Head of Employment Professional Support Unit

Sellick Partnership Limited - Private Practice; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK law firm is seeking an experienced Employment Law Specialist to head its Professional Support Unit in Cambridge. This senior position involves providing high-quality know-how, guidance, and training to a national employment team. The successful candidate will lead the unit, act as a technical authority, and support complex legal matters. The firm promotes a collaborative culture, offers flexible benefits, and values inclusivity in recruitment, encouraging applications from diverse backgrounds.

Benefits

Flexible benefits package

Collaborative work culture

Work-life balance

Qualifications

• Significant experience in employment law, ideally in a professional support capacity.
• Confident and collaborative with strong commercial awareness.
• Ability to deliver training and support complex legal matters.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Employment Professional Support Unit.
• Act as a senior technical authority on employment law.
• Create and maintain precedents and guidance.
• Support high-risk matters and monitor legal developments.

Skills

Senior employment lawyer

Technical expertise

Stakeholder-management skills

Strong drafting

Analytical skills

Job description

A leading UK law firm is looking for an experienced Employment law specialist to head its Professional Support Unit, with oversight across employment and working knowledge of pensions and immigration.

This senior role focuses on supporting fee-earners through high-quality know-how, training, and technical guidance, while shaping best practice across a national employment team.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead and develop the Employment Professional Support Unit
• Act as a senior technical authority on employment law
• Create and maintain precedents, guidance, and know-how
• Support complex and high-risk matters
• Deliver training and monitor legal developments
• Work closely with partners on strategy, quality, and innovation

About you:

• Senior employment lawyer with strong technical expertise
• Experience (or strong interest) in professional support or knowledge roles
• Confident, collaborative, and commercially aware
• Strong drafting, analytical, and stakeholder-management skills

Why apply?

• High-profile, influential role
• Collaborative culture with genuine work-life balance
• Flexible and comprehensive benefits package

If you'd like to find out more, please contact Faith Kelly at Sellick Partnership for a confidential discussion.

Sellick Partnership is proud to be an inclusive and accessible recruitment business and we support applications from candidates of all backgrounds and circumstances. Please note, our advertisements use years' experience, hourly rates, and salary levels purely as a guide and we assess applications based on the experience and skills evidenced on the CV. For information on how your personal details may be used by Sellick Partnership, please review our data processing notice on our website.