Senior Employment Lawyer - Norwich

Employment Senior Associate - 5+ PQE - Leading National Firm - Norwich BCL Legal is delighted to be assisting a highly regarded national law firm in its recruitment of an experienced Employment lawyer to join its team in Cambridge. This Employment Senior Associate opportunity is offered on a full time, permanent basis with flexible and agile working options accommodated and hybrid 50/50 working as standard. Excellent salary and comprehensive benefits package. The Role As an Employment Senior Associate in this Legal 500 tier 1 ranked team, you would: - Have the opportunity to join a highly regarded national team that provides advice to clients across a broad spectrum of sectors including the private, higher education, health and charity sectors. This role however is focused on acting for private sector (commercial) clients. - Work on a broad range of contentious and non-contentious employment matters including: * Disciplinary and grievance matters. * Redundancies and reorganisations. * Capability and performance management (including ill health matters). * Equality, diversity and inclusion matters. * Drafting contracts of employment, executive service agreements, policies and procedures, settlement agreements and COT3s. * Corporate support work; advising on the employment/TUPE provisions in transactional documents. * Employment Tribunal matters, including drafting pleadings, Tribunal applications, case management agendas, witness statements, handling disclosure and conducting/concluding without prejudice negotiations. About You To be successful in your application for this Employment Senior Associate vacancy, you will: - Be a qualified Solicitor in England & Wales (or Barrister) with a minimum of five years' PQE in employment law. - Have strong experience of acting for employers on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious matters. - Have an appetite to work on complex matters. - Have a strong teamwork ethic. - Have an understanding of business management. - Have experience of conducting some Tribunal advocacy or an interest in doing so. The Offering The successful Employment Senior Associate will be rewarded with: - A highly competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package plus firm wide bonus. - Strong partner support within a flexible, supportive and inclusive team environment. - Good progression opportunities within a growing office and team. Apply Now! To be considered for this Employment Senior Associate vacancy, apply here with an up to date copy of your CV or contact Lauren Evans at BCL Legal for further information. BCL Legal is an equal opportunities employer