New Job Opening: Employment Solicitor in Manchester, UK

Job Description

Employment Solicitor (5-7 years PQE)

Location: Manchester

Salary: £70,000 to £90,000

Experience: 5 to 7 years PQE

Our client is looking to recruit an experienced Employment Solicitor (5 to 7 years PQE) to join a growing Employment team in Manchester.

This is a role for someone who enjoys pragmatic, commercial advice and wants a genuine mix of contentious and non-contentious work, including senior advisory mandates and high-value tribunal litigation.

The Work

You can expect a varied caseload, including:

• High-value tribunal claims, including whistleblowing, discrimination and unfair dismissal

• Senior executive appointments and exits, settlement agreements and restrictive covenants

• Restructures, redundancies and TUPE

• Urgent injunction and confidential information matters

• Day-to-day advisory work for HR leaders and boards, including through a retained client offering

What You’ll Be Doing

• Managing employment matters end-to-end across contentious and non-contentious streams

• Acting as a strategic adviser to HR leaders and boards, delivering practical, solutions-led advice

• Mentoring and supervising junior colleagues and contributing to know-how, training and client updates

• Supporting business development activity, including thought leadership and events

What We’re Looking For

• Qualified solicitor with 5 to 7 years PQE in employment law

• Strong experience managing your own caseload and drafting

• Confident supervising and delegating within a busy team

• Clear, commercial communication style and a client-focused approach

Desirable:

• Advocacy experience

What’s On Offer

• Salary of £70,000 to £90,000 (dependent on experience)

• Hybrid working and dress for your day policy

• Annual leave: 25 days plus bank holidays

• Option to buy up to 5 additional days’ annual leave via salary sacrifice

• Pension scheme with 4% employer contribution

• Death in service life assurance (3 times salary)

• Employee Assistance Programme with counselling support

• Employee healthcare cash plan (salary sacrifice option)

• Flu vaccination voucher

• Cycle to Work scheme

• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay after 12 months’ service

• Discounted wills and conveyancing services after 12 months’ service

• Annual travel pass loan

• Monthly staff lottery

• Birthday holiday (one paid day within two weeks of your birthday)

• In-depth induction plan and training workshops

• Access to online legal library resources

• Career development loans (grant support) after two years’ service

• Volunteering and community engagement opportunities

• Office-based gym membership

• Social events

Working Arrangements

• Full-time, permanent

• Manchester

• Hybrid working

Next Steps

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.