Associate​/Senior Associate

Main information

Term type:

Permanent

Working hours:

Full Time or Part Time

Department:

Employment

Location:

About us

Birketts is a full service, UK Top 50 law firm. With a heritage spanning 160 years, we have more than 700 lawyers and legal professionals and over 600 staff based in Bristol, Cambridge, Chelmsford, Ipswich, London, Norwich and Sevenoaks. We advise businesses, government and public sector organisations and individuals in the UK and internationally across four principal practice groups:
Real Estate, Corporate Services, Dispute Resolution and Private Client.

We are defined by our Next Level Law proposition. We work with our clients as a proactive partner, horizon scanning and thinking ahead to the changes, challenges or opportunities that they may face.

Next Level Law is also applied to our people. Our collegiate culture means everyone is encouraged to achieve their next level in everything they do. Roll On Friday  recently ranked us as the 6th best law firm to work at in 2026.

With our ambition to succeed, comes a strong desire to make a positive contribution to the communities we serve, and we are committed to delivering the objectives set out in our ESG strategy. Diversity plays an integral part in all that we do, with female partners comprising 45% of our partnership.

The Shaping Excellence team provides clients with legal based training dedicated to enhancing the knowledge and skills of delegates from board members, senior leadership teams, line managers and employees across various industries. Our mission is to offer innovative and practical training solutions that ensure our clients remain compliant with the latest legal standards that will help take their organisation to the next level.

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Employment Law Trainer to join our Shaping Excellence team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background and post qualification experience in employment law, a passion for teaching, and the ability to build strong client relationships. This role involves designing and delivering engaging training sessions across the UK (the ability to travel for delivery is essential), selling training courses, writing training materials and promoting the employment team to provide the client with traditional employment law advice.

• Develop and deliver high-quality training programs on various aspects of employment law.
• Write, update, and customize training materials to meet client needs.
• Proactively sell employment law training courses to potential clients.
• Travel nationwide to deliver training sessions in-person and conduct webinars.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients to provide ongoing support and traditional legal advice.
• Stay updated on changes in employment legislation and integrate them into training materials and client consultations.
• Conduct workshops, seminars, and webinars to diverse groups of participants.
• Assess the effectiveness of training programs through feedback and evaluations.
• Collaborate to promote new training programs and events.
• Use the training program to develop further business for the Birketts Employment Team.

Please note that this job profile is not an exhaustive list of duties but merely an outline of the key components of the role. You may be required by your line manager to take on additional responsibilities when requested.

• Qualified Solicitor or equivalent.
• Good knowledge of English employment law with experience to draw on in the training room and in writing materials.
• Experience in delivering training sessions, both in-person and online.
• Ability and willingness to business develop and build relationships.
• Excellent communication and…