Senior Employment Law Associate: Lead, Mentor & Complex Cases

Flint Bishop LLP; East Midlands; Sur place; GBP 75 000 - 110 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Competitive salary

Bonus potential

Life insurance

Great working environment

Résumé du poste

Flint Bishop LLP in Derby seeks a Senior Associate to join our Employment practice at our Derby head office. You will manage a personal caseload of complex employment matters, provide advice to education and commercial clients, and contribute to team development and business growth.

As a senior team member, you will mentor junior fee-earners, lead on strategy, and help drive performance and client relations. The role requires strong advocacy, high professional standards, and a proactive mindset.

Qualifications

• Have experience of dealing with contentious and non-contentious employment law matters.
• Possess good knowledge and experience of tribunal procedures and protocols.
• Have a high level of knowledge and understanding of employment law for high-profile clients.
• Possess exceptional client care skills.
• Be highly motivated and able to add value to the role.
• Be able to demonstrate proactive management of matters.
• Possess networking and client development skills.

Responsabilités

• Manage a varied caseload of complex employment matters.
• Providing employment law advice to education and commercial clients.
• Drafting advice reports, supporting clients with processes and other documentation such as settlement agreements.
• Assisting clients with HR processes and procedures.
• Handling cases through tribunal proceedings.
• Providing support on employment issues arising in transactions.
• As well as managing a personal caseload of more complex matters, the Employment Partner is responsible for taking on additional workload where necessary in the instance that the department is nearing full capacity.
• Provide ongoing technical support on matters for more junior fee-earners.
• Ensure personal Employment knowledge is kept up to date and new advancements are communicated to the wider team.
• Attend monthly fee-earner meetings with the wider Employment team. Contribute where required as a senior member of the team.
• Attend regular one-to-one meetings with the Head of Employment – report on departmental priorities and financial performance as necessary.
• Provide supervision of matters for more junior fee-earners, sign off work as and when required.
• Ensure appropriate allocation of fee-earning matters within the team – regularly assess capacity of fee-earners and delegate work effectively where required by the Head of Employment.
• Work alongside the Head of Employment to proactively drive performance of the team – conduct meetings with more junior fee-earners where necessary.
• Take an active lead in managing the client experience. Attend client meetings where necessary.
• Assist the Head of Employment to ensure the renewal process for existing clients is seamless and proactive in its approach.
• Prepare and conduct external training sessions on employment law for prospective & existing clients.
• Report regularly on business development figures to senior management.

Description du poste

Flint Bishop LLP in Derby seeks a Senior Associate to join our Employment practice at our Derby head office. You will manage a personal caseload of complex employment matters, provide advice to education and commercial clients, and contribute to team development and business growth.

As a senior team member, you will mentor junior fee-earners, lead on strategy, and help drive performance and client relations. The role requires strong advocacy, high professional standards, and a proactive mindset.