Employment Lawyer
Job Type : Permanent, Full Time
Salary : £30000 – £50000/annum
Eventus Legal are seeking an Employment Solicitor / Legal Executive to join a successful law firm based in Northampton. However, the opportunity is available across all offices in the company portfolio consisting of offices in South Yorkshire, East Midlands & Lincolnshire. This is a permanent, full-time role. Benefits include a generous holiday allowance, continuous training, development, and progression opportunities.
Role Responsibilities
As an Employment Lawyer, you will represent clients in a broad range of employment matters. You will be responsible for providing legal advice, handling, and managing employment cases, and providing support on contentious and non-contentious matters.
Key Responsibilities:
* Providing legal advice to clients on a variety of employment matters including contracts, redundancies, disciplinaries, grievances, TUPE, and employment tribunal claims.
* Representing clients in employment tribunals and court proceedings.
* Drafting, reviewing, and amending a range of employment-related documents.
* Keeping clients informed of case developments and advising on strategy and risk.
* Liaising and negotiating with opponents and third parties to achieve the best possible outcome for clients.
* Developing and maintaining strong client relationships.
* Contributing to the firm's business development and marketing initiatives.
Person Specification
The incoming Employment Solicitor will be a confident professional with first class interpersonal and motivational skills and the passion to help drive the Firm forward. Importantly, the candidate will need the following:
* Proven track record of employment law, with a minimum of 3 years+ PQE.
* Possess good management and supervisory skills.
* Have a strong desire to market and develop their branch.
* Have a strong work ethic, good time management skills and a flexible approach to work.
Benefits and Rewards
This is an exciting opportunity to join an established Law Firm with flexibility of office location and the successful candidate may have the opportunity to work from home on a remote basis in time.
Other benefits include:
* 38 days’ inclusive of bank and other public holidays
* 3% employer pension contribution on whole salary
* Life Assurance scheme at 3x annual salary
* Continuous training and development opportunities
* Generous employee sickness allowance of 6 weeks
* Client and employee referral schemes (up to £2000)
* 25% discount on some legal services
About the Company
This is a highly successful law firm recognised by the Legal 500 as a leading firm. The firm are proud to have delivered legal services for over 260 years. They are proud to have been recognised as a law firm of quality and experience through the award of the Legal Aid Agency's Specialist Quality Mark, the Law Society's Lexcel Quality Standard, and the Law Society's Conveyancing Quality Scheme accreditation.
Next Steps
If you are interested in learning more about this Employment Solicitor / Legal Executive role, apply now to send your CV to Simon Scott at the Eventus Recruitment Group via email.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact me at the details above for a confidential discussion on your career.
The Eventus Recruitment Group are award-winning recruitment specialists operating in the Legal, HR, Finance and Accountancy sectors across the UK. Please note, the years’ experience and / or salary are listed in our advertisements as a guide. We are happy to consider applications from all candidates who can demonstrate the skills necessary to fulfil the role. As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and circumstances. Our privacy policy can be found on the bottom of our website
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