About your new role
Our market leading Employment, Pensions and Immigration practice area is seeking an experienced employment lawyer to join our HR Rely Team.
We advise clients across the UK and internationally, including some of the UK's largest and best known employers. We believe that the quality of our clients and the strength of our relationships with our clients speaks volumes about the quality of the service we provide.
Our HR Rely team is highly ranked in the Legal Directories and has ambitions to grow further.
This role is ideally positioned within our Glasgow or Birmingham offices, but we will consider applications for other allocations, excluding London.
As an Employment Solicitor sitting within the HR Rely Team you will manage a mixed caseload of employment work including advocacy, and provide HR employment law advice to clients.
Main duties and responsibilities
* Manage a mixed caseload of employment work
* Provide HR employment law advice to a wide range of clients
* Conduct advocacy at Employment Tribunals
* Assist other members of the team with their caseloads as appropriate
* Draft and prepare letters, e-mails, documents, tribunal responses, bundles, witness statements and reports
* Draft articles and legal updates
* Assist with business development initiatives including training and networking
* Produce monthly and ad-hoc client MI reports
* Work in accordance with client and internal SLAs
* Work in accordance with Weightmans' values and procedures
* Achieve set financial and chargeable targets
This list is not intended to be exhaustive and you will have other duties and responsibilities that fall within the remit of the role.
About You
* NQ-3 YR Qualified Solicitor
* Experience of and familiarity with development and regeneration work is an advantage
* Excellent team work skills
* Strong academics and technical knowledge
* Experience of and keen interest in real estate work
* Excellent IT and typing skills
* Excellent communication skills
* Excellent time management and organisation skills
* Ability to multi-task and prioritise
* Ability to work to strict deadlines and targets
* Flexible approach
Why work for us
Come and join our award-winning organisation and team. Weightmans has been recognised as a leading employer for the 18th consecutive year at Britain's Top Employers awards 2025, and ranking 5th in the list, the firm has also secured top positions in Chambers UK.
Embark on this journey with Weightmans towards becoming one of the Top 30 UK Law firms.
Why work for us? Take a look: Work for Weightmans: voted a top employer | Weightmans
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