New! Employment Principal Associate / Solicitor ( Public Sector)

TSR Legal; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

TSR Legal, in partnership with a Top 100 Law Firm, seeks a Senior/Principal Associate Solicitor for the Public Sector Employment team in Cardiff. You will handle high‑quality contentious and non-contentious matters and collaborate with clients and internal teams.

With 7 PQE+ and a strong background in public sector employment, you will lead matters, mentor junior lawyers, and develop client relationships. The role offers progression toward Partnership and a competitive package.

Qualifications

• 7 PQE+ with strong employment law experience
• Advising public sector clients and handling contentious/non-contentious matters

Responsibilities

• Advise public sector organisations on a wide range of employment matters
• Manage and develop client relationships, lead teams and mentor junior lawyers
• Provide high-quality work independently and contribute to practice growth

Skills

Employment law

Public sector

Client relations

Team leadership

Education

UK & Wales qualified solicitor

Job description

TSR Legal are working in partnership with a Top 100 Law Firm’s Cardiff office in their search for a Senior / Principal Associate specialising in Public Sector Employment Law to join their Cardiff team.

The Role

In this role as a Senior / Principal Associate Solicitor in the Public Sector Employment team, you will be expected to have prior experience with another leading Regional or National firm and be confident producing high quality work independently.

In this senior position, you will need to be confident communicating with both your internal team and clients. This will include maintaining and developing strong client relationships.

The key objective of this role is to support the firm’s growing employment practice, with a specific focus on advising public sector clients.

The role will involve advising public sector organisations on a wide range of contentious and non contentious employment matters, including complex employee relations issues, disciplinary and grievance matters, discrimination, whistleblowing, restructuring and Employment Tribunal claims.

About You

The successful Public Sector Employment Lawyer will need to be 7 PQE+ and have strong employment law experience, ideally with a good background in advising public sector clients.

You will have strong knowledge of employment law and be confident dealing with complex and sensitive matters.

Not only will you be expected to have strong legal knowledge, but also be a good team player and role model to the younger team. The successful candidate will need to be self motivated and have an eagerness to produce the highest quality work.

You will need to be a UK and Wales qualified solicitor.

What’s on Offer

On offer to the successful Public Sector Employment Lawyer will be:

• Working at a Top 100 Law Firm
• High quality public sector employment work
• Superb benefits and competitive compensation package
• Progression to Partnership

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Public Sector Employment Lawyer to join a growing Top 100 practice based in Cardiff.