Solicitor
Stone King LLP
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Manchester • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Provide employment advice and assistance to the firm’s clients and prospective clients.
- Effectively manage an individual Employment Tribunal caseload (with supervision where appropriate).
- Reviewing and drafting contracts of employment;
- Advising with regard to disciplinary and grievance issues and procedures;
- Advising with regard to TUPE issues;
- Preparing bespoke contracts and advising with regard to implications e.g., secondment and consultancy agreements;
- Advising in relation to potential discrimination issues, particularly disability, age, religious/belief and sex discrimination;
- Assisting clients in negotiations with regard to termination and addressing issues e.g., settlement agreements;
- A general understanding of potential pension implications;
- To prepare cases for Tribunal hearings, principally on behalf of respondents including carrying out advocacy prior to final hearing;
- Attend to clients of the Firm in the office or elsewhere if needed.
- Work in a collegiate and collaborative way within an immediate Team and wider Firm environment.
- Communicate promptly and effectively both internally to colleagues and externally to clients.
- Maintain your continuing professional development requirements and take an active interest in furthering your knowledge within the field of law.
- Actively marketing the Employment law team in conjunction with other Team members and other Teams in order to develop the firm’s client base.
- Meeting clients both at their premises and at any of our offices to advise, assist and as part of an ongoing client contact initiative.
- Provide legal support to the HR Consultants based in the London, Bath, Leeds and Birmingham offices in conjunction with the other Employment solicitors.
Requirements
- A qualified Solicitor, with experience of running own Employment Tribunal caseload.
- A strong commitment to career development and further learning.
- Previous experience handling own Employment Tribunal caseload and ability to work independently and as part of the team.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to prioritise workload.
- Attention to detail.
- IT literate including Office 2010.
- The candidate will have experience in similar role, experience in the education sector is desirable but not essential.
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Profit Share Scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Private Medical Insurance
- Life assurance (4 x salary)
- Pension scheme
- 28 days holiday (in addition to statutory UK holidays)
- Additional day allocated for CSR activities per annum
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
Employment Tribunalcontract draftingdisciplinary proceduresgrievance proceduresTUPEdiscrimination lawsettlement agreementsadvocacypension implicationsemployment law
Soft skills
communication skillsattention to detailteamworkindependenceclient managementnegotiationcareer developmentorganizational skillscollaborationclient contact
Certifications
qualified Solicitor