Associate / Senior Associate - Employment

Mills & Reeve; Leeds; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Mills & Reeve in Leeds seeks an Associate or Senior Associate to join its Employment team. You will work with a varied client base, handling high-quality matters across sectors including healthcare, education and government, and support the growth of the Leeds practice.

The role involves delivering practical employment advice, managing tribunal work, and training clients, with a focus on building strong client relationships and contributing to ongoing development of the team.

Qualifications

• 1–4 PQE for Associate or 5+ PQE for Senior Associate in employment law.
• Experience handling employment matters across sectors and clients.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality, commercially focused employment law advice.
• Build and maintain client relationships to support retention and referrals.
• Develop an understanding of client needs to tailor advice.
• Manage Employment Tribunal litigation and support clients through proceedings.
• Deliver employment law training to clients and prospects.
• Contribute to growth of the Leeds employment practice.

Skills

Employment law

Litigation management

Job description

Associate / Senior Associate - Employment (0668)

Join our growing Employment team where you'll work with a varied client base, handleinteresting and high-quality matters, and play an important role in the continued development of our Leeds practice.

The role

We are looking for an enthusiastic employment law solicitor to join our Employment, Pensions and Immigration National Service Line, based in our Leeds office.

You'll join a collaborative team undertaking a broad range of employment work across sectors including commercial, healthcare, education and government, working with clients from private businesses and NHS organisations through to education providers and public bodies.

This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a growing team, build strong relationships with clients and develop your career while contributing to the continued growth of the practice.

The activities

You'll provide high-quality, commercially focused employment law advice while delivering an excellent service to both internal and external clients. Your responsibilities will include:

• Building strong and effective client relationships, with a focus on delivering outstanding service and encouraging client retention and referrals.
• Developing a sound understanding of each client's legal, commercial and service requirements to provide practical, tailored advice.
• Providing technically strong and commercially focused advice across a range of employment law matters.
• Managing Employment Tribunal litigation and supporting clients throughout the litigation process.
• Delivering engaging employment law training to existing and prospective clients.
• Playing an active role in supporting the continued growth and development of the Leeds employment practice.

The person

• You will b e 1-4 PQE for an Associate role or 5 PQE and over for a Senior Associate role .

Please read the job description below for full requirements and responsibilites.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.

The benefits

As you'd expect, we offer a competitive salary and a wide range of benefits.

If we offer you a role, we will conduct comprehensive pre-employment screening. This screening will include, but is not limited to, a basic DBS, verification of your right to work, a three year employment history and a self-declaration to assess your character and suitability for the role. Full details of our pre-screening employment process are available upon request.

Use of AI during the recruitment process

Technology is changing rapidly and we are all increasingly using AI software in our day to day lives, as well as using it to support our learning and professional development.

Here at Mills & Reeve, we embrace the use of technology and AI and we recognise that candidates may use AI tools to support their applications. As a regulated industry, we expect candidates to use such tools responsibly, honestly and in a manner that allows us to make a fair and accurate assessment of their individual skills, experience and suitability for the role.

Please ensure you have thoroughly read the document attached below tounderstand what we deem acceptable uses of AI.

The firm

At Mills & Reeve, our 1,450 plus people and over 850 lawyers share one vision - achieve more together. It's a state of mind in every client relationship we start and every choice we make. And it's what clients consistently say distinguishes us from your average law firm.

You can expect a close and attentive working relationship with a team that's responsive when you need them. You'll receive advice tailored to your individual needs. Wherever in the world you or your business needs support, we'll draw on our network to give recommendations.

We're driven by our values - we're ambitious, we're open, we care and we collaborate. We embrace new ideas, communicate honestly and are easy to work with. We're committed to you, our planet, our communities and each other.

We've been listed in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work list as one of the best big organisations, and we've recently been reaccredited Platinum Investors in People status - a standard achieved by only 8% of assessed organisations.

And finally

Everyone at Mills & Reeve brings a unique perspective and ideas to the team and we do everything we can to help each person to thrive. We're committed to providing an inclusive and supportive working environment, are happy to consider flexible working arrangements, and want to achieve the right balance for both our people and the firm. We encourage everyone to ask if they feel they need any workplace adjustments, and will do our best to support with these.

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