Professional Support Lawyer - Employment

JMC Legal Recruitment; Paisley; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Hybrid working

Lucrative salary

Benefits package

Job summary

JMC Legal Recruitment seeks an experienced Employment PSL to join the Glasgow office and support the knowledge management needs of a market-leading team. You will update resources, libraries and precedents while translating developments into practical client guidance.

The role offers flexible, hybrid working and a salary reflecting a lucrative market for senior employment PSLs, with opportunities to influence service delivery and training across the practice.

Qualifications

• Solicitor with 4+ PQE in Employment law.
• Excellent drafting, research and communication skills.
• Strong understanding of employment legislation, case law and procedural developments.
• Ability to present legal developments clearly to colleagues and clients.
• Commercial and pragmatic approach to legal problem solving.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Collaborative mindset and interest in supporting the development of colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the knowledge infrastructure that underpins the team’s advice.
• Update client-facing employment law resources and document libraries.
• Translate complex legislations into practical guidance for colleagues and clients.
• Produce guidance notes, precedents, checklists and training materials.
• Monitor legal developments and refine tools with product/change teams.
• Contribute to training and client-facing initiatives; explore new service offerings.

Skills

Excellent drafting

Research

Communication

Understanding of employment law

Commercial mindset

Problem solving

Organisational skills

Colleague development

Education

Solicitor with 4+ PQE in Employment law

Job description

Professional Support Lawyer - Employment

Location:

Glasgow

Firm:

L500-ranked, UK Wide Employment Team

Salary:

Lucrative Salary + Attractive Benefits + Flexible Working

The Role & The Work

A leading UK law firm is seeking an experienced Employment Lawyer to join its market-leading Employment practice in Glasgow as a PSL.

This opportunity sits within a highly regarded team that advises some of the UK’s largest and most recognisable employers on a full spectrum of employment matters. The practice has built a reputation for delivering commercially focused advice to a diverse client base spanning sectors such as manufacturing, retail, professional services, utilities, hospitality and education.

The role will be closely aligned with the team’s flagship employment advisory service, which provides ongoing HR and employment law support to employers. As part of this innovative offering, the PSL plays a central role in ensuring that both the team and its clients remain at the forefront of employment law developments.

Your work will focus on developing and maintaining the knowledge infrastructure that underpins the team’s advice. This includes updating client-facing employment law resources, maintaining document libraries and developing best-practice materials that support lawyers across the practice.

You will also play a key role in monitoring legal developments, translating complex legislative and case law updates into practical guidance for colleagues and clients. This may involve producing guidance notes, precedents, checklists and training materials, ensuring the team continues to deliver clear, commercially focused advice.

Beyond knowledge management, the role also offers involvement in innovation and service delivery, working alongside product and business change teams to identify opportunities to improve efficiency, harness emerging technologies and refine the tools available to both lawyers and clients.

While the position is primarily non-fee earning, there will also be opportunities to deliver training, support client-facing initiatives and contribute to new service offerings, giving the role a strategic and outward-facing dimension.

For an experienced Employment lawyer looking to move into a knowledge-focused position while remaining closely connected to complex and high-quality employment work, this role offers the chance to shape how legal expertise is shared, developed and delivered across a nationally recognised team.

Your Experience

• Solicitor with 4+ PQE in Employment law and a passion for the industry
• Excellent drafting, research and communication skills
• Strong understanding of employment legislation, case law and procedural developments
• Ability to present legal developments clearly to colleagues and clients
• A commercial and pragmatic approach to legal problem solving
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities
• A collaborative mindset and interest in supporting the development of colleagues

Why This Role?

• Join a Top 50 UK firm with a highly regarded Employment practice
• Work closely with leading Employment lawyers advising major UK employers
• Opportunity to move into a strategic PSL role while remaining connected to high-quality work
• Involvement in legal innovation, knowledge development and client-facing training
• Flexible and hybrid working is ingrained in the working culture
• Lucrative salary and comprehensive benefits package