Employment Legal Director

Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment; Manchester; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading legal recruitment firm in Manchester is seeking an Employment Legal Director to spearhead the establishment of a new advisory department. This role offers an attractive salary package approaching £100k and the potential for rapid partnership progression, catering to ambitious solicitors eager to enhance their careers.

Qualifications

• Ambitious employment solicitor with advisory experience.
• Ability to build strong client relationships.
• Experience in both contentious and non-contentious employment law preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the new advisory department.
• Oversee marketing and mentoring initiatives.
• Expand the firm's employment law expertise.

Skills

Advisory Employment Law

Client Relationship Management

Mentoring

Marketing

Job description

Employment Legal Director - Manchester - c.£100k package

This is an exceptional opportunity unlike anything else on the market. If you are an ambitious employment solicitor who enjoys the advisory element of employment law, someone who builds strong relationships with clients and who is looking to ‘captain your own ship’ within an organisation that has significant resources and plans to double turnover in the next 3 years – then this is for you.

At present the firm have a strong reputation across multiple practice areas and have a national presence in employment – servicing both SME and major international corporate clients. As part of their strategic plans for 2025 they now want to offer someone the opportunity to lead and develop the new advisory department – building on the contentious work they already offer to clients whilst being responsible for marketing, mentoring, and developing their expertise in non-contentious employment law.

You will be handsomely rewarded with a package that touches six figures and the chance to fast track into Partnership – at that stage things get very interesting with one of the best salaried partner packages in the North West worth close to £150k.

This appointment is not about ‘who has the biggest following’ – indeed you might not be able to port any of your clients across – it is about the right person: ambitious, empathetic and, in truth a little adventurous.

Feel free to speak to me in the first instance as I’m sure you’ll have plenty of questions.