Professional Support Lawyer - Employment

Weightmans; Liverpool; Sur place; GBP 70 000 - 100 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Weightmans in the United Kingdom is seeking a Professional Support Lawyer to join our HR Rely team, a fixed-fee employment law service for employers. The role focuses on updating the HR Rely Website, maintaining the document library, and developing client-facing tools and training to improve service quality.

You will write guidance, train others on developments, and stay abreast of case law and legislation. A strong interpersonal and commercial approach is essential.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an Employment lawyer with a strong background in Employment Law.
• Excellent drafting, research, and communication skills with keen attention to detail.
• Ability to write about, present and train others in relation to legal developments, including case law, legislation and procedural changes
• A high level of interpersonal skills, able to work collaboratively with a range of people to deliver results.

Responsabilités

• Updating the HR Rely Website with the latest employment law developments to ensure clients have access to accurate and up-to-date information.
• Updating and maintaining our employment document library with minimal supervision.
• Developing client-facing tools and training programs to improve the quality of service provided to clients.
• Staying informed about employment law trends and maximising current awareness updates to proactively address potential legal issues.
• Creating and maintaining best practice guides and knowledge resources to support the team in delivering high-quality legal advice.
• Proactively seek ways to help our lawyers be more efficient.
• Bringing any ideas to Product & Innovation and Business Change - e.g. how new technology may be harnessed and leveraged for benefit. How processes might need to be adapted.
• Write and edit guidance notes, precedents, checklists and provide practical advice to employment lawyers.
• Attend external meetings and events as appropriate and maintain personal professional development.
• Supporting on a wide range of projects as and when required.
• Delivering training and some limited legal work to achieve a modest financial target.

Connaissances

Employment law expertise

Legal drafting

Research skills

Written and oral communication

Training ability

Interpersonal skills

Description du poste

Our market leading Employment, Pensions and Immigration team advises employers across the UK on all aspects of employment, pensions and immigration law. Our clients are some of the UK's largest and best known employers. We believe that the quality of our clients and strength of our relationships with our clients speaks volumes about the quality of the service we provide.

We are currently recruiting for a Professional Support Lawyer to join our HR Rely team.

This role will be closely aligned to HR Rely, our flagship product, which provides fixed fee employment, HR and advisory support for employers.

As an integral member of the HR Rely team, your key responsibilities will include:

• Updating the HR Rely Website with the latest employment law developments to ensure clients have access to accurate and up-to-date information.
• Updating and maintaining our employment document library with minimal supervision.
• Developing client-facing tools and training programs to improve the quality of service provided to clients.
• Staying informed about employment law trends and maximising current awareness updates to proactively address potential legal issues.
• Creating and maintaining best practice guides and knowledge resources to support the team in delivering high-quality legal advice.
• Proactively seek ways to help our lawyers be more efficient.
• Bringing any ideas to Product & Innovation and Business Change - e.g. how new technology may be harnessed and leveraged for benefit. How processes might need to be adapted.
• Write and edit guidance notes, precedents, checklists and provide practical advice to employment lawyers.
• Attend external meetings and events as appropriate and maintain personal professional development.
• Supporting on a wide range of projects as and when required.
• Delivering training and some limited legal work to achieve a modest financial target.

To be successful in this role, you must possess the following qualifications and skills:

• Proven experience as an Employment lawyer with a strong background in Employment Law.
• Excellent drafting, research, and communication skills with keen attention to detail.
• Ability to write about, present and train others in relation to legal developments, including case law, legislation and procedural changes
• A high level of interpersonal skills, able to work collaboratively with a range of people to deliver results.
• A pragmatic and commercial approach to legal problem-solving.
• Proven ability to juggle demands and resources with various requirements and priorities
• Good time management, organisation and IT skills.
• An entrepreneurial mindset - looking for opportunities to sell bolt-on services (eg training) to our existing HRR clients.

Working alongside the ever-growing HR Rely team you will be at the forefront of our business and future development. Our HR Rely service, a fixed fee employment law service, grants clients access to a dedicated team of experts addressing all employment and HR requirements. We offer 'bolt-on' services to tailor our support offerings for a personalised experience within many sectors including manufacturing, retail, utilities, professional services, hospitality and education.