Employment Associate/Senior Associate

Overview

In this role you join Clarke Willmott’s Employment & HR team in Birmingham to handle a broad mix of contentious and non-contentious employment work for corporate clients. You will split time between disputes and advisory work, with opportunities to contribute to business development, seminars, and thought leadership. The role offers strong support from a national team and a clear path to becoming a recognised expert while maintaining a healthy work-life balance.

Pay / Benefits

• comprehensive range of flexible benefits
• competitive salary
• learning and development programme
• hybrid working arrangements
• supportive and inclusive culture

Responsibilities

• Support corporate employer clients with disputes and advisory work, plus occasional corporate support tasks
• Handle high-value, complex contentious matters and provide practical, commercially minded advice
• Lead or participate in business development activities, seminars, and networking events
• Draft guidance, articles, policies, handbooks, and settlement agreements
• Maintain high levels of client contact, compliance with policies, and information security
• Collaborate with solicitors across the national team to deliver client solutions

Key requirements

• 6+ years PQE in employment law
• Experience handling wide-ranging employment law, HR matters, and Tribunal cases from inception to final hearing
• Ability to manage directions, discovery exercises, and witness statement preparation
• Advising on day-to-day employment issues (discipline, grievances, redundancies, discrimination)
• Experience drafting contracts, policies, handbooks, and settlement agreements
• Some data protection experience; team player with commercial, client-focused mindset

• team player
• commercial mindset
• excellent client care
• employment law expertise
• advisory and dispute resolution
• drafting contracts and policies

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