Senior Associate Employment Solicitor

Clear IT Recruitment; Reading; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job description

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a talented Senior Employment Solicitor to join my clients highly renowned team in their Reading, Berkshire offices on a hybrid basis.

My client's Employment team are ranked Tier 1 by the Legal 500. Their partners are recognised as experts in their field.

Role & Responsibilities:

1. HR Support for employer clients on a day-to-day basis.
2. Guiding clients through disciplinary and other internal proceedings.
3. TUPE issues in transactional work (including due diligence) and on outsourcing.
4. Employment termination, including compromise and other settlement agreements, as well as taxation implications and avoidance.
5. Litigation unfair and wrongful dismissal claims & sex, race and disability discrimination claims.
6. Training seminars and workshop programmes for employer clients.
7. There will be an opportunity to gain experience of immigration and data protection issues.
8. Advocacy before the employment tribunals and courts.

Skills, Attributes & Experience:

1. Have a broad understanding of the legal principles involved and experience in all aspects of employment law.
2. Be experienced in Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal litigation.
3. Be experienced in providing employment law support to corporate transactions including the conduct of due diligence exercises, the application of TUPE, and advising on warranties and indemnities in sale documentation.
4. You must possess excellent drafting skills, legal analysis, verbal & written communication skills and employment law knowledge.
5. An ability and willingness to complete marketing and business development activities is essential.
6. You must also be able to apply the law with a degree of commerciality and be prepared to give your viewpoint to clients.
7. Experience of training seminars and workshop programmes for employers will be an advantage.
8. An ability to work relatively unsupervised on important, high profile cases and for clients.
9. Be able to assist with or be responsible for leading and managing teams/group and supervision and development of junior members of staff.
10. To maintain and develop relationships with clients.
11. To promote the team's services and identify opportunities to sell these and training products.
12. To keep up to date with current literature, publications and circulars and bring to the attention of other members of your team relevant news and developments.
13. Ensure file management, and administration are kept up to date.
14. To work effectively on your own and in a team.
15. To work in excess of normal working hours where it proves necessary, in the interests of the Firm or those of our clients.

Benefits:

1. Flexible/Hybrid working
2. Bring your dog to work
3. Eligible to purchase an additional five days holiday
4. Social committee events

Should you have any questions or wish to apply please do not hesitate to contact Clear Legal and Financial Recruitment.

Please Note: Due to the number of applications we receive we may be unable to respond to every application directly. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days, please assume your application has been unsuccessful.