Lawyer Helix

s1jobs; City of Edinburgh; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading law firm is seeking a motivated lawyer specializing in employment law to join a growing team. This remote role involves managing high-volume employment tribunal litigation and fostering strong client relationships while providing a supportive environment for team collaboration and development.

Qualifications

• Qualified solicitor with a good academic record.
• Experience in employment matters and volume litigation.
• Technology awareness and supervisory experience are advantages.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a first-class service handling volume litigation.
• Support junior team members and maintain excellent client relationships.
• Work collaboratively while demonstrating independent decision-making.

Skills

Clear communication skills

Expert drafting skills

Problem solving

Interpersonal skills

Education

Degree or equivalent

Job description

Department/Division: Helix

Duration: Permanent

Location: UK

Reports to: Helix

Type of Role: Remote

The Role

An exciting and new opportunity has arisen, due to expansion and growth for a motivated and experienced lawyer to join our team of employment specialists to work in innovative ways for a small group of key clients. This would be an ideal role for candidates with employment tribunal experience.

Our clients have entrusted Dentons to deliver part of their employment requirements and further enhance their longstanding relationships. The work, which involves management of volume employment tribunal litigation, will undoubtedly be exciting and engaging.

We are building a diverse team in to support this work, which will work alongside our Band 1 ranked Employment team as well as the clients' in-house legal function. Given the focus of the team, this opportunity will be ideal for a lawyer who wants an alternative legal experience. In particular:

• Due to only working for a small group of clients, and the nature of the team the role will provide greater certainty and may also provide greater flexibility of working hours;
• This role will enable the qualified candidates to gain a deeper understanding of our client'sbusinesses and it provide the opportunity to work as a true extension of the client's in house legal team;
• Whilst this role will be part of a dedicated team, the interested candidates will work alongside the UK Employment team and benefit from all of the team training.

We welcome applications from candidates seeking full time or part time opportunities.

Responsibilities

You will work as part of a team to deliver a first class service to our client. This will include undertaking volume litigation predominantly consisting of unfair dismissal and discrimination claims. Through newly established ways of working, including an increased emphasis on technological solutions, you will be supported in taking full ownership for some key requirements and transactions for this client, giving you direct responsibility for core and high profile aspects. Our approach is to create a safe environment by working collaboratively as part of a team whilst also encouraging team members to operate with a degree of independence.

You will have the opportunity to support more junior team members and demonstrate best practice in effectively handling litigation. The department has a positive teamwork ethic and a first class client management approach. It is essential that candidates are focused and committed to developing personallyand professionally. A commitment to deliver high-quality focused services to our clients is essential, as is maintaining and developing client relationships.

Suitable candidates will be people with energy and enthusiasm who want to become one of the largest teams in the country, working hard to providing the highest levels of client service whilst at the same time valuing having fun being part of a creative and collegiate team.

Required experience and skills

Candidates who are qualified solicitors:

• Good academic record, including a degree or equivalent;
• Having experience working on general employment matters with a solid grounding in collective and individual redundancy processes, unfair dismissal and all aspects of discrimination;
• Ideally have experience in a wide remit of work, with an exposure to employment tribunals. Experience working with volume litigation is a valuable asset;
• Candidates will be required to handle a high volume of matters and to tight deadlines;
• Candidates are expected to have technology awareness;
• Expert drafting skills;
• Clear communication skills;
• Experience in supervising more junior lawyers, paralegals, trainees, or apprentices is a desirable.

Personal attributes

• Committed to exemplary client service;
• Great problem solving and policy making skills, coupled with good business awareness;
• Demonstrate initiative and influence;
• You will be a leader and sociable;
• Good interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal;
• Organised, with the ability to prioritise and balance responsibilities, particularly when working in a time-sensitive setting and to tight deadlines;
• A methodical approach to work with a specific focus on accuracy.