Employment Law Professional Support Lawyer

Vincere; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days’ holiday

Private healthcare for you and family

Pension matching up to 6%

Hybrid working

Life insurance (4x salary)

Income protection (after 26 weeks’ inc

Technology purchase scheme

Discounted gym membership

Dental scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Bus and train loan scheme

24hr confidential employee helpline

Offers and discounts at major high-st

Continuous learning and development

People-centric culture

Job summary

Vincere is seeking a Professional Support Lawyer (Employment) in Manchester to join its market-leading Employment, Pensions and Immigration team. This PSL role focuses on know-how, drafting, training and improving how the team delivers advice, with limited day-to-day fee earning.

You will develop guidance, precedents, and client-facing tools, deliver training, and contribute to product and service improvements while maintaining current non-content work.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an Employment lawyer, able to work with minimal supervision.
• Strong drafting, research and communication skills, with excellent attention to detail.
• Comfortable writing about and presenting on legal developments, including case law, legislation and procedural change.
• Confident trainer who enjoys sharing knowledge and improving how teams work.
• Pragmatic, commercial approach to problem-solving.

Responsibilities

• Updating the employment and HR support website with legal developments to keep client content current and accurate
• Updating and maintaining an employment document and precedent library with minimal supervision
• Writing and editing guidance notes, precedents, checklists and practical tools for employment lawyers
• Creating and maintaining best practice guides and knowledge resources
• Developing client-facing tools and training programmes to improve service delivery
• Delivering training to colleagues and, where appropriate, to clients
• Tracking employment law trends and producing current awareness updates
• Proactively identifying ways to improve efficiency, consistency and quality across the team
• Contributing ideas to product, innovation and business change, including how technology can support delivery
• Supporting a range of projects as required, including limited legal work to meet a modest financial target

Skills

Employment law

Drafting

Training

Content development

Team collaboration

Tools

MS Office

Legal research databases

Job description

Professional Support Lawyer (Employment)

Location

Manchester

Salary

£65,000 to £85,000 (depending on experience)

Experience

Experienced Employment lawyer (PSL / know-how focus)

Our client is looking to hire a Professional Support Lawyer into a market-leading Employment, Pensions and Immigration team, based in Manchester. This role is closely aligned to a fixed-fee employment and HR support offering for employers and is ideal for an employment lawyer who enjoys know-how, drafting, training and improving how a team delivers advice.

It is a great option if you want to stay close to live employment law and client needs, while focusing more on content, tools, training and continuous improvement than day-to-day fee earning.

You will sit at the centre of the employment practice, helping keep content accurate, practical and up to date. You will work with colleagues across the team and contribute to product, innovation and business change initiatives, with a modest financial target through limited legal work and training delivery.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Updating the employment and HR support website with legal developments to keep client content current and accurate
• Updating and maintaining an employment document and precedent library with minimal supervision
• Writing and editing guidance notes, precedents, checklists and practical tools for employment lawyers
• Creating and maintaining best practice guides and knowledge resources
• Developing client-facing tools and training programmes to improve service delivery
• Delivering training to colleagues and, where appropriate, to clients
• Tracking employment law trends and producing current awareness updates
• Proactively identifying ways to improve efficiency, consistency and quality across the team
• Contributing ideas to product, innovation and business change, including how technology can support delivery
• Supporting a range of projects as required, including limited legal work to meet a modest financial target

What We’re Looking For

• Proven experience as an Employment lawyer, able to work with minimal supervision
• Strong drafting, research and communication skills, with excellent attention to detail
• Comfortable writing about and presenting on legal developments, including case law, legislation and procedural change
• Confident trainer who enjoys sharing knowledge and improving how teams work
• Pragmatic, commercial approach to problem-solving
• Strong organisation and time management, with the ability to juggle competing priorities
• Good IT skills and a proactive, improvement-focused mindset
• Collaborative style and the ability to work well with a wide range of stakeholders

What’s On Offer

• 28 days’ holiday
• Private healthcare for you and family
• Pension matching up to 6%
• Hybrid working (where the role allows)
• Life insurance (4x salary)
• Income protection (after 26 weeks’ incapacity)
• Technology purchase scheme
• Discounted gym membership
• Dental scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Bus and train loan scheme to reduce commuting costs
• 24hr confidential employee helpline
• Offers and discounts at major highstreet retailers
• Continuous learning and development, including mentoring, sponsorship and leadership development programmes
• A people-centric culture with a genuine focus on inclusion, belonging and supportive leadership

Working Arrangements

• Full time
• Permanent
• Hybrid working (where the role allows)