Principal Employment Rights Solicitor

Grist Legal Recruitment; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading legal team seeks a Principal Employment Rights Solicitor in Birmingham to manage elite employment claims. This hybrid role offers an excellent career opportunity, including potential partnership for the right candidate. The ideal applicant will have extensive experience in Employment law and people management.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in Employment law.
• Experience managing fee earners and performance.
• Desire to ensure justice for clients.

Responsibilities

• Manage fee earners and guide lawyers on cases.
• Identify training needs and implement strategies.
• Handle a wide range of Employment law cases.

Skills

People Management

Negotiation

Dispute Resolution

Employment Law

Job description

Principal Employment Rights Solicitor

A Principal Employment Rights Solicitor with extensive Employment experience is required to work with a leading team working upon elite employment claims matters across a wide range of sectors.

The role presents technically challenging employment cases often on behalf of professional at the top of their profession. Whilst the role has a small number of elite files there will be the requirement to guide other lawyers in the team on their cases whilst managing the firm-wide implementation of strategies.

Responsibilities will include the identifying training needs and requirements, management of fee earners and managing performance. The team handle a wide range of Employment law cases including but, not limited to; disability discrimination, sex discrimination (direct and indirect), pregnancy discrimination, discrimination with lasting harm, equal pay, worker status, harassment, redundancy, unfair dismissal, whistleblowing and negotiating settlements.

Excellent career opportunity to Partnership level available for the right candidate.The role is a hybrid opportunity with a degree of flexibility around the number of days in the office in Birmingham.

The role will suit an experienced Senior Employment Rights Lawyer with extensive Employment law background, people management experience, a desire to act upon behalf and ensure justice for clients within dispute with employers and at contentious Employment Tribunals, High Court or Supreme Court.

Salary dependent upon experience £75,000 to £85,000