Our client are Legal 500 and Chambers recommended as one of East Anglia's leading law firms.
The firm offers a broad range of legal advice to individuals and companies in respect of a large range of legal services both nationally and internationally and are consistently ranked highly for providing excellent client service.
They now wish to recruit a newly or recently qualified Employment Lawyer. Ideally, candidates should have had exposure to a broad range of contentious and non-contentious employment work during their training and/or within their current role, including, in particular, experience dealing with:
* Employment Tribunal cases, including drafting pleadings and correspondence
* Reviewing and drafting employment contracts, service agreements, settlement agreements, and policies
* Advising on day-to-day HR and employment law matters
* Business development experience, including networking
The Employment team carry out a high calibre of work and have been credited with being one of the best in the region. Working with both companies and individuals, the team act on a vast range of matters locally and nationally and pride themselves on building strong relationships.
You must be able to:
* Manage own caseload and assist others in the team
* Manage own financial housekeeping
* Conduct meetings with clients both face to face and remotely
* Assess legal issues and advise accordingly / conduct legal research / advise on costs and scope of work
* Draft documents and letters of advice
* Keep up to date with law and practice
* Have excellent communication and team skills
BENEFITS
* 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
* Hybrid working
* Personal pension scheme
* Group life assurance
* Support and funding for further professional qualifications
* Private health insurance
* In-house health & wellbeing sessions
* Car parking