Senior Associate FTC

Senior Associate - Employment (12-month FTC)

Birmingham | Hybrid working

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Employment Senior Associate to join a highly regarded national Employment team on a 12-month fixed term contract, based in Birmingham.

You'll be joining a close-knit team of around 10 employment lawyers working collaboratively across London and Birmingham
. The team has a strong national reputation and is known for delivering practical, commercial advice in plain English
, backed by first-class technical expertise.

This is a varied and high quality role advising employer clients ranging from major corporates and public sector bodies to fast growth tech businesses. Work will include:

• Strategic employment law advice aligned to clients' commercial objectives
• Drafting employment documentation (service agreements, handbooks, consultancy and secondment agreements)
• TUPE advice and support, including consultation processes
• Redundancy and restructuring projects
• Employment tribunal and civil court litigation (including discrimination and business protection disputes)
• Corporate and transactional employment support
• ER matters including grievances, whistleblowing, family-friendly issues, agency and working time matters
• Trade union and industrial relations advice
• Workplace investigations
• Employment-related data protection matters (including DSARs)
• Delivering client training and contributing to business development and profile-raising initiatives

• Qualified Solicitor with experience in employment law
• Strong technical grounding and commercial awareness
• Experience managing client relationships and contributing to business development
• Confident drafting and attention to detail
• Collaborative, organised and able to work calmly under pressure

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