Senior Employment Solicitor

2 months ago


Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Sacco Mann Full time

Our client is looking for an Employment Solicitor to work in their Newcastle upon Tyne office to undertake a varied workload of employment matters advising employers in a variety of sectors, including health and social care, central government, telecommunications, retail, and insurance work.

Actively identify and exploit business development opportunities and marketing activity for team clients and own contacts.
Participate in and initiate marketing / network activities in order to maintain and develop work from existing clients and potential clients.
Maintain and develop technical knowledge through leading and attending training sessions, reading appropriate publications and exceeding Law Society CPD requirements.
Support the effective running of the team e.g. contributing to team meetings, reviewing reports and documents of more junior fee earners and providing guidance and feedback, assisting with the allocation of work.
Provide support for colleagues where appropriate e.g. progressing matters in colleagues' absence, providing technical supervision and skills development, supporting CRM activities.
Continually monitoring and taking responsibility for own financial performance and demonstrating proactive financial management; attention to billing regimes, credit control, debt collection, accounting procedures and client service level agreements.
Handle confidential data in line with the firm's data security protocols.

The Ideal Candidate will be a qualified Senior Associate or Legal Director (including aspirational candidates) ideally from 6PQE+.

Must have experience of handling tribunal claims from start to finish. Must have experience of contentious and non-contentious matters, and preferably experience of advising transactional projects involving restructures, TUPE, collective consultation as well general advisory work with clients on senior level or strategic issues, such as executive terminations or collective / industrial relations issues.
Prior experience of working with or advising large institutional employers in heavily regulated sectors (e.g. health, local and central government, PLCs) would be advantageous.
Good academic record, together with experience in a firm dealing with respondent work.
Independent thinker with a focus on generating commercial solutions to problems on behalf of clients. Enthusiastic team player with a flexible approach, and demonstrates role model behaviours at all times.
Having been established for over 25 years, we are experts in legal recruitment. Our strength derives from the fact that we are well-known, well-respected and have developed long-standing bonds with both our clients and candidates and have become an authority on all aspects of legal recruitment.
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