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About The Role
Employment Solicitor, Birmingham: A full-time position offering £70,000–£90,000 per annum, dependent on experience. You will join a supportive, ambitious team, taking ownership of a varied caseload for businesses and organisations. Responsibilities span everyday advisory work, including restructures, redundancies, and disciplinary procedures, alongside involvement in complex disputes. With 4+ years’ PQE, you will build trusted client relationships and contribute to the practice’s growth. This role suits a solicitor seeking practical, client-facing work with genuine responsibility.
Ref: 5012
Employment Solicitor, 4+ Years PQE, Birmingham, £70,000+ (DOE) - This is an opportunity to work with an interesting and varied client base, advising businesses and organisations on the employment issues that matter most to them.
REF: 5012
The Role
You’ll become part of a supportive, ambitious team where you’ll have the opportunity to take ownership of your work, build trusted client relationships and play an active role in the continued development of the practice.
- Advise clients across the full range of employment matters, combining day-to-day advisory work with involvement in complex and potentially high-profile disputes.
- Providing practical advice on workplace issues, including restructures, redundancies, disciplinary and grievance matters, absence and performance management, TUPE and Settlement Agreements.
- Handling Employment Tribunal litigation and supporting clients through more complex employment disputes and related proceedings.
- Advising clients through sensitive workplace situations and investigations, balancing legal risk with commercial and reputational considerations.
- Building lasting relationships with clients and becoming a trusted source of employment advice.
- Supporting the development of junior lawyers through supervision, mentoring and sharing your technical expertise.
- Contributing to the growth of the employment practice through networking, profile-raising and business development activity.
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Skills Required
- Applications are sought from Employment Solicitors with a minimum of 4 Years PQE.
- Strong technical knowledge and experience across a broad range of employment law.
- Confidence handling both contentious and non-contentious employment matters.
- Experience managing Employment Tribunal claims and advising clients through disputes.
- Strong interpersonal skills and a natural ability to establish trusted relationships with clients.
- Experience supervising, coaching or mentoring junior colleagues.
- A commercial outlook and enthusiasm for contributing to the wider success of a growing practice.
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On Offer
- Competitive salary.
- A supportive, collaborative and friendly working environment.
- Hybrid working arrangements.
- Genuine career progression.
How To Apply
Contact Penny at eNL on 0121 454 1004 or email penny.trotman@enllegal.co.uk with your CV, or simply call for a confidential discussion.
eNL will never share your CV with a third party without your express permission. As part of our candidate care process, we aim to respond to all applications in 7 days. If you have not been contacted within this timescale, your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note our advertisements use PQE/salary levels purely as a guide.
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