Employment Lawyer

LAW Absolute are recruiting to an Employment Lawyer position for a local authority based in London. This opportunity is being offered on the basis of a three month initial contract.

The successful Employment Lawyer will be required to undertake the following duties:

• Act for the Council and Schools in the Borough as Respondent in Employment Tribunal Litigation matters,
• Provide advice on TUPE, PAY Policy, Governance, Equal Pay, Redundancy and Discrimination matters,
• Provide corporate advice to clients on FOI, Data Protection and whistleblowing matters.

Due to the nature of the role it is essential that you are able to pick up a caseload from the outset without the need for supervision. You will also be responsible for directly managing one Employment Lawyer. It is imperative that you are able to highlight previous experience dealing with the Council’s most senior Directors.

Our client is ideally looking for someone to start within the next two weeks and therefore you must be available on short notice.

Please only apply to this role if you possess all of the above experience. Candidates from both the public and private sector are encouraged to apply.

To register an interest in this role, please send a copy of your updated CV to Zoe Alex- zalex@lawabsolute.com

Please note our advertisements use PQE/salary levels purely as a guide. However we are happy to consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary to fulfil the role.

At LAW Absolute we endeavour to respond to all applications within 48 hours. However due to the volume of applications we receive we may not be able to respond to every candidate individually.

If you have not heard from us within a 48 hour timeframe your application has not been successful and your details have not been retained. LAW Absolute acts as an employment business for temporary recruitment and as an employment agency for fixed term contract and permanent recruitment.