Employment Solicitor 5 + PQE

Job description

Calling All Employment Lawyers!

Our client is seeking a senior employment lawyer with a combination of contentious and non-contentious employment law experience. You will have in the region of 5+ years post-qualifying experience.

THE EMPLOYMENT TEAM

The Employment team focuses on the financial services, retail and consumer, energy and transport sectors, providing advice regarding significant HR issues such as complex tribunal litigation, whistleblowing business protection issues and major projects (e.g. Outsourcing/restructuring exercises)

WHAT TO EXPECT IN THIS ROLE

The role will involve the full range of employment law and HR support work (contentious and non-contentious) for a wide range of clients across all business sectors.

You will have the opportunity to develop close client relationships and undertake a major role in client work. From the outset you will be exposed to the highest quality work, for some of the UK's biggest name clients.

• You will be flexible, agile and enthusiastic in growing and developing your knowledge and experience of Employment law within a supportive and collegiate environment.

• You will be expected to be client focused and thinking about how AI and other tools may be harnessed to improve the overall service for our clients.

• Fostering and growing client relationships and developing new ones is an integral part of this role. You can expect to collaborate not only with colleagues in the direct team but also with colleagues in other practice areas as well as colleagues immersed in relevant industry groups.

• Continuous self-development is valued, and you will be encouraged to engage with formal training programmes (whether technical or skills based) and to draw on mentoring, coaching and leadership development programmes available to you.

• As a senior member of the team, you will be expected to generously share your time, knowledge and experience to develop less experienced colleagues.

YOUR AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE

You will have:

• A minimum of 5 years post qualification experience working in a similar practice

• Be flexible and agile and have enthusiasm for growing and developing your knowledge and experience and undertaking intellectually challenging work.

• Have a keen eye for detail, be self-motivated and proactive and confident in building enduring relationships with clients that are based on trust and high-quality service delivery.

• Be inquisitive and want to understand their clients, their drivers and what matters to them, so that your advice has quality, imagination, and impact.

If the above vacancy is of interest please apply. Contact details : saika.sarwar@capeclarke.com

07887 492 501

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Manchester Area

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

04-03-2026

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English