Employment Associate

Overview

In this role you join a national employment law practice to support corporate employers, with opportunities to handle a mix of contentious and non-contentious work. You’ll work across disputes, advisory work, and limited corporate support, developing expertise in high-stakes cases. The firm supports your growth through one-to-one development, seminars, and national-team resources while maintaining a strong focus on client service and work-life balance. You will actively contribute to business development and become a recognized expert within the team.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid working
• competitive salary
• flexible benefits
• comprehensive learning and development programme

Responsibilities

• Handle a broad mix of contentious and non-contentious employment matters for corporate clients, including disputes and advisory work
• Manage high-value, technically complex cases and guide them from inception to final resolution
• Engage in business development activities, seminars, networking, and publication of guidance/articles
• Provide input on drafting contracts, policies, handbooks, and settlement agreements
• Maintain strong client contact, deliver practical and commercially minded advice, and support information security and firm policies

Key requirements

• Approximately 4+ years of post-qualification experience (PQE)
• Experience handling wide-ranging employment law, HR matters, and Tribunal cases for employers
• Proven ability to manage cases from inception through final hearing and to handle discovery and witness statements
• Experience advising on day-to-day employment issues, disciplinary actions, redundancies, discrimination
• Solid drafting, research, and advisory skills; capable of delivering practical, commercially minded advice
• Team player with interest in business development and growing the practice
• Experience in negotiating settlement agreements and drafting employment contracts and policies
• Non-contentious/corporate support skills are a plus

• team player
• commercially minded
• excellent client care
• employment law
• HR matters
• Tribunal cases

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