice on operational HR matters.
• Assisting with data protection compliance.
• Representing clients in employment tribunals.

 This is a role that will grow with you, and you’ll also have the opportunity to work on projects in conjunction with our Corporate & Commercial, Commercial Litigation, and Commercial Property teams. (Most of our teams being recognised by Legal 500).

On top of that, you’ll have first-class support from our award-winning Marketing Team, to assist with business development opportunities.

Benefits

• Competitive holiday entitlement increasing with length of service and options to buy more.
• Paid volunteer leave.
• BUPA cover
• Pension scheme with matched contributions up to 4%.
• Professional development opportunities.
• Discount schemes on retail, utilities and gym memberships.
• Health Cash Plans available and Health screening.
• Death in service benefit (after qualifying period) paying 3 x salary.
• Regular long service awards and annual staff recognition awards.
• Salary sacrifice scheme– a tax-efficient way to get into a new car.
• Cycle to work scheme.

Many of their current partners trained with the firm and progressed to Head of Team or Board member positions, so the opportunities really are there for promotion. You’ll also be an integral part of the firm, potentially having a say in budgets, recruitment, input to marketing, business development and the overall strategy for developing your chosen market.

Next Steps:

Apply to this Service Advisor role through this advert. If you would like more information about this role, please contact Lewis in our Commercial team on (phone number removed).

If successful, you will need to digitally register with our agency (if you haven’t already done so). If you have not been contacted regarding your application within 7 days, please assume that you have not been successful. We will however retain your application for any future roles for which you may be suitable.

About Regional Recruitment Services – A Recruitment Agency in (State location of work e.g. Leicester)

This position is advertised by Regional Recruitment Services Ltd, an award-winning independent recruitment agency that has been operating since 2008. We offer permanent, temporary and contract jobs within the Commercial, Construction, Industrial and Engineering sectors. To view all our positions available throughout the United Kingdom, please visit our website ((url removed)).

Please note, that our PQE requirements are for guide purposes. If you have more or fewer years of experience than is specified, we would still love to hear from you!