Role: Employment Solicitor (3 to 5 years’ PQE)
Location: Flexible across mfg’s offices
Hours: Full Time
Term: Permanent
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You’ll be joining a regional law firm that enjoys a strong reputation, recognised in the Legal 500 and Chambers Guide, made possible by our exceptional people. We want to help you reach your full potential, love the work you do and deliver the best results for your clients. It’s our goal to make you feel great about working with us, and we work hard to cultivate a culture that makes it easy for you to stay with us for many years.
You will have a significant influence on how you want your experience and expertise to develop, and you will be strongly encouraged and supported to get involved in business development work, taking an active role in seminars and networking events, in addition
to drafting monthly articles for publication.
The Employment Team
Our Employment team is award winning, led by Divisional Head Sally Morris – who you will work closely with from our Worcester office. The team, comprising five Partners and four support colleagues, currently operates from mfg’s Kidderminster, Worcester, Birmingham and Telford offices, with future growth plans across Worcestershire, Shropshire and the West Midlands region. The role is flexible on base location.
You will enjoy a mix of hybrid/flexible working, driven by business and client needs. We want to ensure you are fully supported by the wider Employment team upon joining, so we will introduce you to our existing client base across the area and show you the mfg ropes!
Day to day, you’ll be successful in this role by:
We are looking for a dedicated Employment Solicitor (1 to 2 years’ PQE). This is an exciting opportunity to grow within our dynamic Employment division, where we handle a broad spectrum of cases for both employers and employees.
Key Responsibilities:
* Provide expert advice to both employers and employees on a range of employment issues.
* Handle TUPE matters, redundancy, and transfers of undertakings.
* Negotiate and draft settlement agreements for both employers and employees.
* Advise on restrictive covenants, breaches of confidentiality, and other workplace disputes.
* Draft and review employment contracts and staff handbooks.
* Perform legal research and analysis to support case preparation.
* Manage Employment Tribunal claims.
* Draft court submissions, correspondence, and other legal documents.
* Support and engage in negotiations with opposing counsel and parties.
* Collaborate with Partners and colleagues to devise strategies for achieving client goals.
* Contribute to business development efforts and assist with firm growth initiatives
Requirements:
* 3 to 5 years’ PQE in Employment Law.
* Proven experience handling employment tribunal claims and cases commensurate to the level of role.
* Strong communication, negotiation, and client management skills.
* Ability to work collaboratively in a supportive team environment.
* A proactive approach to business development and marketing.
Salary & Benefits:
* Competitive salary
* 25 days’ holiday to start (plus 4 days Christmas 2025 and statutory Bank Hols)
* Healthcare benefit scheme
* Employee Assistance programme and wellbeing services - 24/7 helpline facility
* Discounted legal fees for staff and family members
* Death in service provision
* Auto enrolment in our Company Pension
* Annual colleague event
Other reasons to join us
* We offer a rewarding career of quality work alongside a commitment to your development. It’s a fantastic environment in which people grow!
* A supportive ‘people first’ culture, driven by wellbeing and work/life balance. Over 90% of our people responded in our most recent engagement survey that it’s a great place to work and they’re proud to work here.
* Committed to inclusion and out local communities, we aim to employ a diverse section of the community whilst our work for good causes continues to flourish. Many of our people are actively involved in CSR, Sports & Social and Health & Wellbeing groups.
For more information on what it’s like to work at mfg, please visit our recruitment page or email recruitment@mfgsolicitors.com to arrange a confidential chat to discuss this opportunity further.
Agencies please note – we have an agreed Agency PSL in place.
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