Employment Lawyer – Chippenham

Overview

In this role you will manage a varied caseload across contentious and non-contentious employment matters for a broad South West client base, shaping the firm’s employment offering. You will work within the Chippenham team to deliver high‑quality advice and tribunal work, with opportunities to lead business development and grow the practice. The role combines client-facing advisory work with strategic growth and collaboration across corporate teams. A clear progression pathway supports long-term career development.

Pay / Benefits

• competitive salary (DOE)
• strong wider benefits
• supportive working environment
• clear pathways for progression
• focus on work-life balance

Responsibilities

• Manage a varied caseload of contentious and non-contentious employment matters
• Advise on unfair dismissals, discrimination, TUPE, redundancies, and contracts/policies
• Prepare and submit Employment Tribunal documentation and settlements
• Support consultancy, non-executive, and director appointments and exits
• Provide day-to-day employee relations advice and cross‑practice corporate support
• Contribute to business development to expand the firm’s employment law presence
• Supervise junior team members (advantageous)
• Build and maintain client relationships across the South West

Key requirements

• Significant experience advising both employers and employees
• Proven track record in handling both contentious and non-contentious matters
• Excellent communication and ability to deliver high-quality advice
• Strong relationship-building with clients, colleagues, and introducers
• Experience supervising junior team members (advantageous but not essential)

• solutions-focused
• proactive
• strong communication
• employment law expertise (contentious and non-contentious)
• tribunal documentation and advocacy
• TUPE, restructurings, redundancies

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