Senior Associate/Legal Director - Employment Law - Edinburgh/Glasgow - Hybrid.

Job Description

Senior Associate/Legal Director, Employment Law - 6+pqe

Edinburgh or Glasgow based.

£85k - £100K + Excellent Benefits Package.

Truly unique career opening within this highly regarded, established top tier firm who have more accredited employment law specialists than any other team in Scotland and are highly ranked in Legal 500 and Chambers.

Exciting career opportunities are available for experienced Senior Associates/Legal Directors to join their expanding teams based either Edinburgh or Glasgow.

Our client’s approach to law is refreshingly different to any other law firm, empowering their staff to thrive working in a collaborative environment.

Their culture empowers employees to truly be the best they can be.

From the onset, you will have responsibility early on and the support to make great things happen, because our client understands that hard work comes from people who are empowered to be at their best, our client offers an agile working environment.

The firm have a very clear objective, to become the best in their field, if you are seeking a refreshingly different approach to enhance your career, and share the firms’ ambitions, this unique opportunity could appeal to you.

Summary of Role

Our client is actively seeking a Senior Associates/Legal Directors to join their leading employment law teams, based either Edinburgh or Glasgow.

The team assist clients on a very wide range of employment law issues both contentious and non-contentious.

Our clients work with some of the best-known employers across Scotland as well as a significant number of senior executives.

They are seeking possibly two talented employment lawyers, one to advise on a broad range of employment law issues (both contentious and non-contentious) and the other to focus on TUPE and corporate support work. There is some flexibility as to the exact role(s) depending on skill set and areas of interest.

Key Tasks:

Manage your caseload competently, professionally efficiently and cost effectively, with minimum supervision, to achieve client and firm objectives.
Advise clients on rights and remedies on all employment law issues (contentious and non-contentious).
Represent both employer and employee clients before employment tribunals.
Provide practical commercial based advice, often within very tight timescales.
Maximise business development opportunities from existing and potential clients and support divisional marketing initiatives including participation in client seminars and using existing contacts to cross-sell.
Contribute constructively to the success of the Employment Law Team.
Contribute to organising and delivering technical training as required within the team and wider division.
Keep abreast of case law and legislative changes within employment law.

Qualifications and Experience :

At least 6 years PQE in employment law.

We are interested to hear form indivuduals who:

You have excellent communication skills, you are articulate, you communicate clearly, concisely and without any jargon.
You enjoy working within a team and autonomously on your own initiative.
You are personable and good at building and developing client relationships.
You are confident and you have a strong belief in yourself and your own ability.
You are committed to providing a good client experience and willing to put in extra time and effort when required

Our clients offer a generous benefits package including:

Profit Related Pay
Pension Scheme
Private Medical Insurance for all employees (BUPA)
Holidays starting at 25 days plus 9 public holidays (plus birthday off)
Tax Efficient Car Lease Scheme
Cycle to Work Scheme
Life Assurance
Income Protection
Access to Comprehensive Wellbeing resources
Retail Discounts
Hybrid/home working

For further information, please contact; michelle@beaumontlegalrecruitment.co.uk for a confidential discussion.