Professional Support Lawyer - Employment

About your new role

Our market leading Employment, Pensions and Immigration team

advises employers across the UK on all aspects of employment, pensions and

immigration law. Our clients are some of the UK's largest and best known

employers. We believe that the quality of our clients and strength of our

relationships with our clients speaks volumes about the quality of the service

we provide.

We are currently recruiting for a Professional Support

Lawyer to join our HR Rely team.

This role will be closely aligned to HR Rely, our flagship

product, which provides fixed fee employment, HR and advisory support for

employers.

As an integral member of the HR Rely team, your key

responsibilities will include:

• Updating

the HR Rely Website with the latest employment law developments to ensure

clients have access to accurate and up-to-date information.

• Updating

and maintaining our employment document library with minimal supervision.

• Developing

client-facing tools and training programs to improve the quality of

service provided to clients.

• Staying

informed about employment law trends and maximising current awareness

updates to proactively address potential legal issues.

• Creating

and maintaining best practice guides and knowledge resources to support

the team in delivering high-quality legal advice.

• Proactively

seek ways to help our lawyers be more efficient.

• Bringing

any ideas to Product & Innovation and Business Change - e.g. how new

technology may be harnessed and leveraged for benefit. How processes might

need to be adapted.

• Write

and edit guidance notes, precedents, checklists and provide practical

advice to employment lawyers.

• Attend

external meetings and events as appropriate and maintain personal

professional development.

• Supporting

on a wide range of projects as and when required.

• Delivering

training and some limited legal work to achieve a modest financial target.

To be successful in this role, you must possess the

following qualifications and skills:

• Proven

experience as an Employment lawyer with a strong background in Employment

Law.

• Excellent

drafting, research, and communication skills with keen attention to

detail.

• Ability

to write about, present and train others in relation to legal

developments, including case law, legislation and procedural changes

• A

high level of interpersonal skills, able to work collaboratively with a

range of people to deliver results.

• A

pragmatic and commercial approach to legal problem-solving.

• Proven

ability to juggle demands and resources with various requirements and

priorities

• Good

time management, organisation and IT skills.

• An

entrepreneurial mindset - looking for opportunities to sell bolt-on

services (eg training) to our existing HRR clients.

Working alongside the ever-growing HR Rely team you will be

at the forefront of our business and future development. Our HR Rely service, a

fixed fee employment law service, grants clients access to a dedicated team of

experts addressing all employment and HR requirements. We offer 'bolt-on'

services to tailor our support offerings for a personalised experience within

many sectors including manufacturing, retail, utilities, professional services,

hospitality and education.

About You

You will have previous experience and a genuine and demonstrable interest in the above area of work.

We also require you to have/be:

. Experienced Employment lawyer requiring minimal supervision

. Passionate about keeping abreast of legal developments

. Enjoy presenting/training both to colleagues and clients

. Looking for opportunities to sell additional services (such as training) to existing clients

. Team player

. Excellent communicator - both oral and written

. Attention to detail

If you meet our criteria and think this is a job where you could bring enthusiasm and an eagerness to learn, then we look forward to receiving your application.

PLEASE NOTE: Candidates are encouraged to reach out directly. For inquiries or more details, feel free to contact us. Our recruitment team members are here to assist.

Why work for us

Come and join our award-winning organisation and be part of a team where people truly matter.

Weightmans is a Leading national law firm, with strong international capabilities.

Weightmans has been recognised as a leading employer for the 19th consecutive year at Britain's Top Employers awards, and ranking top 10 in the list, the firm has also secured top positions in Chambers UK.

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