Solicitor/Associate- Employment

ENGINEERINGUK; Leeds; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 65,000; Full time

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Sector: Legal
Role: Partner
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time

We're a national law firm with a local reach. Our philosophy is 'we're legal and financial experts that care' - something you'll find in the way we work with our clients and how we support our teams. But we're more than just a law firm - we're a team of people working together to help individuals and businesses navigate life's ups and downs. Working here you'll feel a part of our friendly and inclusive environment.

We'll value you for who you are and what you bring. We support each other and push boundaries to achieve incredible things and make a real difference to our clients and communities.

We're always looking to support our colleagues to work in a way that works best for them and everyone else, including our clients, the business and the regulators.

The Team and The Role

We're currently recruiting for a talented Solicitor/Associate to join our Employment team based from our Leeds office. The successful candidate will be joining our Partner Jenny Arrowsmith's team, specialists in all areas of contentious and non-contentious Employment Law. The team advise businesses and individuals, with a focus on respondent work. Our clients vary from SMEs to large household name companies and are across a wide variety of sectors including manufacturing, consumer, hospitality, education and charities. Our national employment team is made up of over 60 individuals and we are growing year on year, the work we do has been recognised with awards including a third nomination for Personnel Today, Employment Law Firm of the Year 2023, something we're proud to have won twice.

The role will include, but is not limited to, providing advisory services to clients, specifically across employee relation matters such as redundancies, disciplinaries, grievances, settlement agreements, TUPE, absence management, discrimination, whistleblowing and employee status issues. We also regularly get involved in project work for clients - corporate support, training programmes on topics such as sexual harassment, equality and diversity or performance management and undertake a lot of Employment Tribunal claims.

About You

We're looking for a Solicitor/Associate who has a passion for all aspects of employment law with the ability to provide sound advice without supervision. Our ideal candidate will have the following:

• Qualified lawyer either via traditional SRA route or CILEX;
• The ability to take instructions from clients and give sound legal advice;
• The ability to manage own caseloads whilst maintaining exceptional attention to detail and seamless service;
• The ability to operate independently and work collaboratively as part of a team to deliver the best outcomes for our clients;
• Demonstrable technical experience gained within employment law, with the ability to supervise more junior members of the team when and where necessary;
• An aptitude for business development and a passion for growing strong client and referrer relationships as well as a drive to continue to aid the growth and development of the wider team.

If this sounds like you, please hit the 'Apply Now' button to submit an application.

Our Benefits - What We Can Offer You

• 25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - You can 'buy' up to 35hrs of extra holiday too.
• Generous and flexible pension schemes.
• Volunteering days - Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid).
• Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services alongside our Aviva Digital GP services.

We also offer a wide range of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace and to make sure you're fully supported. This includes our Flexible by Choice programme which gives our colleagues more choice over a hybrid way of working subject to role, team and client requirements.

We have been ranked in the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing for Large Organisations for 2024!

Our responsible business programmes are fundamental to who we are and our purpose. We're committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can flourish, and we have established a number of inclusion network groups across our business to support this aim.

Our commitment to Social Responsibility, community investment activity and tackling climate change is a fundamental part of who we are.

Additional Information

As part of the Irwin Mitchell Group's onboarding process, all successful applicants are required to complete the group's employment screening process. This process helps to ensure that all new employees meet our standards in relation to honesty and integrity therefore protecting the interests of the Group, colleagues, clients, partners and other stakeholders.

Irwin Mitchell LLP is an equal opportunity employer.

Company

Expert Hand.
Human Touch.

We’re a national law firm with a local reach. Our philosophy is ‘Expert Hand, Human Touch’ and you’ll find that reflected in our working environment.

If you’re looking for the next step in your career, we’ve got great opportunities here. We’re one of the largest and most respected law firms in the UK, and it’s not just solicitors we’re looking for either, you’ll find all kinds of non-legal business support roles too.

Whichever team you join, working here you’ll feel a part of our friendly and inclusive environment. We support each other and push boundaries to achieve incredible things, and make a real difference to our clients and communities. Whatever your role, you’ll have the chance to develop professionally and have your say.

The work we do has been recognised in the awards we’ve won. We’re committed to being even better, and our awards help to show we’re on the right track.

Our DNA

It’s in our DNA to value people for who they are and what they bring. We’re committed to creating a diverse and inclusive culture where our people can flourish and celebrating our differences is a key part of that.

We’re proud of our work on the Disability Confident scheme, on the Race At Work Charter and as Stonewall Diversity Champions. We also have a range of networks for LGBT+, disability, generations, gender, social mobility, ethnicity, faith and culture to celebrate our people and to enable everyone to thrive.

Flexible by Choice

We recognise that the office 9-5 isn’t for everyone. That’s why we’ve introduced ‘Flexible by Choice’.

Whether it’s working from home, in our offices, or a combination of the both, we trust each other to support our clients, colleagues and communities at the right time, in the right way.

Our Community

We also offer a huge number of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace as well as flexible working options to ensure that you are fully supported to work the way that best suits you. Our social responsibility programme is fundamental to who we are.

The Human Touch That Matters To You

In September 2019 we launched our human touch campaign. It focused on the emotional transitions our clients go through and the role our colleagues play in supporting them when they need more than just expertise. We wanted to create a marketing campaign that dared to be different and we believe that it was made by the most inclusive production team ever. It’s the perfect example of our three strategic pillars coming together and Life at Irwin Mitchell is a continuation of this, which reinforces why our culture is truly unique.

We sat down with people from different backgrounds and with different experiences to find out what it’s really like to work here.

They spoke openly and honestly about their careers, their clients and the human touch that matters to them.

A selection of awards and accreditations gained by Irwin Mitchell.