Employment Senior Associate

JR United Kingdom; Guildford; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading top 100 South East law firm in Guildford is seeking a Senior Employment Associate. You will join a high-calibre team advising multinational companies and SMEs on contentious and non-contentious employment law matters, with opportunities for career development and hybrid working arrangements.

Benefits

Hybrid working environment

Focus on personal development

Team-oriented culture

Qualifications

• 5-7 years PQE experience from a well regarded firm.
• Experience in both contentious and non-contentious employment law.

Responsibilities

• Advising on employment contracts and policies.
• Managing performance and absence issues.
• Handling disciplinary and grievance procedures.
• Supporting employers with restructuring and redundancies.
• Dealing with discrimination issues, including tribunal litigation.

Skills

Contentious employment law

Non-contentious employment law

Advising on contracts and policies

Performance management

Disciplinary procedures

Restructuring and redundancies

Employment Tribunal litigation

High Court litigation

Education

Qualified Solicitor (5-7 years PQE)

Job description

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A leading top 100 South East law firm are seeking a Senior Employment Associate to join their busy team in Guildford.

Role

You will join a top ranked high-calibre employment law team who advise on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious employment law matters acting for multinational FTSE-100 companies and SMEs to owner managed businesses.

Work will include advising on employment contracts and policies, performance and absence management, disciplinary and grievance procedures and managing restructuring, redundancies and executive severance as well as ad-hoc, day to day support to employers. The team also advise on all aspects of discrimination issues and regularly deal with Employment Tribunal and High Court litigation.

Candidate

You will have between 5-7 years PQE and experience from a well regarded firm. You must have experience in both contentious and non-contentious employment law.

Full-time and Part-time candidates will be considered and the firm offer hybrid working with 2 or 3 days required in the office.

Why apply?

This is a fantastic opportunity to work for a leading law firm working closely with lawyers who have extensive experience and are regarded very highly in their field. The team are ranked in the Legal 500 for both their employer and senior executive work.

You will undertake a variety of work meaning your skills well be developed and you will have a high level of responsibility from the beginning.

They have a strong social ethos and work as a team encouraging personal development and a healthy work-life balance.

For more information please contact Kate Albon at KMA Legal on [emailprotected] or apply as directed.