Associate Employment Solicitor – Bath

Overview

As an Associate Employment Solicitor in Bath, you will handle a varied employment caseload within a national, collaborative team. You’ll advise clients, draft policies and contracts, and contribute to client development while progressing your career through specialist knowledge and CPD. The role combines independent work with cross-office teamwork, hybrid working, and opportunities to influence employment outcomes across sectors.

Pay / Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Profit Share Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• Life Assurance (4x salary)
• Pension scheme 28 days’ holiday plus UK Bank Holidays and CSR day

Responsibilities

• Manage an individual caseload with appropriate supervision
• Provide employment law advice to clients and prospective clients
• Draft and review policies, handbooks and contracts
• Advise on disciplinary and grievance procedures
• Advise on TUPE matters and pensions implications
• Prepare cases for Tribunal hearings and advocate prior to final hearings
• Prepare bespoke contracts, secondment and consultancy agreements
• Support HR Consultants across multiple offices and contribute to business development
• Maintain CPD and develop specialist knowledge
• Meet clients at premises or any office location and work collaboratively across the team

Key requirements

• Qualification as a Solicitor with experience running their own caseload
• Strong commitment to career development and continuous learning
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively
• Excellent communication skills and strong workload management
• Previous experience supervising or developing junior colleagues
• Strong attention to detail
• IT literacy, including Office 365

• Strong stakeholder engagement
• Confidence to challenge constructively
• Solutions-focused mindset
• Drafting and reviewing policies, handbooks and contracts
• TUPE matters
• Discrimination issues (disability, age, religion/belief, sex)

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