Employment Lawyer - Associate - 3PQE+, Leeds

Addleshaw Goddard LLP; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Addleshaw Goddard LLP in Leeds is seeking an Associate Employment Lawyer with 3+ years PQE in contentious and non-contentious employment law to join our hybrid team. The role offers exposure to high-quality clients and complex HR issues, with travel between UK offices as needed.

The successful candidate will be client-focused, proactive and comfortable using AI and technology to enhance service delivery, while developing enduring client relationships and contributing to a collaborative practice.

Qualifications

• 3+ years post-qualification experience in employment law.
• Experience in both contentious and non-contentious matters.
• Strong client relationship skills and ability to develop trusted advisor relationships.
• Flexible and agile approach with a willingness to grow knowledge and experience.

Responsibilities

• Handle a full range of employment law matters for a wide range of clients.
• Develop close client relationships and undertake major client work.
• Contribute to the firm’s collaborative environment and leverage technology to improve service delivery.

Skills

Client relationship development

Contentious and non-contentious em­ pl

Education

3+ years PQE in employment law

Job description

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

• We are seeking an Associate Employment Lawyer with a combination of contentious and non-contentious employment law experience, to join our team in Leeds. You will have in the region of 3+ years post-qualifying experience.
• Addleshaw Goddard have implemented a flexible, hybrid working model that combines both office-based and remote work arrangements (3 days per week in the office minimum). This approach allows for a balanced and adaptable work environment. Occasional travel between our various UK offices may be required to facilitate effective collaboration and teamwork.

THE EMPLOYMENT TEAM

Our Employment & Immigration Group is a leading legal practice that specialises in providing comprehensive advice on employment law and global mobility to financial institutions, FTSE 100 companies, and prominent UK and international businesses.
Addleshaw Goddard's Employment team focuses on the financial services, retail and consumer, energy and transport sectors, providing advice regarding significant HR issues such as complex tribunal litigation, whistleblowing business protection issues and major projects (e.g. outsourcing/restructuring exercises)
The team in Leeds is led by Rebecca Kitson and Shakeel Dad and you can read more about our practice, including recent experience and testimonials here: https://www.addleshawgoddard.com/en/specialisms/employment-immigration/employment/

WHAT TO EXPECT IN THIS ROLE

The role will involve the full range of employment law and HR support work (contentious and non-contentious) for a wide range of clients across all business sectors.
You will have the opportunity to develop close client relationships and undertake a major role in client work. From the outset you will be exposed to the highest quality work, for some of the UK's biggest name clients.

• You will be flexible, agile and enthusiastic in growing and developing your knowledge and experience of Employment law within a supportive and collegiate environment.
• You will be expected to be client focused and thinking about how AI and other tools may be harnessed to improve the overall service for our clients.
• Fostering and growing client relationships and developing new ones is an integral part of this role. You can expect to collaborate not only with colleagues in the direct team but also with colleagues in other AG practice areas as well as colleagues immersed in relevant industry groups.
• Continuous self-development is valued, and you will be encouraged to engage with formal training programmes (whether technical or skills based) and to draw on mentoring, coaching and leadership development programmes available to you.

YOUR AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE

You will have:

• A minimum of 3 years post qualification experience working in a similar practice
• Be flexible and agile and have enthusiasm for growing and developing your knowledge and experience and undertaking intellectually challenging work.
• Have a keen eye for detail, be self-motivated and proactive and confident in building enduring relationships with clients that are based on trust and high-quality service delivery.
• Be inquisitive and want to understand our clients, their drivers and what matters to them, so that your advice has quality, imagination, and impact.

OUR FIRM

Addleshaw Goddard is a place where you are valued, encouraged, and challenged to fulfil your potential in a supportive and collegiate environment. Our culture of improvement, growth and collaboration delivers results, drives innovation, and rewards ambition.
We not only provide technical excellence and experience but, crucially, demonstrate real insight into our clients and what really matters to them and as such we are natural choice for FTSE100 clients and their equivalents in other markets.
Our success has been built by people from the widest range of backgrounds, locations, and perspectives. We have a number of employee networks that provide space to discuss the differences that make us who we are and celebrate this at AG.

OUR APPROACH: IMAGINE THE BEST YOU CAN BE

Everything we've accomplished can be traced back to our people and the way we work. Our reputation is something we are proud of, and constantly invest in.
Here, you'll do high calibre work, with high-character colleagues who care for one another and our clients.
Are you up for the challenge?