Solicitor - Employment

Weightmans; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Weightmans seeks an Employment Associate to join its leading Employment, Pensions and Immigration team in Birmingham. This role entails managing complex tribunal cases and offering strategic legal advice to major clients, including those in the public sector. With a hybrid working model, this position supports flexibility in work arrangements, fostering a conducive work-life balance.

Qualifications

• +3 years post qualification experience in employment law.
• Employment tribunal advocacy experience is preferable.
• Technically strong with excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of complex discrimination and whistleblowing tribunal claims.
• Provide strategic employment law advice.
• Conduct advocacy in preliminary hearings.

Skills

Communication

Time Management

Organisation

Teamwork

Methodical Approach

Education

Post Qualification Experience in Employment Law

Job description

About your new role

Our market leading Employment, Pensions and Immigration team advises employers across the UK on all aspects of employment, pensions and immigration law. Our clients are some of the UK's largest and best known employers. We believe that the quality of our clients and strength of our relationships with our clients speaks volumes about the quality of the service we provide.

We are currently recruiting for an Employment Associate to manage a caseload of complex employment tribunal work and provide employment law advice.This role will be closely aligned to working with a specific client in the public sector.

The role is based in either our Liverpool or Birmingham office and is offered in line with our Hybrid Working Policy. The firm supports and encourages flexible working arrangements.

Main duties and responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of employment work – predominately complex discrimination and whistleblowing employment tribunal claims
• Provide strategic employment law advice
• Management of client relationships with key stakeholders
• Recording and reporting client management information and trends
• Conducting advocacy in preliminary hearings
• Work in accordance with client and internal SLAs
• Work in accordance with Weightmans’ values

NB: Please also note that this role is subject to completion of additional security vetting measures.

About You

• +3 years post qualification experience in employment law
• Technically strong and excellent communication skills
• Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative
• Excellent time management and organisational skills
• Methodical, organised approach
• Employment tribunal advocacy experience is preferable