Senior Associate/Associate – Employment – Cardiff – 2+ PQE

Overview

In this role you will lead complex employment matters, with a focus on claimant litigation and group actions, while growing a high-performing claimant team. You’ll provide strategic employment guidance to claimants and support respondent work, contributing to seminars, articles, and the firm’s marketing presence. The position sits within a national firm’s Employment and HR Services team in Cardiff, offering hybrid working and a clear path to leadership in a high-profile case portfolio. This is an opportunity to shape the claimant offering and deliver client-focused outcomes.

Pay / Benefits

• Minimum of 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
• Birthday day off
• Pension scheme
• Hybrid working
• Employee recruitment incentive scheme

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a complex group action from start to finish
• Develop and grow a high-performing claimant employment law team
• Provide strategic legal advice with a focus on client care
• Support respondent work including unfair dismissal, discrimination, TUPE, restructuring, redundancies, settlements, policies and contracts
• Deliver seminars/webinars and contribute to marketing and social media presence
• Support the department’s business plan through networking, training and relationship building
• Collaborate with colleagues across the wider Employment and HR Services team

Key requirements

• Qualified solicitor
• Minimum 2 years PQE in employment law
• Strong track record in claimant litigation, including group or multi-party actions
• Excellent advocacy, negotiation and case management skills
• Leadership experience supervising junior team members
• Strong organizational and time management abilities
• Proven ability to build and maintain excellent client relationships
• Proactive, ambitious and forward-thinking attitude

• leadership
• client relationship management
• proactivity/forward thinking
• employment law
• advocacy
• negotiation

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