Job Description:

Opportunity for an Employment Solicitor (Senior Associate) to join a highly regarded, Legal 500 ranked law firm in Kent.

The Firm

Our client is an ambitious, commercially focused law firm with a strongly regarded Employment Department, recognised for its client service and its ability to deliver commercial results. The department sits at the heart of the firm's future growth plans and is currently expanding.

The firm prides itself on a collegiate and collaborative culture, both within teams and across the wider business, and places genuine emphasis on client care and commercial acumen in everything it does.

The Opportunity

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Employment Solicitor to join a growing team, working across the full spectrum of employment law with a particular focus on respondent-based, commercial client work.

The role covers a broad and varied caseload, including corporate support work, wrongful and unfair dismissals, redundancy and restructuring, restrictive covenants, and general day-to-day employment advisory and transactional matters.

There is real scope to shape the department's future direction, with the successful candidate encouraged to bring their own ideas for growth and business development. The role also offers the chance to work cross-departmentally, referring and receiving work across the firm's other practice areas.

The Ideal Candidate

• UK qualified Employment Solicitor with 7 PQE+
• Strong technical knowledge across respondent-based employment law, ideally gained in private practice
• Immigration experience is beneficial but not essential
• Confident operating with minimum supervision, with some prior supervisory experience
• A genuine enthusiasm for business development and networking
• Excellent client care skills and sound commercial acumen
• A collegiate, team-oriented approach

What's on Offer

• Competitive salary
• A genuinely collaborative environment
• Autonomy and the opportunity to help shape a growing department
• Exposure to a strong commercial client base, with real scope for business development
• Supervisory responsibility, including oversight of junior team members
• A firm with a clear, ambitious growth strategy

To apply, contact Lauren Steff at Birchrose Associates for a confidential discussion.

Birchrose Associates, trading name of Huntress Search Ltd, acts as a Recruitment Agency in relation to all Permanent roles and as a Recruitment Business in relation to all Temporary roles.

We practice a diverse and inclusive recruitment process that ensures equal opportunity for all we work with, irrespective of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. As an organisation, we encourage applications from all backgrounds and will ensure measures are met when required, to allow a fair process throughout.

PLEASE NOTE: We can only consider applications from candidates who have the right to work in the UK.