Employment Solicitor in Birmingham, West Midlands

South Birmingham

Salary: £55,000-£60,000, dependent on experience

Permanent, Full-Time

Regional Recruitment are recruiting for an Employment Solicitor to join an established and highly regarded legal team in South Birmingham. This is an excellent opportunity for a qualified Solicitor with approximately 5-6 years' PQE in Employment Law, who is looking to take the next step in their career within a supportive and ambitious legal practice.

You will advise a varied client base of businesses and individuals across both contentious and non-contentious employment matters. This role offers the opportunity to manage your own caseload, build strong client relationships and deliver commercially focused legal advice while developing your career within an established Employment team.

• Salary of £55,000-£60,000, dependent on experience

• Permanent, full-time position

• High-quality and varied employment law work

• Established client base and opportunity to build lasting relationships

• Supportive and collaborative working environment

• Clear opportunities for career progression and professional development

• Opportunity to contribute to business development and the growth of the team

Essential:

• Qualified Solicitor with approximately 5-6 years' PQE in Employment Law

• Previous experience working within an Employment Law department at a UK law firm

• Strong technical knowledge of both contentious and non-contentious employment matters

• Experience managing an independent caseload with minimal supervision

• Excellent drafting, negotiation and analytical skills

• Strong communication and client relationship skills

• Commercial awareness and the ability to provide practical legal advice

• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail

Desirable:

• Experience advising both employers and employees

• Experience supporting corporate transactions, including employment due diligence

• Previous involvement in delivering client training, seminars or networking events

• Experience contributing to business development and generating new client relationships

• Advising employers on disciplinary and grievance matters, restructures, redundancies, performance management and TUPE

• Managing Employment Tribunal claims from initial instruction through to resolution

• Drafting and negotiating employment contracts, workplace policies, settlement agreements and other employment documentation

• Providing advice on contentious and non-contentious employment matters

• Supporting corporate transactions through employment law advice and due diligence

• Delivering commercially focused and strategic legal advice to businesses and individuals

• Building and maintaining strong client relationships

• Liaising with clients and other professional contacts to provide practical legal solutions

• Supporting business development through networking, seminars and client training initiatives

• Managing a varied workload and ensuring matters are progressed efficiently and within deadlines

As an Employment Solicitor, you will be expected to be commercially minded, proactive and client-focused, with the confidence to manage your own caseload and deliver high-quality legal advice across a broad range of employment matters.

You should have approximately 5-6 years' PQE in Employment Law, with strong experience across both contentious and non-contentious work. The successful candidate will be someone who enjoys building trusted client relationships, working collaboratively and contributing to the continued growth of an established legal team.

This position is being advertised by Regional Recruitment Ltd, an award-winning independent recruitment agency established in 2008. We specialise in permanent, temporary, and contract opportunities across the Commercial, Construction, Industrial, Technology, and Engineering sectors.

If this Employment Solicitor role is right for you, click to apply below. Alternatively call Juliana in the Commercial Team for more information on (phone number removed).

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