Employment (Senior Associate) Solicitor 5+PQE
Oxford / Reading
£70-80,000 DOE.
Our client is currently looking to hire a Senior Associate into their highly regarded specialist Employment team in the Thames Valley (Reading and Oxford). This is a great opportunity to develop and offers real prospects for advancement. Their team provides advice on all areas of employment law and acts for a wide range of national and international clients across the public, private, and third sectors. They are consistently ranked in the top tier in the independent legal directories Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners.
If successful, you can expect a mix of employment work. Your responsibilities in the role may include but are not limited to:
- Involvement in a broad mix of contentious and non-contentious work, primarily supporting their employer clients. Your time will be split between disputes, general advisory work, and corporate support work, with some client training from time to time.
- Acting for leading employers in a wide range of sectors, from household-name retail clients to leading NHS, government, or third sector organisations. You'll have a great variety of work and the opportunity to advise in a range of interesting areas.
- Having a direct influence on how you want your experience and expertise to develop. You will be strongly encouraged and supported to get involved in business development work, taking an active role in seminars, webinars, and networking events in addition to drafting guidance and articles. Your role will include assisting the partners in supervising and developing junior members of the team.
- Benefiting from the support and resources of the larger team based across other offices, which includes specialist Pensions and Immigration lawyers as part of their business group.
To be successful in this position, you will need the following skills and experience:
- Relevant technical expertise and solid intellectual ability.
- Enthusiasm and a commitment to a career in employment work.
- Strong analytical and research skills.
- Relationship-driven and personable.
- Ability to work well in a team-oriented environment.
- Excellent communication skills (verbal and written).
- Strong client and matter management skills.
- A track record of successful practise development.
- Proficiency in IT.
- Exceptional self-motivation and ability to assume responsibility for your own matters.
Our client can provide you with an excellent platform to develop both your technical ability and business development skills within their supportive and thriving team. You will likely soon develop close client relationships that will endure throughout your career. Their encouragement of a decent work/life balance and complementary interests will help you towards a strong long-term profile in this region.
Some benefits include:
- 26 days' holiday + buy up to a further 5 days
- Relocation assistance
- A day off for your birthday
- Employer pension contribution
- Volunteering leave
- Study leave
- Private medical insurance through Bupa
- Annual discretionary bonus scheme
- Employee retail discounts
- Other voluntary employee paid benefits
If you are a dedicated and motivated Employment Lawyer looking for a new challenge, we encourage you to apply. Our client offers a dynamic and inclusive workplace culture, with outstanding opportunities for professional growth. Don't miss out on this exceptional opportunity to join their team. Apply now.
LHH is an employment consultancy that believes in talent, not labels. It is important to us that we run inclusive recruitment processes to support candidates of all abilities and encourage applicants of all backgrounds and perspectives to apply. LHH is committed to building an inclusive, supportive environment to enable candidates to explore the next steps in their careers. If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage, please let us know and we will be happy to support you.