Employment Solicitor

Weightmans Llp; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Weightmans LLP in Liverpool seeks a UK qualified lawyer (1–3 years PQE) to join the Employment, Pensions and Immigration team. You will manage a varied caseload across the UK, providing practical HR employment law guidance to major clients, including advice on tribunal matters when required.

This role offers exposure to high-value matters and opportunities to develop advocacy and client management skills in a supportive, collaborative team, with a focus on innovative legal tech and knowledge

Qualifications

• UK qualified lawyer with 1-3 years post-qualification experience.
• Excellent legal research and drafting skills.
• Ability to translate complex issues into practical, actionable advice.
• Demonstrable interest in legal technology and innovation.

Responsibilities

• Managing a varied caseload of employment matters and progressing cases efficiently.
• Providing HR employment law advice to key clients, delivering practical and commercially focused guidance.
• Assisting other team members with their caseloads and delivering high-quality client service.
• Drafting correspondence, tribunal responses, bundles, witness statements and reports.
• Contributing to client-facing materials and legal updates.
• Supporting business development activities including training and client engagement.
• Advocacy experience is desirable and candidates will be supported to develop skills.

Skills

Legal research

Drafting

Advocacy interest

Communication

Time management

Technology affinity

Client relationship

Education

Qualified lawyer (1-3 PQE)

Tools

Knowledge management tools

Job description

To work within the Employment, Pensions and Immigration team advising employers across the UK on all aspects of employment law, supporting a client base that includes many of the UK's largest and most recognisable organisation, often advising on complex and high value matters. This role provides exposure to a broad mix of work, from complex tribunal claims to day-to-day HR advisory support, offering genuine scope to develop your advocacy, technical and client management skills within a supportive and approachable team.

Main duties and responsibilities

• Managing a varied caseload of employment work, with appropriate support and guidance, to gain exposure to a broad range of employment matters and ensuring cases are progressed efficiently and effectively.
• Providing HR employment law advice to key clients, delivering clear, practical and commercially focused guidance that supports client decision-making.
• Assisting other members of the team with their caseloads as appropriate, working collaboratively to deliver a high standard of client service.
• Drafting and preparing a range of documentation including correspondence, emails, tribunal responses, bundles, witness statements and reports.
• Contributing to the development of articles, legal updates and client-facing materials.
• Supporting business development initiatives including training delivery, client engagement and networking activities.
• Advocacy experience is desirable, however candidates with a strong interest in developing their advocacy or public speaking skills will be supported in gaining experience
• Working in accordance with client and internal service level agreement and Weightmans' values, policies and procedures
• Contributing to the achievement of individual and team financial and performance targets You will have previous experience and a genuine and demonstrable interest in the above area of work.

We also require you to have/be

• UK qualified lawyer with a 1-3 years' post qualification experience .
• Excellent legal research and drafting skills.
• Experience of analysing complex legal and technical issues and translating them into practical, actionable advice and solutions.
• Demonstrable interest in legal technology and innovation.
• Strong understanding and awareness of knowledge management tools and resources.
• Creative thinker with the ability to engage with users to bring concepts to life.
• Excellent communicator.
• Ability to manage and prioritise workload.
• Curious and a real willingness to learn and deal with legal and people based issues.
• Affinity with technology.