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Working for a fantastic employer who are going from strength to strength and pride themselves on their culture, we are excited to be recruiting for an experienced Senior Employment Law Lawyer/Solicitor (Litigation) who enjoys supporting a variety of clients with their Employment Law and HR issues whilst providing an excellent service to their clients.

Location: Chester, 2 days in the office and 3 days from home

Salary: Up to £55,000 plus excellent benefits

Hours: 37.5 per week, Monday to Friday

Main purpose of role

* To provide high quality, pragmatic and efficient litigation advice to SME, LME & Mid-Market clients.

* To provide brilliant service in relation to your own portfolio of Employment Tribunal cases, including those for LME & Mid-Market clients, complex cases and multi-party proceedings.

* To supervise and mentor trainees/paralegals and more junior advisers as necessary.

Main Duties:

* To provide high quality advice and legally compliant documentation, especially in relation to

* Employment Tribunal cases, to clients to ensure we provide the best fixed fee legal & ER advisory service in the UK.

* To comply with Employment Tribunal deadlines and external insurance procedures as required.

* To make sure all advice to clients is timely, efficient, accurate, practical and commercial.

* To assist, mentor, supervise and train junior colleagues as required.

* To support several of clients largest and most important clients with their Employment Tribunal cases

* To liaise with employee representatives, ACAS and/or litigants in person in respect of ongoing Tribunal proceedings

* To adhere to requirements and relevant professional standards in dealings with clients.

* To help clients to achieve their commercial objectives, whilst complying with the law.

Account Management:

* Proactively manage a portfolio of Employment Tribunal cases by maintaining regular contact with key stakeholders, managing expectations for delivery.

* Support the commercial team with proposals and prospective clients’ meetings.

* Contribute to the efficiencies of the team through identifying and sharing process improvements, shared resources and continuous improvement input

* To participate, where required, in business development opportunities.

* To provide insight and analysis on client usage to the commercial team in order to assist their renewal conversations with clients.

* To maintain a detailed working knowledge of operating procedures and to ensure that those procedures are followed.

* To comply with Employment Tribunal deadlines and external insurance processes.

* To use best endeavours to ensure the departments KPIs are consistently achieved.

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Requirements

Qualifications

Either a qualified legal professional (Solicitor or Chartered Legal Executive) or relevant equivalent HR/ER qualification or experience.

Experience:

Eligibility for this role will typically be a minimum of 3 to 4 years PQE as an employment law solicitor/adviser and is dependent on performance. Candidates with equivalent experience delivering EL & ER advice in other legal or HR settings may also be considered.

Competencies:

* Excellent technical and up to date knowledge of employment law

* Proven in depth knowledge of some areas.

* Efficient working in line with our fixed fee model

* Ability to prioritise and work to deadlines whilst maintaining high standards of service

* Strong commercial awareness and high standards of client care

* Evidence of a high level of achievement of business objectives and client satisfaction

**Roberts Webb Recruitment are acting as a recruitment agency on behalf of this company and role