Liverpool, United Kingdom

EPI Liverpool

Dependant on experience

Permanent

Full Time

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About your new role

To work within the Employment, Pensions and Immigration team advising employers across the UK on all aspects of employment law, supporting a client base that includes many of the UK’s largest and most recognisable organisation, often advising on complex and high value matters.

This role provides exposure to a broad mix of work, from complex tribunal claims to day-to-day HR advisory support, offering genuine scope to develop your advocacy, technical and client management skills within a supportive and approachable team.

Main duties and responsibilities

• Managing a varied caseload of employment work, with appropriate support and guidance, to gain exposure to a broad range of employment matters and ensuring cases are progressed efficiently and effectively.

• Providing HR employment law advice to key clients, delivering clear, practical and commercially focused guidance that supports client decision-making.

• Assisting other members of the team with their caseloads as appropriate, working collaboratively to deliver a high standard of client service.

• Drafting and preparing a range of documentation including correspondence, emails, tribunal responses, bundles, witness statements and reports.

• Contributing to the development of articles, legal updates and client-facing materials.

• Supporting business development initiatives including training delivery, client engagement and networking activities.

• Advocacy experience is desirable, however candidates with a strong interest in developing their advocacy or public speaking skills will be supported in gaining experience

• Working in accordance with client and internal service level agreement and Weightmans’ values, policies and procedures

• Contributing to the achievement of individual and team financial and performance targets

About You

You will have previous experience and a genuine and demonstrable interest in the above area of work.
We also require you to have/be:

 UK qualified lawyer with a 1-3 years’ post qualification experience .
 Excellent legal research and drafting skills.
 Experience of analysing complex legal and technical issues and translating them into practical, actionable advice and solutions.
 Demonstrable interest in legal technology and innovation.
 Strong understanding and awareness of knowledge management tools and resources.
 Creative thinker with the ability to engage with users to bring concepts to life.
 Excellent communicator.
 Ability to manage and prioritise workload.
 Curious and a real willingness to learn and deal with legal and people based issues.
 Affinity with technology.

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.

PLEASE NOTE: Candidates are encouraged to reach out directly. For inquiries or more details, feel free to contact us. Our recruitment team members are here to assist.

Why work for us

Come and join our award-winning organisation and be part of a team where people truly matter.

Weightmans is a Leading national law firm, with strong international capabilities.

Weightmans has been recognised as a leading employer for the 19th consecutive year at Britain’s Top Employers awards, and ranking top 10 in the list, the firm has also secured top positions in Chambers UK.

Join Weightmans as we continue our journey to becoming one of the UK’s top 30 law firms.

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

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