Employment Associate

Job Description

The Team

This is an exciting opportunity to join our busy and successful Employment team.  We are friendly and approachable, and we provide a supportive environment to ensure that every team member achieves their full potential.  The firm offers many opportunities for our peopleto develop their careers including our Global Associate Programme under which Associates can spend a week working at another of our many offices around the world. 

We provide market-leading support to a wide variety of clients including employers in the public sector, education, transport, construction, manufacturing, food and drink, aviation, and the arts as well as senior executives.  We advise on all aspects of employment law including:discrimination, whistleblowing, unfair dismissal, redundancy, disciplinary and grievance issues, large scale restructuring projects and TUPE.  We have a stellar reputation for providing commercial, pragmatic and accessible advice.  Our team are instructed in litigation in the Employment Tribunal and the civil courts and have represented clients in some of the most high profile and high value litigations in Scotland in recent years.

The Role

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Associate to join our Glasgow team on a hybrid working basis. This is an employment law advisory and litigation-focused role, with a strong emphasis on contentious matters. The successful candidate will spend the majority oftheir time acting for employers, primarily supporting UK-based clients, while also advising and supporting Scottish-based clients as part of a varied and dynamic caseload. The role will involve managing a broad range of contentious and non-contentious employment matters, including conducting Employment Tribunal advocacy where appropriate, as well as supporting and contributing to business development initiatives. 

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong technical expertise in employment law 
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with the wider team 
• Proven ability to build and maintain strong client relationships 
• Experience in business development activities 
• Ability to supervise and lead junior team members on projects 
• Commitment to mentoring and supporting colleagues 
• Experience handling Employment Tribunal litigation and advocacy 
• Strong drafting skills, including pleadings, contracts, and advisory documentation 
• Commercial awareness with the ability to deliver pragmatic, client-focused advice 
• Excellent organisational and time management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities 
• Confidence in managing client relationships and acting as a key point of contact 
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, both written and verbal 
• Experience advising employers on complex HR and workplace issues 
• A proactive and solutions-oriented approach to problem solving

For more information and to apply for this role please click here:  https://clydeco.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/clydecocareers/job/Glasgow/Associate---Employment_JR1878-1

Alternatively, you can contact Henry Lightfoot, Recruitment Advisor at Henry.lightfoot@clydeco.com

The Firm

Clyde & Co is a leading global law firm, specialising in the sectors that underpin global trade and commercial activity, namely: insurance, transport, construction, energy, trade and commodities. It is globally integrated, offering a comprehensive range of contentious and non-contentious legal services and commercially-minded legal advice to businesses operating across the world. Clyde & Co is committed to operating in a responsible way. This means progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the diversity of its communities and clients, using its legal skills to support its communities through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and minimising the impact it has on the environment. The firm has 480 partners, 2400 lawyers, 3200 legal professionals and 5000 people overall in over 60 offices and associated offices worldwide.

Our Values

Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery, for our clients and our firm. We:

• Work as one We are a globally connected team of talented people who act with a firm-first mentality to achieve success
• Excel with clients We aim high and challenge ourselves to deliver unique excellence for our clients, keeping them at the centre of everything we do
• Celebrate difference We help each other to be at our best and believe our differences result in greater achievement
• Act boldly We seek new opportunities, take action and learn as we go, recognising that curiosity drives our development and contributes to growth

Benefits

• Competitive salary and financial benefits, including a contributory pension scheme, season ticket loans and access to mortgage advice services.
• Private Medical Insurance and digital GP service
• Free health screening every three years
• Wellness Plus allowance for fitness and wellbeing activities
• Lifestyle benefits, including the Cycle to Work scheme, retail and travel discounts
• Commitment to diversity, inclusion, and community, supported through employee networks, volunteering opportunities, matched charitable fundraising and opportunities to get involved with pro bono and community work

This is the job description as constituted at present; however the Firm reserves the right to reasonably amend it in accordance with the changing needs of the business.

At Clyde & Co we view diversity as critical to the international nature of our business and have created a working environment where people from different backgrounds can thrive.  It is the Firm's policy to treat all employees and job applicants fairly and equally regardless of their gender, gender identity, marital or civil partnership status, race, colour, national or ethnic origin, social or economic background, disability, religious belief, sexual orientation, or age.