Associate Employment

DAC Beachcroft; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading law firm in the UK is seeking a Paralegal to join their Employment, Pensions, and Immigration team in Newcastle. This role involves managing a busy caseload of employment claims, working under supervision on complex litigation, and engaging with clients across various sectors. The ideal candidate should have over 3 years of post-qualification experience in employment law and be an independent thinker with strong communication skills. Flexible working options are available.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years post-qualification experience in employment law.
• Experience advising multi-national commercial clients is ideal.
• Must have experience with tribunal claims and contentious matters.

Responsibilities

• Manage employment matters for various employers, focusing on financial services.
• Work under supervision on discrimination and contract litigation.
• Assist with employment advisory work via phone and email.
• Supervise trainees and paralegals in their work.
• Engage in marketing and business development activities.

Skills

3+ PQE

Experience in tribunal claims

Independent thinking

Confident communication

Team player

Job description

Overview

Department: Employment, Pensions and Immigration - North

Location: Newcastle

Description

DAC Beachcroft's Employment, Pensions and Immigration team is one of the largest teams in the UK. The team works for a range of market leading clients across the financial services, healthcare and commercial sectors and is recognised as Band/Tier 1 in both the latest Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 UK rankings.

DAC Beachcroft’s Northern England offices; Leeds, Manchester and Newcastle EPI teams work closely together, with a focus on providing a seamless service to our client base across the North and nationally, giving DAC Beachcroft a market leading powerhouse in the North of the country.

The Newcastle team has a strong reputation in the North East market, acting for a stable of significant household name corporates as well as being a market leader in the public and independent health sectors.

For more information on our Employment and Pensions expertise please go to the following: DAC Beachcroft Employment and Pensions services

The Newcastle team currently comprises 2 Partners, 15 lawyers and 6 paralegal and administrative colleagues. To support the continued expansion, we are seeking an additional Paralegal to join the team, primarily supporting our solicitors with their caseload of employment claims. This role will, at least initially, include working with our team supporting a major national retailer in its defence of high-profile multiple equal pay claims.

This is a fee earning role and a core element of the role will be to undertake a wide range of document management activities including collating and redacting documents and preparing document bundles for use at Tribunal and Court hearings. Attendance and supporting witnesses and Counsel and taking notes at hearings across the country may also be required, either in person, or remotely.

Key Responsibilities

• Undertake a busy and varied workload of employment matters advising all types of employers, with an emphasis on our financial services sector clients
• Work on complex discrimination, whistleblowing and breach of contract litigation (Employment Tribunal and High Court) under appropriate supervision
• Assist on non-contentious projects including restructures (redundancy and TUPE) in the UK and across multiple jurisdictions
• General employment advisory work by telephone and email
• Take an active role in supervising the work of and assisting in the development of trainees and paralegals
• Take part in and initiate marketing, networking and other business development activities in order to maintain and develop work from existing clients and potential clients. This includes assisting with client seminars and delivering training
• Contribute to non fee-earning activity as appropriate e.g. knowledge sharing, internal training

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• We would expect the post holder to be 3+ PQE.
• Ideally experience of advising multi-national commercial clients.
• Must have experience of working on tribunal claims and other contentious matters.
• Independent thinker with a focus on generating commercial solutions to problems on behalf of clients.
• Confident communicator with an ability to develop relationships with clients and influence at all levels.
• Enthusiastic team player with a flexible approach.

We are happy to talk flexible working with our Flex Forward scheme. We would encourage you to talk to us about our approach to flexible working during the hiring process if you would like to explore this further.

Note for Recruitment Agencies

DAC Beachcroft manages all vacancies via our in-house recruitment teams, prioritising direct sourcing and referrals. When external support is required, roles are released to selected agencies on our Preferred Supplier List (PSL).

Speculative CVs sent to any DAC Beachcroft employee without prior instruction from our recruitment teams (LLP and CSG) will not be accepted, and no fees will be payable.

For PSL queries, please contact: [e-mail] or [e-mail]