Sr Employment Lawyer / Sr Associate – Bristol – 6+ Years’ PQE

Overview

In this role you will join a large, structured employment team to handle a mix of claimant and respondent work for insurers, businesses and institutions. You will lead, mentor and develop a team while managing your own caseload and maintaining high-quality standards. The position offers a pathway into senior management and partnership, with hybrid working options. You will provide strategic guidance, quality assurance, and contribute to profitability and best practice within the group. This is an opportunity to shape employment practice at a national law firm with a collaborative culture and clear development routes.

Pay / Benefits

• Excellent annual leave and welfare benefits
• Health cash plan and gym/lifestyle perks
• Work life balance and “Dress for Your Day” culture
• Recognition and referral schemes
• Clear development pathways and routes to qualification
• Commitment to diversity, inclusion and sustainability

Responsibilities

• Manage a own caseload of employment matters
• Provide strategic, technical and practical guidance to the team
• Lead, supervise and mentor Solicitors and Paralegals
• Audit cases to ensure high standards
• Manage performance and support team development
• Handle complaints and liaise with Compliance
• Assist with recruitment for the group
• Represent the team internally and externally to build relationships
• Support the Group Leader in driving profitability and best practice

Key requirements

• Qualified solicitor, barrister, FCILEx or extensive equivalent experience
• Significant experience across full spectrum of employment law
• Strong background in both claimant and respondent work
• Proven experience leading, supervising and developing employment lawyers
• Ability to manage complex tribunal litigation
• Experience working with lay and insurer clients
• Excellent communication, organisation and time management
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines
• Commercial, solutions-focused approach

• excellent communication
• organisational skills
• time management
• employment law expertise across claimant and respondent
• tribunal litigation management
• stakeholder liaison with insurers

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