Employment Senior Associate

Cambridge – £80,000 - £100,000

My client is a major UK law firm renowned for its outstanding service to national and international clients, for its collaborative culture and for its deep sector expertise. Their top-ranked Employment, Pensions and Immigration in Cambridge is seeking a Senior Associate to undertake a broad mix of contentious, non-contentious and transactional work with appropriate supervision as needed, predominantly but not exclusively for employers in the private commercial sector.

The Team: 

• The lawyers in Cambridge generally work in sector teams, supporting employer clients in the Private, Health, Higher Education and Charity sectors.
• They are a collaborative team and depending on business needs, you may from time to time be required to take on work from the wider team.

The Role: 

• Retain and develop client relationships by delivering outstanding client service to both internal and external clients.
• Have a sound understanding of clients’ legal, commercial and service requirements.
• Demonstrate commercial and personable client relationship skills.
• Have strong technical competence and legal knowledge in employment law.
• Deliver accurate, technically correct and commercial “advice that delivers advice” in writing, on the telephone and in person.
• Support the team’s business development activities and initiatives with existing, new and target clients as well as multipliers and other professionals.

The Candidate: 

• You will have 5+ years’ experience gained in a reputable firm with an established employment law practice.
• Strong experience of acting for employers on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious matters.
• Previous experience of advising commercial clients in relation to a broad range of employee relations matters including workplace conflict (discipline and grievance), workforce planning (redundancy and reorganisation), capability and performance management (including ill health matters) and equality, diversity and inclusion matters.
• Experience of drafting contracts of employment, executive service agreements, policies and procedures, settlement agreements and COT3s.
• Previous experience of providing employment law support and input to corporate transactions, including undertaking due diligence and drafting and advising on the employment / TUPE provisions in transactional documents.
• Ability to lead on Employment Tribunal matters, including drafting pleadings, Tribunal applications, case management agendas, witness statements, handling disclosure and conducting/concluding without prejudice negotiations.

If you would be intersted in having an intitial chat regarding the role, then please drop me a line on 0113 467 7571 or send me an email at abigail@douglas-scott.co.uk where I will be happy to disclose further information on the opportunity.