Employment Solicitor (NQ+)

A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen for an Employment Solicitor to join a full service, highly ranked law firm based in Leicester. The role is rewarded with competitive benefits alongside genuine work life balance and training to support career progression opportunities.

About the role

This growing Employment team carry out a varied mix of contentious and non-contentious employment matters for Respondents across a range of sectors. Daily work of the Employment Solicitor will involve providing commercial advice to clients on a range of issues including employment tribunal and litigation proceedings, redundancies, discrimination, whistleblowing, TUPE and the drafting of various employment documentation including advising one of the firm's largest and most valued clients.

About the person

The Employment Solicitor must be a UK qualified solicitor with ideally between 0 and 2 years experience although candidates with more experience will also be strongly considered.

Desired attributes of the Employment Solicitor include excellent interpersonal and communication skills, problem-solving and negotiation skills and commercial acumen. Ambition and the desire to work hard are pre-requisites for this role. Advocacy experience is not essential but will be looked upon favourably as this team undertake some of their own advocacy.

About the firm

This national firm are very well regarded in Leicester and the Employment team attract excellent quality work off their reputation alone. The firm is known for its friendly atmosphere and open door policy and training and support will be provided to the successful candidate to help progress their career.

For further information on this or other similar roles please contact Laura Gripton at Robert Walters on 0121 260 2512 or email