Employment Associate/ or Senior Associate (Healthcare sector)

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Liverpool

EPI Liverpool

Dependant on Experience

Permanent

Full Time

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Employment Associate/ or Senior Associate (Healthcare sector)

About your new role

Our market leading Employment, Pensions and Immigration team advises employers across the UK on all aspects of employment, pensions and immigration law. Our clients are some of the UK's largest and best known employers. We believe that the quality of our clients and strength of our relationships with our clients speaks volumes about the quality of the service we provide.

As an Employment Associate or Principal Associate (depending on experience) you will manage a mixed caseload of employment work, including advocacy, and provide HR employment law advice to clients, primarily within the healthcare sector.

Main duties and responsibilities

Manage a mixed caseload of employment work within the healthcare sector
Provide HR employment law advice
Conduct advocacy at Employment Tribunals
Supervise junior members of the team
Draft and prepare letters, e-mails, documents, tribunal responses, bundles, witness statements and reports
Draft articles and legal updates
Assist with business development initiatives including training and networking
Work in accordance with client and internal SLAs
Work in accordance with Weightmans’ values and procedures
Achieve set financial and chargeable targets

This list is not intended to be exhaustive and you will have other duties and responsibilities that fall within the remit of the role.

About You

You will ideally have previous experience and a genuine and demonstrable interest in the above area of work.

We also require you to have/be:

Qualified Solicitor 3-8 years PQE
Prior experience of and familiarity with the healthcare sector is desirable
Ability to manage a complex caseload of Employment Tribunal cases
Advocacy experience
Excellent team work skills
Strong academics and technical knowledge
Ability to supervise more junior members of the team
Excellent communication skills
Excellent time management and organisation skills
Ability to multi-task and prioritise
Ability to work to strict deadlines and targets
Flexible approach

If you meet our criteria and think this is a job where you could bring enthusiasm and an eagerness to learn, then we look forward to receiving your application.

Why work for us

Come and join our award-winning organisation and team. Weightmans has been recognised as a leading employer for the 18th consecutive year at Britain’s Top Employers awards 2025, and ranking 5th in the list, the firm has also secured top positions in Chambers UK.

Embark on this journey with Weightmans towards becoming one of the Top 30 UK Law firms.

Why work for us? Take a look: Work for Weightmans: voted a top employer | Weightmans

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