Employment Associate – Exeter

Overview

As an Employment Associate, you will join a nationally recognised, award-winning employment team in Exeter to handle a broad mix of high-quality employment work. You will advise employers and senior executives, support HR and transactional issues, and manage a diverse caseload with early ownership. You’ll work closely with partners on high-value matters and have the chance to develop through broad exposure across contentious and non-contentious work. This role offers a collaborative, growth-focused environment with clear progression and development opportunities.

Pay / Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Hybrid working options
• Wellbeing and work-life balance
• Meaningful development opportunities
• Charity fundraising initiatives
• D&I groups

Responsibilities

• Advise on complex employment issues and disputes
• Provide day-to-day HR and employee relations guidance across multiple sectors
• Support employment aspects of corporate transactions
• Represent both employers and senior employees/executives
• Handle both contentious and non-contentious matters with early ownership
• Manage your own caseload from the outset with partner oversight

Key requirements

• 3+ years’ PQE in employment law
• Employer-focused background is advantageous but not essential
• Strong HR advisory and corporate support experience
• Excellent communication and ability to build trusted client relationships
• Empathy, good judgement and professionalism for sensitive matters
• Strong organisational skills, resilience under pressure, meticulous approach
• Commercial, pragmatic advisory mindset

• excellent communication
• empathy
• good judgement
• employment law expertise
• HR advisory
• corporate support experience

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