Hybrid Employment Solicitor (1–4 PQE) – Northampton

Eventus Recruitment Group; Northampton; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days holiday

BUPA private healthcare

5% employer pension contribution

Employee Assistance Programme

Income Protection Scheme

Life Assurance

Access to Perkbox / Benefits Hub

Job summary

Eventus Legal in Northampton is seeking an Employment Solicitor with 1–4 years’ PQE to join one of the region’s well-regarded multi-service law firms. This full-time, permanent role offers a guideline salary of £42,000 to £55,000, with hybrid working up to two days remote from home each week.

You will join a friendly employment team, handling varied advisory and contentious work with full paralegal and assistant support from the outset.

Qualifications

• 1–4 years’ PQE in employment law.
• Strong drafting and advisory skills.
• Experience of advocacy in a court, chambers or tribunal.
• Ability to manage a caseload independently.
• Commercial, practical and financial awareness.

Responsibilities

• Manage your own varied claimant and respondent employment caseload with supervision where relevant.
• Draft employment contracts, policies and staff handbooks.
• Handle settlement agreements, redundancy matters and Employment Tribunal claims.
• Provide employment law support on corporate transactions, including TUPE and due diligence.
• Undertaking both claimant and respondent employment work.
• Support business development, client training sessions and marketing initiatives.
• Attend other office locations as required by your manager.
• Occasional travel to other local offices across Northampton and Milton Keynes.

Skills

Employment law knowledge

Drafting

Advisory skills

Advocacy

Job description

Eventus Legal in Northampton is seeking an Employment Solicitor with 1–4 years’ PQE to join one of the region’s well-regarded multi-service law firms. This full-time, permanent role offers a guideline salary of £42,000 to £55,000, with hybrid working up to two days remote from home each week.

You will join a friendly employment team, handling varied advisory and contentious work with full paralegal and assistant support from the outset.