Working for a fantastic employer who are going from strength to strength and pride themselves on their culture, we are excited to be recruiting for an experienced SeniorEmployment Law Lawyer/Solicitor (Litigation)who enjoys supporting a variety of clients with their Employment Law and HR issues whilst providing an excellent service to their clients.
Location: Chester,2 days in the office and 3 days from home Salary:Up to £55,000 plus excellent benefits Hours:37.5 per week, Monday to Friday Main purpose of role To provide high quality, pragmatic and efficient litigation advice to SME, LME & Mid-Market clients.
To provide brilliant service in relation to your own portfolio of Employment Tribunal cases, including those forLME & Mid-Market clients, complex cases and multi-party proceedings.
To supervise and mentor trainees/paralegals and more junior advisers as necessary.
Main Duties: To provide high quality advice and legally compliant documentation, especially in relation to Employment Tribunal cases, to clients to ensure we provide the best fixed fee legal & ER advisory service in the UK.
To comply with Employment Tribunal deadlines and external insurance procedures as required.
To make sure all advice to clients is timely, efficient, accurate, practical and commercial.
To assist, mentor, supervise and train junior colleagues as required.
To support several of clients largest and most important clients with their Employment Tribunal cases To liaise with employee representatives, ACAS and/or litigants in person in respect of ongoing Tribunal proceedings To adhere to requirements and relevant professional standards in dealings with clients.
To help clients to achieve their commercial objectives, whilst complying with the law.
Account Management: Proactively manage a portfolio of Employment Tribunal cases by maintaining regular contact with key stakeholders, managing expectations for delivery.
Support the commercial team with proposals and prospective clients meetings.
Contribute to the efficiencies of the team through identifying and sharing process improvements, shared resources and continuous improvement input To participate, where required, in business development opportunities.
To provide insight and analysis on client usage to the commercial team in order to assist their renewal conversations with clients.
To maintain a detailed working knowledge of operating procedures and to ensure that those procedures are followed.
To comply with Employment Tribunal deadlines and external insurance processes.
To use best endeavours to ensure the departments KPIs are consistently achieved.
Qualifications Either a qualified legal professional (Solicitor or Chartered Legal Executive) or relevant equivalent HR/ER qualification or experience.
Experience: Eligibility for this role will typically be a minimum of 3 to 4 years PQE as an employment law solicitor/adviser and is dependent on performance.
Candidates with equivalent experience delivering EL & ER advice in other legal or HR settings may also be considered.
Competencies: Excellent technical and up to date knowledge of employment law Proven in depth knowledge of some areas.
Efficient working in line with our fixed fee model Ability to prioritise and work to deadlines whilst maintaining high standards of service Strong commercial awareness and high standards of client care Evidence of a high level of achievement of business objectives and client satisfaction **Roberts Webb Recruitment are acting as a recruitment agency on behalf of this company and role** JTRA1_UKTJ