Employment Associate

Managing a varied caseload of employment matters allocated with regard to your experience and development, supported by regular supervision and collaboration with colleagues.

Working directly with key clients to provide clear, practical and commercially focused employment law advice that supports confident decision-making.

Collaborating with colleagues across the team on complex and strategically important matters, sharing knowledge and contributing to consistently high-quality client service.

Drafting high-quality legal and client-facing documents, including correspondence, Employment Tribunal responses and pleadings, bundles, witness statements and reports.

Building your profile, with support from the team, by contributing to articles, legal updates and practical client-facing materials in areas that interest you.

Taking part in supported opportunities to strengthen client relationships, including training delivery, client engagement, networking and other business development activities appropriate to your experience.

Advocacy experience is welcome, but not essential. If you would like to develop your advocacy or public speaking skills, you will have access to practical opportunities, preparation support and constructive feedback to help you build confidence.

Delivering a responsive and reliable service in line with client commitments, internal standards and Weightmans’ values, policies and procedures.

Contributing to the success of the team through fair and transparent individual and team financial, service and performance objectives, supported by regular conversations about workload, priorities and development.

The role will continue to evolve, and you may also take on other responsibilities that are consistent with its wider scope and your development.

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, typically with 3+ years’ post-qualification experience or equivalent relevant experience. Applications are welcomed from candidates who can demonstrate the skills to succeed in the role, even if their experience does not follow a conventional route.