New! Public Sector Employment Lawyer | Principal Associate

Tsr Legal; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Progression to Partnership

Excellent benefits

Job summary

TSR Legal, in partnership with a Top 100 Law Firm, is seeking a Senior/Principal Associate in Cardiff to lead public sector employment matters.

The role requires 7+ PQE, strong knowledge of employment law, and the ability to manage complex advisory and tribunal work while developing client relationships.

Qualifications

• 7+ years PQE in employment law.
• Experience advising public sector clients.
• Experience handling contentious and non-contentious employment matters.

Responsibilities

• Advise public sector organisations on a wide range of employment issues, including disciplinary matters and tribunals.
• Develop and maintain client relationships; lead complex matters independently.
• Support growth of the employment practice and potentially progress to partnership.

Skills

Public Sector Employment Law

Client relationship management

Independent contributor

Education

UK and 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.