Employment Associate Solicitor

Overview

In this role you join Burges Salmon’s top-tier employment team in Bristol to handle complex, business-critical matters for high-profile clients. You’ll contribute from day one with support from senior colleagues while working within a national client base. The role offers substantive responsibility, a strong training culture, and the chance to shape employment outcomes across industries. A clear path to progression and ongoing development underpins the experience.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible working arrangements
• full-time or part-time options
• clear progression path
• extensive training and development
• inclusive and diverse culture
• Disability Confident employer

Responsibilities

• Advise on complex employment and workforce issues
• Lead on strategic change programmes and reorganisations
• Represent clients in employment tribunal and civil litigation
• Support global mobility programmes and large-scale DSARs
• Handle sensitive investigations
• Engage in client training and knowledge-sharing initiatives

Key requirements

• Relevant experience in employment matters
• Ability to work in a large, collaborative team and with clients
• Ability to manage a complex and varied workload
• Self-motivation, curiosity and eagerness to learn
• Registration as a lawyer with the SRA

• collaboration
• self-motivation
• curiosity
• employment law expertise
• workers’ rights and compliance knowledge
• tribunal and litigation processes

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