Employment Associate – Birmingham

Overview

As an Employment Lawyer, you will support a wide client base with both contentious and non-contentious employment matters. You will lead client relationships, mentor junior team members, and contribute to business development. Your work will span high-profile restructures, tribunal claims, and sensitive workplace investigations, aligning with the firm’s reputation for excellence. This role sits in a collaborative Employment team in Birmingham, delivering high-quality, commercially aware advice. You’ll join a forward-thinking firm that values inclusion, wellbeing, and making a real difference for clients and communities.

Pay / Benefits

• 25 days holidays plus bank holidays
• flexible pension schemes
• volunteering days (fully paid)
• Westfield Health membership and Aviva Digital GP services
• well-being initiatives and Flexible by Choice for hybrid working
• Best Workplaces for Wellbeing for Large Organisations 2024

Responsibilities

• Advise on redundancies, discipline, grievances, TUPE, absence management, and Settlement Agreements
• Represent clients in Employment Tribunal claims and higher court proceedings
• Lead client relationships and contribute to business development initiatives
• Mentor and develop junior lawyers; support team growth
• Collaborate with colleagues to deliver seamless, high-quality service
• Contribute to high-profile cases and complex unemployment-related matters
• Support clients through sensitive workplace investigations
• Participate in firm-wide initiatives and cross-team collaboration

Key requirements

• Technically excellent with solid understanding of employment law
• Confident leader with mentoring experience
• Commercially aware with strong client service and networking skills
• Collaborative and forward-thinking mindset

• leadership
• communication
• problem-solving
• employment law
• TUPE
• redundancies and restructures

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