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

Overview

In this role you will join a sizeable employment team in Cardiff to manage a diverse caseload and provide strategic guidance. You will lead, supervise and mentor junior lawyers, ensuring high standards across the group while supporting profitability and best practice. The role blends fee earning with people management, offering a clear path toward senior leadership and partnership. Hybrid working and flexible arrangements support execution in a busy, client-focused environment. This is a chance to influence employment strategy within a national firm and shape outcomes for insurers, businesses and individuals.

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 own caseload of employment matters
• Provide strategic, technical and practical guidance to the team
• Lead, supervise and mentor Solicitors and Paralegals
• Audit cases to maintain 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

• Senior Employment specialist with relevant qualification (Solicitor, Barrister, FCILEx or equivalent)
• Significant experience across the full spectrum of employment law
• Strong background in claimant and respondent work
• Proven experience leading, supervising and developing employment lawyers
• Ability to manage complex tribunal litigation
• Experience working with lay clients and insurer clients
• Excellent communication, organisation and time management
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines
• Commercial, solutions focused approach

• excellent communication
• organisation
• time management
• employment law expertise (claimant and respondent)
• tribunal litigation
• client management (lay and insurer)

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