New Job Opening: Employment Law Senior Associate in Northampton, UK

Job Description

Associate / Senior Associate Employment Solicitor

Location: Northampton

Salary: £60,000 to £85,000 plus bonus and benefits

Experience: 5+ years’ PQE (guide only)

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced employment solicitor who wants genuine scope to shape and grow a team, while joining a firm with established Legal 500 support already in place.

Our client is looking to recruit an Associate / Senior Associate Employment Solicitor into their Northampton office, supporting a significant new leadership appointment and continued growth plans. You will run your own caseload with autonomy, while being part of a wider, collaborative group that includes Corporate and Commercial, Commercial Litigation and Commercial Property teams.

You will handle a broad mix of contentious and non-contentious employment work for both employer and employee clients, with the chance to get involved in wider projects and cross-team matters. Business development is an important part of the role, and you will have support from an award-winning marketing team to help you build profile, networks and new opportunities.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Managing your own employment caseload from instruction through to completion

• Advising employer clients on contentious and non-contentious employment matters

• Advising on settlement agreements and day-to-day HR/operational issues

• Supporting on corporate support work connected to M&A transactions

• Advising on restructuring projects, changes to terms and conditions, and redundancy exercises

• Assisting with Modern Slavery Act compliance

• Supporting on data protection compliance matters linked to employment work

• Advising on Boardroom/SMT disputes

• Representing clients in employment tribunal matters

• Working collaboratively on projects with colleagues across other practice areas

• Contributing to business development through networking, new contacts and wider team engagement

What We’re Looking For

• Qualified Solicitor (England and Wales)

• Ideally 5+ years’ PQE (guide only) in employment law

• Comfortable working independently and taking ownership of matters

• Strong technical ability across contentious and non-contentious employment work

• Confident communicator with a client-first approach

• Commercially minded and pragmatic in your advice

• Willingness to get involved in business development and team growth

What’s On Offer

• Salary of £60,000 to £85,000 plus bonus and benefits

• Pension scheme with employer match up to 4%

• BUPA (eligible roles only, subject to passing probation)

• Group income protection (eligible roles only) paying a percentage of salary after 6 months’ sickness absence

• Death in service benefit (after qualifying period) paying 3x salary

• Competitive holiday entitlement increasing with length of service

• Paid volunteer leave

• Long service awards

• Discounted health club and gym memberships

• Flexible benefits including the option to purchase additional annual leave, health screening and a retail discounts scheme

• Salary sacrifice car scheme (including hybrid and electric vehicles), with planned EV charging point rollout across offices

Working Arrangements

This is a permanent role based from the Northampton office.

Next Steps (How to Apply)

Apply online or send your CV to  [email protected]  or call 0333 996 2882 for more information.

All applications will be treated in the strictest confidence. We will always obtain your express permission before sharing your details with our client.