Managing Associate – Employment Lawyer

Addleshaw Goddard; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading law firm in Leeds seeks a senior employment lawyer with 5+ years of experience in both contentious and non-contentious employment law. You will handle a diverse range of employment law matters, develop close client relationships, and contribute to team collaboration. This role offers a flexible hybrid working model. A commitment to continuous self-development and a client-focused approach is essential.

Benefits

Flexible working model

Support for continuous professional development

Collaborative work environment

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years post-qualification experience in a similar practice.
• Flexible and enthusiastic about developing knowledge and experience.
• Keen eye for detail and proactive in client relationship building.

Responsibilities

• Handle full range of employment law and HR support work for various clients.
• Develop client relationships and undertake significant client work.
• Collaborate with colleagues across different practice areas.

Skills

Contentious employment law experience

Non-contentious employment law experience

Client relationship management

Self-motivation

Attention to detail

Job description

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12.08.2025

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PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
• We are seeking a senior employment lawyer with a combination of contentious and non-contentious employment law experience, to join our team in Leeds. You will have in the region of 5+ years post-qualifying experience.
• Addleshaw Goddard have implemented a flexible, hybrid working model that combines both office-based and remote work arrangements (3 days per week in the office minimum). This approach allows for a balanced and adaptable work environment. We anticipate that this arrangement will remain in place for the foreseeable future. Occasional travel between our various UK offices may be required to facilitate effective collaboration and teamwork.

WHAT TO EXPECT IN THIS ROLE
The role will involve the full range of employment law and HR support work (contentious and non-contentious) for a wide range of clients across all business sectors.
You will have the opportunity to develop close client relationships and undertake a major role in client work. From the outset you will be exposed to the highest quality work, for some of the UK's biggest name clients.
• You will be flexible, agile and enthusiastic in growing and developing your knowledge and experience of Employment law within a supportive and collegiate environment.
• You will be expected to be client focused and thinking about how AI and other tools may be harnessed to improve the overall service for our clients.
• Fostering and growing client relationships and developing new ones is an integral part of this role. You can expect to collaborate not only with colleagues in the direct team but also with colleagues in other AG practice areas as well as colleagues immersed in relevant industry groups.
• Continuous self-development is valued, and you will be encouraged to engage with formal training programmes (whether technical or skills based) and to draw on mentoring, coaching and leadership development programmes available to you.
• As a senior member of the team, you will be expected to generously share your time, knowledge and experience to develop less experienced colleagues.

YOUR AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE
You will have:
• A minimum of 5 years post qualification experience working in a similar practice
• Be flexible and agile and have enthusiasm for growing and developing your knowledge and experience and undertaking intellectually challenging work.
• Have a keen eye for detail, be self-motivated and proactive and confident in building enduring relationships with clients that are based on trust and high-quality service delivery.
• Be inquisitive and want to understand our clients, their drivers and what matters to them, so that your advice has quality, imagination, and impact.

OUR FIRM
Addleshaw Goddard is a place where you are valued, encouraged, and challenged to fulfil your potential in a supportive and collegiate environment. Our culture of improvement, growth and collaboration delivers results, drives innovation, and rewards ambition.
We not only provide technical excellence and experience but, crucially, demonstrate real insight into our clients and what really matters to them and as such we are natural choice for FTSE100 clients and their equivalents in other markets.
Our success has been built by people from the widest range of backgrounds, locations, and perspectives. We have a number of employee networks that provide space to discuss the differences that make us who we are and celebrate this at AG.

OUR APPROACH: IMAGINE THE BEST YOU CAN BE
Everything we've accomplished can be traced back to our people and the way we work. Our reputation is something we are proud of, and constantly invest in.
Here, you'll do high calibre work, with high-character colleagues who care for one another and our clients.
Are you up for the challenge?