Associate - Employment

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

11/20/2024

Application Deadline: 19 December 2024

Department: Life and Business - Commercial, IP and Employment - Employment - Employment - 1202

Location: Bristol

Description

This is a fabulous opportunity to join a new role within a growing team. The team has a superb reputation, particularly in the education sector.

Our Employment team is a leader in providing employment advice. We work with incredible clients and we are continually winning new ones. The team is committed to growing the practice and having a significant presence in the sector.

The team provides commercial, practical advice to employers and senior employees on all aspects of employment law. The team comprises a number of highly skilled litigators and is known for its successful handling of Employment Tribunal litigation, including large complex discrimination cases. We also have experience of dealing with cases in the Employment Appeal Tribunal, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court and European Court of Justice. Our specialist lawyers train and advise managers to handle staff effectively and to deal with disputes where and when they arise, including fighting court and tribunal cases where necessary. We have a strong, local, national and multinational corporate client base, particularly in industry sectors such as education, logistics, food and drink, retail, transport and manufacturing. The team also includes specialist advisors on business immigration and provide that support to many clients in most sectors.

Meet Nick Jones Partner based in our Bristol hub.

Key Responsibilities

You will play a key role providing high quality legal services to clients on all aspects of employment work, both contentious and non-contentious, for a variety of clients. This role would suit someone who enjoys client contact and thrives in a busy environment and is interested in developing their own career.

Key Duties:

• Assisting on large complex matters with appropriate supervision, and also building up your own caseload


• Attending and conducting client meetings


• Taking clients' instructions


• Giving clear advice in correspondence and in person


• Drafting documents, letters and contracts tailored to the client's individual needs


• Being a key team player in both the Bristol hub and wider cross-office Employment team


• Negotiating with clients and other professionals to secure agreed objectives


• Acting on behalf of clients in disputes and representing them in court, as necessary


• Instructing Counsel or specialist advocates to appear in court and Tribunal for the client in potentially complex disputes


• Preparing papers for court and Tribunal


• Delivering training to clients on various employment related issues

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• Previous experience in employment law, preferably from within private practice


• A high level of accuracy and attention to detail, with excellent verbal and written communication skills


• Motivation to take up a challenge at an exciting time


• To be personable and have experience of dealing with a broad range of clients


• Excellent organisational and prioritising skills


• Full time preferred but we would consider flexible for the ideal candidate

Job Benefits

We embrace agile working and offer a blended approach to where and how we work. We appreciate that people have different needs and preferences and we're keen to be flexible, after all, we value what you do, not where you do it.

We have hubs in Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Leicester, London, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Solihull, Stratford-upon-Avon, Lincoln, Sheffield and Southampton.

This role can be a blend of home and office based work, based primarily out of our offices in Central Bristol. On occasion travel into the Birmingham hub and some of our other regional hubs would be required.