Employment Solicitor – Bristol

Overview

In this role you will manage a personal caseload delivering commercially focused employment advice, spanning contentious and non-contentious matters for employer and employee clients. You’ll work within a well-established Bristol team, supported by experienced colleagues and a clear progression framework. The role offers hands-on responsibility, exposure to high-quality work, and opportunities to contribute to business development in a collaborative, growth-focused firm. This is a chance to shape client relationships and advance your employment law expertise within a respected Top 100 firm.

Pay / Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Generous annual leave
• Private medical / healthcare cash plan
• Pension, life assurance & income protection
• Bonus schemes
• Hybrid working

Responsibilities

• Manage own caseload with supervision, delivering high-quality, commercially focused advice
• Advise on dismissals, discrimination, TUPE and redundancy
• Draft and review contracts, policies, procedures and settlement agreements
• Run Employment Tribunal matters from instruction to hearing
• Support senior lawyers on complex or high-value disputes
• Build strong client relationships and act as a key point of contact
• Contribute to business development

Key requirements

• 1-3 years’ PQE in employment law
• Confidence managing own matters with appropriate supervision
• Strong technical knowledge across contentious and non-contentious employment work
• Excellent client relationship and communication skills
• Proactive, organized approach with ability to prioritise competing demands
• Interest in business development and expanding professional network

• Client relationship management
• Clear communication
• Proactive and organized
• Employment law (contentious and non-contentious)
• Drafting and reviewing contracts, policies, procedures and settlement agreements
• Running Employment Tribunal matters

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