Senior Employment Solicitor

WorkNest; Burnaby; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading legal services firm in Canada is seeking a Senior Employment Solicitor. You will advise clients on employment law matters, including restructuring and discrimination. The role requires a qualified professional (Solicitor or Chartered Legal Executive) with 3-4 years PQE. The position offers a full-time role within a supportive team, emphasizing legal compliance and client relationships.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3-4 years PQE in employment law.
• Ability to provide high-quality, legally compliant advice.
• Experience in restructuring, TUPE, discrimination, and settlement negotiations.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal advice to clients on employment matters.
• Build and maintain long-lasting relationships with clients.
• Get involved with marketing team and contribute to educational content.

Skills

Client relationship development

Legal compliance

Commercial advice

Education

Qualified Solicitor or Chartered Legal Executive

Job description

Overview

WorkNest is recruiting for a Senior Employment Solicitor to join our highly respected, high performing Legal team. You'll support WorkNest’s largest clients, helping them meet commercial objectives while ensuring legal compliance and enabling clients to understand the consequences of non- or partial-compliance where applicable.

What You'll Be Doing

As a WorkNest Employment Solicitor you’ll provide high-quality, legally compliant advice to your own portfolio of clients across the UK. You’ll advise on a range of issues including restructuring, TUPE, discrimination, and settlement negotiations, and you’ll build long-lasting relationships with your clients.

There are opportunities to get involved with our marketing team, delivering webinars and seminars, and contributing to blogs and articles. You may also coach and support our paralegals and NQs through the WorkNest Academy.

About You

You will be a qualified legal professional (Solicitor or Chartered Legal Executive) with a minimum of 3 to 4 years PQE in employment law. You will be a high-performing professional, with the ability to develop and nurture client relationships, whilst providing commercial and pragmatic advice in a timely manner.

Who We Are

WorkNest is part of a wider GRC (Governance, Risk and Compliance) division owned by Inflexion. We are a powerhouse of Employment Law, HR, Compliance and Health and Safety support services, weaving pragmatic advice with technology platforms. We have grown significantly and bring together practitioners in employment law, people management, health, safety and wellbeing, professional training, and business technology. We are known for our personalised, high-quality support and pragmatic, commercially-minded approach, and we are a great place to work.

We have a national presence with main offices in Chester and Glasgow. Our legal and HR teams include experienced employment law solicitors and HR consultants who strive to be the organisation of excellence that employers turn to for nurture and protection.

At WorkNest, we believe our people are what make us. We value, respect and support our colleagues, understand the importance of work-life balance, and work together to deliver a brilliant service for our clients.

We are committed to delivering on our four core values : Integrity, Excellence, Teamwork and Inclusion.

What’s next?

If you think this role is a good fit for you, please use the apply now button to begin your application. You'll be asked to submit a CV and covering letter outlining how you fulfil the person specification for this post.

WorkNest is committed to creating a culture of inclusion and ensuring that everyone – job applicants, clients, colleagues, and anyone else we deal with – is treated fairly and with respect. We continuously review our policies and processes to support our aim to create a diverse team; however, please speak to our Talent and Recruitment specialist if there are any adjustments we need to make in order to ensure a genuine equality of opportunity.

Closing date : 28 July 2025

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Legal

Industries

• Legal Services

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