Employment Solicitor

Sacco Mann are looking for an Employment Solicitor (NQ to 6 PQE) to join one of the largest Employment Pensions and Immigration teams in the UK. They have a strong public sector client base and a thriving and large commercial client base, including a significant number of household names.

The Team advises public, private and third sector employers on human resource issues from daily personnel matters, including disciplinary and grievance issues, to strategic management issues such as collective redundancy programmes, industrial action, and transfers of employees both within and outside the UK. The Team handles approximately 2,000 Employment Tribunal claims per annum and are one of the largest users of the Employment Appeals Tribunal.

They offer a way of working which enables their diverse group of colleagues to balance professional responsibilities with personal commitments. They offer location based working, fully flex and hybrid working, enabling colleagues to work primarily in office, remotely or a mix of the two, which offer the maximum flexibility for each colleague's role. They also offer a flexible approach to working hours across the day and week with relaxed core hours.

The role will require the Employment Solicitor to undertake a varied workload of employment matters advising employers in a variety of sectors, including health and social care, central government, telecommunications, retail, and insurance work.

You will progress and manage a wide variety of client matters both contentious and non-contentious, and of varying complexity and scale.

Able to manage own matters, time and relationships with appropriate supervision.

Maintain an awareness of the appropriate limits of own competence/authority.

Actively identify and exploit business development opportunities and marketing activity for team clients and own contacts.

Participate in and initiate marketing / network activities in order to maintain and develop work from existing clients and potential clients.

This includes presenting and assisting in client and other external seminars, taking part in pitches and contributing positively to business development.

Maintain and develop technical knowledge through leading and attending training sessions, reading appropriate publications and exceeding Law Society CPD requirements.

Continually monitoring and taking responsibility for own financial performance and demonstrating proactive financial management; attention to billing regimes, credit control, debt collection, accounting procedures and client service level agreements.

Handle confidential data in line with the firm's data security protocols.

Ideally, you will come with a demonstrable interest or previous experience, and real zeal to practice in this area.

Solid track record in terms of academics.

Advocacy experience is an advantage (but not essential as training can be provided in this area).

Excellent relationship and client handling skills. Able to deal confidently and professionally with clients on day to day issues.

An ability to adopt a client focused and commercial perspective rather than an academic approach to legal issues, coupled with a keen grasp of legal issues, as these arise (demonstrating a clear ability to learn quickly 'on the job').

Highly motivated, sharing our commitment to providing excellent service to our clients.

Change oriented with a positive, flexible approach towards the implementation of new initiatives.

Team oriented and collegiate with a willingness to share knowledge with and support other members of the team.

This is an opportunity for someone looking to join a successful and expanding team in an exciting and developing sector, within a firm with an excellent reputation in Employment nationally and as a great place to work.

Having been established for over 25 years, we are experts in legal recruitment. Our strength derives from the fact that we are well-known, well-respected and have developed long-standing bonds with both our clients and candidates and have become an authority on all aspects of legal recruitment.

If you would like to apply for this role or have any questions, please contact Helen Mauborgne at Sacco Mann on 0113 467 9786 or ask to speak to another member of the team. Alternatively, if you know of anyone who would be suitable for this role then please let them or us know as we offer a reward for successful referrals. For full terms please see our website.