Overview
As an Employment Associate in our Bristol team, you will handle a broad mix of contentious and non-contentious employment work for employer clients ranging from SMEs to national businesses. You will work within a well-established national Employment & HR practice, supporting tribunal proceedings, advisory matters, and transactional employment work. The role balances high‑quality litigation with strategic HR guidance, including contracts, policies, and exit negotiations. You will collaborate with a cross‑functional team, develop client relationships, and progress within a supportive culture that values development and wellbeing. This is a chance to shape outcomes for employers at scale in a m
Pay / Benefits
- Hybrid and flexible working arrangements
- competitive salary
- comprehensive benefits package
- strong career progression and professional development
- supportive and collaborative national team
- wellbeing and work-life balance
Responsibilities
- Manage Employment Tribunal litigation from instruction to final hearing
- Handle complex and high-value employment disputes
- Provide day-to-day HR and employment law advisory support
- Oversee disciplinary, grievance and performance management matters
- Lead redundancy and restructuring projects
- Address discrimination and employee relations issues
- Draft and review contracts of employment, policies and staff handbooks
- Prepare and negotiate settlement agreements and exit arrangements
- Handle employment-related data protection matters
- Provide corporate support and transactional employment work as needed
Key requirements
- Qualified Solicitor with at least 4 years PQE in a recognised employment practice
- Strong experience advising employer clients across broad employment matters
- Experience managing Employment Tribunal claims from inception to conclusion
- Confidence with disclosure exercises, witness statements, and case prep
- Excellent technical knowledge across contentious and advisory work
- Experience drafting contracts, policies, handbooks and settlement agreements
- Strong drafting, communication and relationship-building skills
- Ability to manage own caseload effectively
- Interest in business development and growing client relationships
- Experience supporting corporate transactions advantageous but not essential
- relationship-building
- clear communication
- client-focused
- employment law (contentious and advisory)
- drafting contracts, policies and handbooks
- settlement agreements and exit negotiations
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