Lawyer
Skills
Client RelationsEmployment TribunalInterpersonalLabor And Employment LawPolicy WritingSociabilitySupervisory Skills
What the job involves
The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.
Requirements
- Qualified solicitor with a good academic record
- Experience in general employment matters with a solid grounding in redundancy processes unfair dismissal and discrimination
- Exposure to employment tribunals and volume litigation
- Ability to handle a high volume of matters to tight deadlines
- Technologically aware
- Expert drafting skills and clear communication skills
- Experience supervising junior lawyers paralegals trainees or apprentices
- Committed to exemplary client service
- Good problem solving and policy making skills
- Ability to influence and demonstrate initiative
- Organised with the ability to prioritise and manage responsibilities in a time-sensitive setting with tight deadlines
- Methodical approach with a focus on accuracy
Nice to have
- Supervisory Skills
- Client Relations
- Labor And Employment Law
- Policy Writing
- Sociability
Day to day
- Overseeing volume litigation predominantly consisting of unfair dismissal and discrimination claims
- Taking full ownership of key requirements and transactions for the client
- Supporting junior team members and demonstrating best practices in litigation
- Encouraging team members to operate with independence while maintaining a collaborative environment
- Developing and maintaining client relationships
- Working with technological solutions to manage litigation effectively