Employment Rights Assistant Lawyer

Thompsons Solicitors; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading personal injury law firm in Liverpool seeks qualified Solicitors for a role providing legal advice to Trade Unions on settlement agreements. The position requires strong communication and negotiation skills, and offers comprehensive training and a supportive work environment. The successful candidate will work within a team to develop and promote legal services, ensuring high client satisfaction while managing sensitive cases. This role also offers a hybrid working arrangement after initial training.

Benefits

Contributory pension scheme

Permanent health insurance

Healthcare Cash Plan (Medicash)

Life assurance

23 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)

5 days additional leave over Christmas

Employee Assistance Programme

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Cycle to work scheme

Subsidised sports and social club

Annual travel and parking loans

Financial assistance for professional development

Qualifications

• Strong communication skills for liaising with clients and stakeholders.
• Ability to negotiate settlement terms effectively.
• Comfortable managing sensitive client relationships.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal advice and support to Trade Unions.
• Liaise with Union officers on settlement agreements.
• Negotiate settlement terms in line with legislation.

Skills

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Ability to negotiate effectively

Building trust with clients and stakeholders

Education

Qualified Solicitors or Legal Executives

Job description

The successful candidate will need to be in the Liverpool office full-time for 4-6 weeks for training before moving to a hybrid working arrangement. Flexibility and working hours We offer genuine flexibility and autonomy in how you manage your workload. Our working hours operate between 7am and 7pm, with start times as late as 11am available to fit around individual needs. This flexibility is supported by a culture that trusts you to manage your diary and client work effectively. More about the role... Our Lawyers provide legal advice and support to Trade Unions and their members on settlement agreements across a range of industries. The role involves liaising with Union officers, supporting senior solicitors on high-profile and large-scale settlement exercises, and working collaboratively within the team to help develop and promote our service offering. You will also negotiate settlement terms in line with legislation and client instructions. With full training and ongoing support, you will develop specialist expertise in advising on, negotiating, and completing settlement agreements. More about you... We welcome applications from qualified Solicitors or Legal Executives at any stage of their career. You do not need prior employment law experience to apply. We are open to candidates from all backgrounds and will provide full training for the right individual. Strong written and verbal communication skills are important, alongside the ability to negotiate effectively and build trust with clients and stakeholders. As client care is central to the role, you will need to be comfortable working sensitively with clients and maintaining professional relationships.

Thompsons Solicitors was first established in 1921 by founder and leading civil rights lawyer, W. H. Thompson. Driven by a vision to protect and deliver justice for working people, his aspiration led Thompsons Solicitors to establish itself as the most experienced personal injury law firm in the UK. For over 90 years, Thompsons Solicitors has helped injured people to secure hundreds of millions of pounds in compensation. Our team of committed personal injury specialists have decades of experience running, and winning, personal injury claims, workplace accident claims, road crash claims, medical negligence claims, industrial disease claims and asbestos claims. Thompsons Solicitors is fully regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and our personal injury and medical negligence lawyers are accredited by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL), and Action Against Medical Accidents (AvMA). Our team's empathy and legal skill are regularly recognised by leading legal industry guides, including Chambers and Partners and the Legal 500, and we retain high levels of client satisfaction. Providing an exceptional legal service to clients during the exceptional circumstances which follow a personal injury or medical accident, an accident at work or industrial disease diagnosis is Thompsons Solicitors' top priority. This includes highly-trained and friendly teams who invest their specialist expertise into every claim, as well as close links with leading charities and support groups who help families to access additional support and services. Unlike other personal injury law firms, Thompsons Solicitors is 100 per cent committed to claimant only work: that means that we only ever represent the injured or mistreated person, and never the people, organisations or insurance companies liable for paying out for those injuries. You can learn more about this unique commitment and the benefits it holds for our clients by reading Our Pledge. Minimising any stress and ensuring there is no financial risk to clients of making a personal injury claim is an important element of our service. Thompsons Solicitors prides itself on securing the maximum amount of personal injury compensation in the shortest possible time; keeping our clients fully informed about every stage of their case, and being open and transparent about how much personal injury compensation clients are likely to secure - putting you in control of your case.

• Contributory pension scheme
• Permanent health insurance
• Healthcare Cash Plan (Medicash)
• Life assurance
• 23 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• 5 days additional leave over Christmas
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Cycle to work scheme
• Subsidised sports and social club
• Annual travel and parking loans
• Financial assistance for professional development