Employment Associate – Exeter – Hybrid Working

Overview

In this role, you will advise employers on a wide range of employment and HR issues, manage tribunal and advisory matters, and deliver practical, commercially focused guidance. You’ll build strong client relationships and collaborate with the national employment team to support clients across multiple sectors. The role offers meaningful client exposure, development opportunities, and a flexible, hybrid working environment. Your work will shape how employers navigate complex workplace matters and tribunals within a leading national firm.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible and hybrid working environment
• competitive salary
• bonus
• excellent benefits package

Responsibilities

• Advise employers on broad employment law and HR issues
• Manage employment tribunal cases and support clients through litigation
• Deliver practical, commercially focused employment advice
• Develop and maintain strong client relationships
• Assist with business development initiatives and client training
• Collaborate with the national Employment team
• Support clients across sectors on strategic and day-to-day issues

Key requirements

• Qualified solicitor with experience in employment law
• Strong technical knowledge of both contentious and non-contentious matters
• Experience handling employment tribunal claims
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Commercially aware with pragmatic problem-solving
• Team-oriented and able to build relationships
• Well organized with ability to manage a varied caseload

• excellent communication
• stakeholder management
• team orientation
• employment law (contentious and non-contentious)
• employment tribunal experience
• advisory and litigation skills

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