Employment Solicitor
- Recruiter
- Paralaw Ltd
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands (GB)
- Salary
- Salary competitive and negotiable
- Posted
- 03 Jun 2021
- Closes
- 01 Jul 2021
- Job Title
- Solicitor
- Practice Area
- Employment
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Employment Solicitor required for the Tribunal and Advocacy Team of Footsie 100 Company
You will be responsible for:
- The legal advice in Employment Tribunal claims and settlement agreements..
- The stakeholder relationship with HR in relation to your legal advice.
- Delivering your team goals relating to income targets (set each year) as well as any personal goals.
- Developing and coaching other lawyers and paralegals whose work you supervise from time to time.
You’ll
- Give legal advice in all practice areas.
- Build strong relationships with your HR stakeholders and the wider team’s stakeholders
- Help to create simple processes, guidance and templates.
- Support the Senior Employment Lawyers and Chief Counsel to deliver our income targets.
- Deputise as needed.
This means you’ll:-
Give legal advice in the key practice areas (including):-
- Employment Tribunals (ET’s): Run ET’s (including drafting, negotiating, settling and advocacy).
- Settlement Agreements (SA’s): Draft, review, negotiate and advise HR on SA’s (including senior SA’s)
- Case Management: Advise HR and Line Managers on grievances, investigations, disciplinary, performance and attendance cases (and any other case management queries).
- Employment law Projects: Advise on projects (e.g. redundancy, TUPE, Simplify etc.)
- Team Goals – Take action to deliver your team goals (set each year).
Be consistent and keep up to date, you’ll :-
- Consistency: Use the standard systems, processes, guidance and templates available in each practice area.
- Horizon scan and keep your legal knowledge up to date; ensure HR and colleagues are kept up to date.
People Management, you’ll :-
- Coach, develop and supervise other people who do work for you.
- Support Senior Lawyers and Chief Counsel deliver consistent performance management.