Employment Lawyer NQ - 1 PQE
Legal Vision
LegalVision is an award winning disruptor in the legal industry. Our mission is to power the success of every business by delivering legal support that is proactive, affordable and commercial.
LegalVision was founded to improve access for every business to quality legal services, to disrupt the traditional law firm model, and to promote a culture of technological innovation in the legal industry and beyond. As a Solicitor at LegalVision, you will play a critical role in bringing this mission to life.
If you are excited about the prospect of accelerating your legal career in an innovative and growing business that offers challenging work, a fast-paced environment, and impressive professional development opportunities, then we’d love to hear from you!
The Opportunity
We are seeking an NQ to 1 PQE English-qualified lawyer to join our Employment practice as a Solicitor. In this role, you will support a portfolio of SME, mid-market and enterprise clients, advising on a wide range of employment law and health and safety matters.
LegalVision’s clients span a broad range of industries, including SaaS/IT, healthcare, e-commerce, construction, and recruitment. The work is varied and hands-on, involving drafting and advising on employment contracts, settlement agreements, staff handbooks, and health and safety policies, assisting with contentious employment matters such as pre-tribunal advice and Employment Tribunal claims, and managing redundancy and TUPE processes for clients.
This role is well-suited to a qualified lawyer with broad employment law exposure, who is comfortable managing matters end-to-end in a fast-paced, high-volume practice. You need to be confident in communicating directly with clients and delivering clear, practical, and commercially focused advice.
While we would ideally like the successful candidate to be based in our Manchester office, we are open to flexible and fully remote working arrangements for the right person.
What You’ll Be Doing
Under the supervision of your seniors, a typical day may include (among other things, and depending on your practice area):
- Providing oral and written advice to clients on a broad range of legal matters (including as part of our industry leading Legal Advice Consultation service).
- Drafting and advising on a broad range of employment and health and safety law matters, including employment contracts, settlement agreements, staff handbooks, and health and safety policies, as well as assisting with contentious employment matters, including pre-tribunal advice and tribunal claims.
- Conducting legal research.
- Participating in role plays to improve your client service skills, or having a team lunch on the rooftop.
The Ideal Candidate
- You are a recently qualified solicitor in England and Wales with at least 6 months of demonstrated experience in employment law assisting employers.
- Experience advising on both contentious and non-contentious employment matters, including employment contracts, policies, and handbooks, employee relations, disciplinary and grievance processes, terminations, restructures, and redundancies
- Confident assisting employers across a diverse client base, from SMEs to larger corporates
- Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities while maintaining high technical and client service standards
- Comfortable with direct client engagement, including delivering clear, pragmatic, and commercially focused advice, building long-term, trusted client relationships, and translating complex employment law issues into practical solutions for clients
- Commercially minded, proactive, and aligned with a modern, client-centric legal services model
The Perks
- Forward-thinking environment with accelerated growth opportunities for high performers.
- Welcoming office environment in Ancoats and hybrid working.
- 25 days holiday (excluding bank holidays), enhanced maternity pay, plus contractual sick pay, paid volunteering, and birthday leave.
- Private medical insurance (post probation).
- Annual budget to spend on external learning and development.
- Regular team socials and events.
Apply Today!
If this sounds like your ideal next step, we’d love to hear from you! Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and will close once the role is filled, so apply early to avoid missing out.
A note to recruiters: we’re all over this role, so there’s no need for you to get in touch. LegalVision does not accept unsolicited CVs or responsibility for any fees related to unsolicited CVs. Thanks!