Associate – Employment (Healthcare)

Browne Jacobson; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Pension contributions

Employee assistance programme

Enhanced parental leave

Wellbeing initiatives

Job summary

Browne Jacobson seeks a talented associate for its growing healthcare employment practice in Birmingham. You will primarily handle contentious employment work, advising clients across various employment matters and managing tribunal cases. Ideal candidates have experience in contentious employment law, demonstrate strong attention to detail, and can build strong client relationships.

The role offers a hybrid working model, private medical insurance, pension contributions, and enhanced parental leave. We're open to flexible working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Experience in contentious and non-contentious employment law.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to work to tight deadlines.
• Up to date with legal developments and relevant law reports.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and manage Employment Tribunal cases including claims and responses.
• Advocacy at Case Management and Preliminary Hearings.
• Draft correspondence with Tribunals, opposing solicitors, and clients.
• Advise on contracts, disciplinary procedures, and family rights.
• Support corporate transactions with TUPE advice and due diligence.

Skills

Contentious employment law experience

Attention to detail

Commercial awareness

Client relationship building

Ability to deliver practical advice

Job description

Job Description

We are looking for a talented associate to join our growing healthcare employment practice, working alongside senior and junior lawyers to advise clients across a broad range of employment matters, with a strong focus on Employment Tribunal litigation.

The Role

You will handle predominantly contentious employment work, including:

• Preparing and managing Employment Tribunal cases — Claims/Responses, List of Issues, Witness Statements, Skeleton Arguments and settlement approval applications


• Advocacy at Case Management and Preliminary Hearings


• Drafting correspondence with Tribunals, opposing solicitors, ACAS and clients


• Advising on contracts, policies, disciplinary and grievance procedures, redundancy, and family-friendly rights


• Supporting corporate transactions, including TUPE advice, due diligence and indemnity review

About You

• Experience in contentious and non-contentious employment law


• Strong attention to detail with commercial awareness and the ability to work to tight deadlines


• Able to deliver clear, practical advice and build strong client relationships


• Up to date with legal developments, including relevant law reports and journals

If you are ambitious, client-focused and ready to make your mark in a specialist healthcare employment team, we would love to hear from you.

Why Join Us?

We offer a hybrid working model to help you balance your professional and personal commitments, and our comprehensive benefits package includes private medical insurance, pension contributions, an employee assistance programme, and a range of wellbeing initiatives. Enhanced parental leave is also available, reflecting our commitment to supporting you through every stage of your career and life.

Many of our people work flexibly in some way and we’re open to considering how we can accommodate flexible working arrangements alongside role requirements. If this is important to you, please talk to us about it during the recruitment process.

We’re a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who best meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role.

For more information, please contact [e-mail].