Our Employment team is looking to recruit an enthusiastic and bright candidate, on a 12-month fixed term contract as maternity cover. The successful candidates will have the opportunity to work with a broad range of clients local, national and international. Given the structure of the team there will be, in time, real opportunities to progress.
Experience/ Attributes required
* Have a broad understanding of the legal principles involved and experience of assisting with a desire to become an expert in this challenging field.
* You must possess excellent drafting skills, legal analysis, verbal & written communication skills and employment law knowledge.
* An ability and willingness to complete marketing and business development activities is essential.
* You must also be able to apply the law with a degree of commerciality and be prepared to give your viewpoint to clients.
* Experience of training seminars and workshop programmes for employers will be an advantage.
Work type:
* HR Support for employer clients on a day-to-day basis.
* Guiding clients through disciplinary and other internal proceedings.
* TUPE issues in transactional work (including due diligence) and on outsourcing.
* Employment termination, including compromise and other settlement agreements, as well as taxation implications and avoidance.
* Advocacy before the employment tribunals and courts.
* Litigation unfair and wrongful dismissal claims & sex, race and disability discrimination claims.
* Training seminars and workshop programmes for employer clients.
* There will be an opportunity to gain experience of immigration and data protection issues.
Benefits (pro rata)
* 25 days holiday
* Pension scheme with a 4% employer contribution
* Life Assurance
* Private medical cover
* Travel season ticket loan
* Cycle to work scheme
* Medical scheme
* Bring your dog to work
* 1 x additional day off for your birthday
* 1 x annual charity day of per annum
* 1 x wellbeing hour off each week
Team structure
* 3 x Partners
* 1 x Head of Immigration
* 1 x Senior Associate Solicitor
* 1 x Associate Solicitor
* 3 x Solicitor
* 1 x Chartered legal executive
* 2 x Paralegals
* 4 x Secretaries