Lawyer/Barrister - Employment - In-house

The Client

A leading International company have instructed us on a rare opportunity to join their widely respected team as a Employment Lawyer/Barrister.

The Role

You’re accountable for:

• The legal advice in any Employment Tribunal claim and settlement agreement assigned to you from time to time.
• The stakeholder relationship with HR in relation to your legal advice.
• Delivering your team goals relating to income targets (set each year) as well as any personal goals.
• Developing and coaching other lawyers and paralegals whose work you supervise from time to time.

You’ll 

• Give legal advice in all practice areas.
• Build strong relationships with your HR stakeholders and the wider team’s stakeholders
• Help to create simple processes, guidance and templates. 
• Support the Senior Employment Lawyers and Chief Counsel to deliver our income targets.
• Deputise as needed.

This means you’ll:-

Give legal advice in the key practice areas (including):-

• Employment Tribunals (ET’s):  Run ET’s (including drafting, negotiating, settling and advocacy). 
• Settlement Agreements (SA’s): Draft, review, negotiate and advise HR on SA’s (including senior SA’s)
• Case Management:  Advise HR and Line Managers on grievances, investigations, disciplinary, performance and attendance cases (and any other case management queries).   
• Employment law Projects:  Advise on projects (e.g. redundancy, TUPE, Simplify etc.)
• Team Goals – Take action to deliver your team goals (set each year).

Be consistent and keep up to date, you’ll :-

• Consistency: Use the standard systems, processes, guidance and templates available in each practice area.
• Horizon scan and keep your legal knowledge up to date; ensure HR and colleagues are kept up to date.

People Management, you’ll :-

• Coach, develop and supervise other people who do work for you.

Support Senior Lawyers and Chief Counsel deliver consistent performance management

Skills and Experience Needed:

Qualified solicitor with current practicing certificate in England + Wales and/or Scotland.