Employment Solicitor/Senior Associate

Employment Solicitor/Senior AssociatePreston/Manchester£40,000-£65,000

This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious Employment Solicitor to progress their career and bring their experience and knowledge into a collaborative and professional team.

This role will be supporting the Commercial Employment team and will have exposure to a varies caseload of Employment matters.

Responsibilities:

• Managing a varied case load of Employment matters;
• Attending/representing at Tribunal hearings for a wide variety of hearings, including:-
  • Unfair dismissal
  • Discrimination
  • TUPE
  • Redundancy
• Representation at internal client hearings such as disciplinaries, dismissals, grievances, appeals and conducting investigations;
• Provision of written and verbal advice in litigates and non-litigated matters;
• Communications with client, opponents, Courts/Tribunals and third parties to progress files;
• Provision and supervision of value-added services e.g. client helpline calls/emails, legal surgeries, briefing notes etc;
• Supporting the Head of Department, Partners and other advisors on their own cases, and the delivery of the departmental strategy and business objectives;
• Ensuring compliance with internal and external business requirements including ISO:9001 quality control, SRA Principles / Code of Conduct, and Court & Tribunal deadlines;

Requirements:

• qualified Solicitor (or CILEx equivalent) with minimum 2 years PQE;
• previous experience of working within the Employment legal sector is essential;
• desire to conduct advocacy in Courts or Tribunals is essential, including the ability and willingness to travel throughout England;
• good client care skills, providing professional and competent legal advice in accordance with the SRA Code of Conduct;
• proven experience of handling own caseload, working to and managing deadlines, alongside the capability to generate fees in accordance with agreed targets;