Senior Associate - Employment

IPS Group Limited; Manchester; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

IPS Group Limited in Manchester is seeking a Senior Associate to join its leading Employment team. You will deliver high-quality advice on a broad range of matters and help develop client relationships.

The role involves advising on contentious and non-contentious matters, supporting junior lawyers, and contributing to business development. This is a role for an experienced employment lawyer looking to progress in a specialist team with a strong client base.

Qualifications

• Proven experience across advisory and contentious employment matters.
• Excellent communication, drafting and client management skills.
• Experience supervising, mentoring or supporting junior colleagues would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Advise on a varied mix of contentious and non-contentious employment matters.
• Work closely with clients to deliver clear, pragmatic and commercially focused advice.
• Support senior colleagues on complex advisory, litigation and strategic employment work.
• Build and maintain strong client relationships through excellent service delivery.
• Contribute to business development activity and the continued growth of the practice.
• Mentor and support junior lawyers within the team.

Skills

Employment law

Client management

Advisory experience

Litigation support

Job description

We are working with one of the region’s leading Employment teams on an exciting opportunity for a Senior Associate to join its highly regarded practice.

The team advises on a broad range of contentious and non-contentious employment matters, providing practical, commercially focused solutions to a diverse client base. This is an excellent role for an experienced employment lawyer looking to take the next step in their career within a supportive, ambitious and specialist team. The Role As a Senior Associate, you will play an important role in delivering high-quality employment law advice while helping to develop client relationships and support the continued growth of the team. In this role you will:

• - Advise on a varied mix of contentious and non-contentious employment matters.
• - Work closely with clients to deliver clear, pragmatic and commercially focused advice.
• - Support senior colleagues on complex advisory, litigation and strategic employment work.
• - Build and maintain strong client relationships through excellent service delivery.
• - Contribute to business development activity and the continued growth of the practice.
• - Mentor and support junior lawyers within the team.

You will be a confident employment lawyer with strong technical ability, sound commercial judgement and a genuine interest in developing lasting client relationships. You will have:

• - Strong experience across employment law matters, ideally including both advisory and contentious work.
• - Excellent communication, drafting and client management skills.
• - A practical, solutions-focused approach to legal advice.
• - The ability to work collaboratively as part of a recognised specialist team.
• - Experience supervising, mentoring or supporting junior colleagues would be advantageous.

Why Apply? This is a strong opportunity to join a respected Employment team, work alongside recognised employment law specialists and take on a role with real scope for client contact, progression and professional development.

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Senior Associate - Employment

Company: IPS Group Limited Salary: £70,000 to £90,000 a year Hours: Full-time Location: Manchester, M2 2JG Job type: Permanent Posting date: 28 Sept 2026 Closing date: 27 Oct 2026

Summary

We are working with one of the region’s leading Employment teams on an exciting opportunity for a Senior Associate to join its highly regarded practice.

The team advises on a broad range of contentious and non-contentious employment matters, providing practical, commercially focused solutions to a diverse client base. This is an excellent role for an experienced employment lawyer looking to take the next step in their career within a supportive, ambitious and specialist team. The Role As a Senior Associate, you will play an important role in delivering high-quality employment law advice while helping to develop client relationships and support the continued growth of the team. In this role you will:

• - Advise on a varied mix of contentious and non-contentious employment matters.
• - Work closely with clients to deliver clear, pragmatic and commercially focused advice.
• - Support senior colleagues on complex advisory, litigation and strategic employment work.
• - Build and maintain strong client relationships through excellent service delivery.
• - Contribute to business development activity and the continued growth of the practice.
• - Mentor and support junior lawyers within the team.

You will be a confident employment lawyer with strong technical ability, sound commercial judgement and a genuine interest in developing lasting client relationships. You will have:

• - Strong experience across employment law matters, ideally including both advisory and contentious work.
• - Excellent communication, drafting and client management skills.
• - A practical, solutions-focused approach to legal advice.
• - The ability to work collaboratively as part of a recognised specialist team.
• - Experience supervising, mentoring or supporting junior colleagues would be advantageous.

Why Apply? This is a strong opportunity to join a respected Employment team, work alongside recognised employment law specialists and take on a role with real scope for client contact, progression and professional development.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

About Disability Confident Disability Confident is a government scheme. It encourages employers to recruit and retain disabled people and those with long term health conditions.

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