Employment Solicitor: Liverpool
- Employer
- Lipson Lloyd Jones - North
- Location
- England, Merseyside, Liverpool
- Salary
- £36000 - £43000 per annum
- Closing date
- 8 Sep 2017
- Reference
- 65165
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- Practice area
- Employment
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- PQE
- Newly qualified, 1 year
- Position
- Solicitor
- Sector
- Private practice
Job Details
Our client is a Top 45 law firm with offices throughout the UK. Having been recognised as the leading legal employer at the annual Britain's Top Employers awards and achieved several top rankings in Chambers UK 2016, they are immensely proud of the work they carry out for their clients and the culture they provide to their people.
They are looking for an NQ Solicitor to join the Employment team in the Liverpool office
The Department
The market leading Employment, Pensions and Immigration team advises employers across the UK on all aspects of employment, pensions and immigration law. The clients are some of the UK's largest and best known employers. They believe that the quality of their clients and strength of relationships with clients speaks volumes about the quality of the service they provide.
The role
To manage a mixed caseload of employment work and provide HRemployment law advice to clients.
Main duties and responsibilities
Manage a mixed caseload of employment work
Provide HRemployment law advice to a wide range of clients
Assist other members of the team with their caseloads as appropriate
Draft and prepare letters, e-mails, documents, tribunal responses, bundles, witness statements and reports
Conduct advocacy at the Employment Tribunal
Carry out legal research
Draft articles and legal updates
Assist with business development initiatives including training and networking
Produce monthly Client MI reports, predominantly in MS Excel format
Work in accordance with client and internal SLAs
Work in accordance with Weightmans' values and procedures
Achieve set financial and chargeable targets
- Comply with Data Protection compliance and procedures
This list is not intended to be exhaustive and you will have other duties and responsibilities that fall within the remit of the role.
The person specification
NQ Solicitor
Keen and demonstrable interest in employment law, preferably with some previous experience
Ability to work to deadlines and targets
Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative
Excellent communication skills
Excellent organisational skills
Methodical, organised approach
Ability to work to strict deadlines and targets
Lipson Lloyd Jones Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. Please note our advertisements use PQE levels purely as a guide to the minimum level of experience required. However we are happy to consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary to fulfill this kind of work.
Company
No two candidates are the same, so recruitment should never be a numbers game. Offering a unique blend of insight, professionalism, dedication and enthusiasm, the accent at Lipson Lloyd-Jones is on ensuring the perfect chemistry between client and candidate.
Lipson Lloyd-Jones has been a major player in the legal recruitment sector since 1987, but our philosophy has changed little since then. In a marketplace increasingly populated by faceless web sites and mega-agencies, Lipson Lloyd-Jones has remained resolutely independent, the human face of recruitment, fully committed to treating each candidate as an individual.
Our mission is to match the right candidate to the right job. Simple? With our wealth of experience, focus, contacts and understanding of the legal recruitment milieu, it can be.
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