Lead PSL Employment / Immigration

Lead PSL - Employment, Pensions & Immigration Are you an experienced Employment or Immigration lawyer with a passion for knowledge, innovation, and driving positive change within a high-performing legal team? This is a rare and exceptional opportunity to lead the Professional Support Unit of a highly regarded national Employment, Pensions & Immigration practice. Our client-a top-tier UK law firm recognised for its collaborative culture and forward-thinking approach-is seeking a Head of Professional Support Unit to oversee and enhance the delivery of legal know-how, innovation, and legal training within their market-leading National Service Line. This strategic leadership role offers genuine influence, visibility across the national practice, and the opportunity to shape how legal support is delivered in a team known for excellence, creativity, and strong growth. The Opportunity As Head of the Professional Support Unit, you will drive innovation in legal knowledge delivery, manage a talented team of PSLs, and help ensure the practice remains at the forefront of legal, technological, and market developments. This position is ideal for someone who thrives in a collaborative environment, embraces digital tools, and enjoys contributing to a culture that values continuous improvement and high-quality client service. You will work closely with partners, innovation specialists, and cross-discipline experts to elevate the firm's national profile. Key Responsibilities Lead, mentor and inspire a high-performing PSL team within the national Employment, Pensions & Immigration practice. Drive creativity and innovation in legal content, producing blogs, newsletters, press releases and digital campaigns that enhance the NSL's profile. Deliver high-quality training to lawyers and clients, ensuring the practice stays ahead of key developments, legislation, and industry trends. Champion digital transformation, managing automated precedents and exploring emerging tools to increase efficiency and quality. Oversee knowledge management, ensuring lawyers receive timely updates on best practice, case law, and market insights. Support onboarding, providing first-class know-how induction to new joiners. Collaborate across the firm, working closely with partners, knowledge experts and innovation teams to strengthen and evolve legal service delivery. To thrive in this role, you will be: A qualified solicitor with significant experience in employment law and, ideally, immigration. Either a senior PSL with proven leadership experience or a senior lawyer with equivalent know-how and content-focused experience. Digitally confident, curious, and eager to embrace new tools, automation, and tech-enabled ways of working. An exceptional communicator with excellent written skills and an eye for engaging, informative legal content. Commercially aware, collaborative, and comfortable influencing stakeholders across all levels of the firm. This role offers an exceptional platform for a senior Employment lawyer to step into a national leadership role, influence knowledge strategy and work within a highly collaborative, supportive and forward-thinking environment. There is also a competitive salary, an extensive benefits package, and flexible working arrangements. This is a standout opportunity for an ambitious PSL or senior Employment/Immigration lawyer who wants to shape the future of legal support within a top UK practice. For more information regarding this Employment / Immigration PSL role, please contact Nicola O'Hanlon at BCL Legal BCL Legal is an equal opportunities employer.