Associate - Employment

Eauzone Spa; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

GPP Pension Scheme with Aviva

Private Medical Insurance

Job summary

Trowers & Hamlins seeks an Associate in Employment to join its Birmingham office. The role is a substantive fee-earning position requiring 1–5 years PQE in employment law, with real responsibility from day one.

You will advise high-profile clients, draft contracts and policies, manage tribunal claims, and support complex transactional matters while developing sector knowledge within a friendly, collaborative team.

Qualifications

• Qualified solicitor with 1–5 years' PQE in employment law.
• Experience handling employment tribunal claims.
• Based in Birmingham or willing to relocate.
• Strong client advisory and drafting skills.

Responsibilities

• Advise high-profile clients on strategic employment matters.
• Draft employment contracts, policies, and disciplinary procedures.
• Manage employment tribunal claims from instruction to resolution.
• Support complex transactional employment matters.
• Handle data subject access requests.
• Develop sector knowledge and contribute to firm thought leadership.
• Maintain Lexcel-compliant file management.
• Participate in training programs.

Skills

Employment law

Contract drafting

Tribunal experience

Client advisory

Data subject access requests

Education

Law degree (LLB) / equivalent

Job description

Associate - Employment

Department: Employment and Pensions

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Birmingham

Description

We are looking for an employment solicitor with between 1 and 5 years' PQE to join our Birmingham office at a time when the team is growing. This is a substantive fee-earning role with real responsibility from the outset.

The Role

We are looking for an employment solicitor with between 1 and 5 years' PQE to join our Birmingham office at a time when the team is growing. This is a substantive fee-earning role with real responsibility from the outset.

If you are looking for a role where the work is interesting, the clients are engaged, and a team that is friendly and fun, then we could be the team for you.

The Candidate

Day-to-day the work is varied. You can expect to be involved in:

• Advising high-profile clients on a range of strategic employment matters


• Drafting employment contracts, policies, and disciplinary and grievance procedures


• Managing employment tribunal claims from initial instruction to resolution


• Supporting complex transactional employment matters


• Handling data subject access requests


• Contributing to the team's profile through thought leadership articles, seminars and client events


• Developing deep sector knowledge and maintaining cutting-edge awareness of legal developments


• Building long-term client relationships — we work with clients who return to us repeatedly, and we want Associates who understand the value of that


• Maintaining excellence in file management in accordance with Lexcel and departmental standards


• Actively engaging in comprehensive firm-wide and departmental training programmes

Benefits

• Our benefits include, an annual bonus scheme, GPP Pension Scheme with Aviva. We also offer Private Medical Insurance, (currently with Vitality Health) upon joining the firm, which include discounted gym memberships, free cinema tickets, health assessments and much more.

Trowers & Hamlins is an equal opportunities employer and values equity, diversity and inclusion. All applications will be considered on merit and the applicant's suitability to meet the requirements of the role and will be treated equally irrespective of Ethnicity, Gender (including Trans and non-binary) Race, Disability, Religion and sexual orientation.

As part of our firm recruitment policy our candidates are subject to employment screening background checks. These checks include personal details, education and employment history, professional qualifications and credit and criminal checks as appropriate.