Your Role
and What You'll Be Doing
You’ll join our highly regarded national Employment team, working closely with Partner and other senior colleagues in the Leeds and Sheffield teams.
You’ll work on a broad mix of contentious and non-contentious employment law matters for a diverse employer client base, with opportunities to advise individuals too.
Your role will include advising on day‑to‑day HR issues, workplace change, litigation, and complex workforce challenges. You’ll be involved in:
1. Advising employers on disciplinary and grievance matters, sickness absence, TUPE, performance management, restructurings and redundancies.
2. Supporting senior lawyers on complex Employment Tribunal litigation, including discrimination, whistleblowing and unfair dismissal claims.
3. Drafting employment contracts, reviewing policies and negotiating settlement agreements.
4. Managing your own caseload of matters with appropriate supervision including advice to some individuals on settlement agreements.
5. Carrying out legal research and preparing client‑ready advice.
6. Contributing to business development activities, thought leadership and client training sessions.
You’ll gain specialist experience with our education sector clients — large school trusts and FE colleges — giving you early career exposure to unique issues such as industrial action and safeguarding.
About You
We’re looking for a motivated and collaborative junior lawyer who is eager to build their career within a top‑tier employment team. You’ll have strong analytical skills, excellent communication and a genuine interest in employment law.
7. Qualified solicitor with up to 3 years PQE. We are also open to NQ applicants.
8. A demonstrable interest in employment law, with experience gained during training or post‑qualification.
9. Confidence working with clients and delivering clear, practical advice.
10. Strong drafting skills and attention to detail.
11. Ability to manage competing priorities and work effectively under supervision.
12. Team‑oriented mindset with willingness to support colleagues across the broader Employment team.
Our Benefits - What We Can Offer You
13. 25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - You can ‘buy’ up to 35hrs of extra holiday too.
14. Generous and flexible pension schemes.
15. Volunteering days – Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid)
16. 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. It’s made up of four strands: Our People, Our Community, Our Environment and Our Pro Bono.