Senior Employment Associate (4+PQE)

Leeds – £60,000 - £70,000

Role: Senior Employment Associate 
Location: Leeds City Centre
Salary: £60,000 to £70,000K DOE
 
A great opportunity has opened up for a driven Senior Associate to join a well‑established Employment team in Leeds. If you're looking for a role that offers high‑quality work, genuine progression and the chance to shape your career within a respected national practice, this is one to look at.
 
The Role
 
You'll be joining a growing employment team that advises a wide range of clients across commercial, health, education and public‑sector environments. The work is varied, interesting and offers plenty of scope to develop specialist expertise.
You'll work closely with senior lawyers in the Leeds team while also collaborating with colleagues across the wider national employment group.
 
What You'll Be Involved With
  • Advising clients on the full spectrum of employment law matters
  • Running and managing Employment Tribunal litigation
  • Delivering training sessions and contributing to wider business development activity
  • Working collaboratively with colleagues across multiple offices
About You
 
You'll be a qualified solicitor with 4+ PQE and a genuine enthusiasm for employment law. Strong communication, drafting and presentation skills are essential, along with the ability to manage your own workload and work well within a team.
 
Experience in any of the following would be a bonus (but not essential):
  • Supporting corporate transactions from an employment perspective
  • Advising large or complex employers
  • Advocacy experience in tribunals or other forums
Get in touch for a confidential chat and more details. 

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Huw Flanagan-Roberts

Associate Recruitment Consultant
0117 284 2120

huw@douglas-scott.co.uk

Huw Flanagan-Roberts is a Recruitment Consultant at Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment, having joined the team under a year ago. With a background in sales management and a design degree, Huw has a unique combination of skills that he uses to build strong relationships with clients and candidates in the legal sector. Inspired by his personal connection to law through his marriage to a corporate lawyer, he is comfortable navigating legal terminology and helping candidates and clients in their career journeys. Outside of work, Huw grew up in Wales and speaks Welsh almost fluently, a skill he enjoys using when visiting his homeland.


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Job Spec:

  • Area of Law: Employment Law
  • Type: Solicitor / FILEX
  • Salary: £60,000 - £70,000
  • Term: Permanent
  • Location: Leeds
  • Reference: 1337295

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