Employment Partner

Achuman Capital; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent salary package

Best benefits in NI

Inclusive culture

Job summary

Achuman Capital connects you with a top-tier national law firm in Belfast seeking a Partner to join the Employment team. The role focuses on developing the Belfast employment practice, advising employers on contentious and non-contentious matters, and building key client relationships.

At Partner level, you will lead, mentor junior lawyers, and contribute to strategic growth while overseeing complex TUPE, restructures, settlements, and tribunals.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in employment law, both contentious and non-contentious.
• Strong client relationship management and business development abilities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; leadership at partner level.

Responsibilities

• Advise employers on contracts, policies, restructures, TUPE and discrimination.
• Lead and grow Belfast employment practice; build client relationships.
• Supervise junior lawyers and contribute to strategic growth.

Skills

Employment law

Client relationships

Business development

Mentoring juniors

Communication skills

Education

Solicitor qualification

Job description

We are working with a top tier national law firm based in Belfast for a Partner to join their Employment team. £120,000-£150,000 plus bonus.

The Role:

The successful candidate will play a key role in developing a highly regarded Employment practice in Belfast, advising employers across a broad range of sectors on complex contentious and non-contentious employment matters. The team works closely with HR teams, in-house counsel and senior management, providing advice on both day‑to‑day employment issues and strategic workforce matters.

The role involves advising on employment contracts and policies, restructures and redundancies, TUPE, collective consultation, workplace discrimination, dismissals and settlement agreements, as well as representing clients in complex Employment Tribunal proceedings. At Partner level, the successful candidate will also take a leading role in developing the Belfast employment offering, building and managing key client relationships, generating new business, supervising and mentoring junior lawyers, and contributing to the wider strategic growth of the practice.

• Highly experienced solicitor;
• Strong background in employment law. In‑depth experience in both contentious and non‑contentious employment matters;
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills;
• Experience handling client relationships;
• Ability to attract new business;
• Willingness to mentor junior members of the firm;
• Technically excellent;
• Ability to work in a fast‑paced environment.
• Excellent salary package. £120,000-£150,000 plus bonus (commensurate with experience);
• One of the best benefits packages in NI;
• Inclusive culture.