Employment Professional Support Lawyer (4+PQE)
Lancashire – £45,000 - £50,000
Are you an experienced Employment Solicitor looking to step away from the demands of a traditional fee-earning caseload while remaining at the forefront of employment law?
We're looking for a Professional Support Lawyer (PSL) to join an award-winning Public Sector Employment team. This is a fantastic opportunity for an employment law specialist who enjoys the technical and strategic aspects of legal practice and wants to play a key role in shaping best practice, supporting complex matters, and driving excellence across a highly regarded team.
We're looking for a Professional Support Lawyer (PSL) to join an award-winning Public Sector Employment team. This is a fantastic opportunity for an employment law specialist who enjoys the technical and strategic aspects of legal practice and wants to play a key role in shaping best practice, supporting complex matters, and driving excellence across a highly regarded team.
The Opportunity
As a Professional Support Lawyer, you will provide expert legal knowledge and strategic support to the Employment team, helping ensure the highest standards of legal advice, training, and client service.
Key Responsibilities
As a Professional Support Lawyer, you will provide expert legal knowledge and strategic support to the Employment team, helping ensure the highest standards of legal advice, training, and client service.
Key Responsibilities
- Monitor and communicate developments in employment law and emerging legal trends.
- Provide expert legal guidance, resources and technical support to advisors and colleagues.
- Support complex employment matters and contribute to case strategy.
- Create high-quality content for clients, marketing initiatives and online resources.
- Deliver legal training sessions, workshops and best practice guidance.
- Support business development activities, thought leadership and profile-raising initiatives.
- Maintain exceptional standards of client care, compliance and professional practice.
- Qualified Solicitor, Chartered Legal Executive (or equivalent) with at least 4 years' PQE.
- Strong experience within an Employment Law team.
- Excellent knowledge of employment matters including Unfair Dismissal, Discrimination, TUPE and Redundancy.
- Confident delivering presentations, training and legal updates to clients and stakeholders.
- Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.
- Proven ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines.
- A collaborative approach and commitment to delivering high-quality legal services.
- Experience advising clients within the Education, Housing or Local Authority sectors.
- Previous Professional Support Lawyer experience within Employment Law.
This role offers the opportunity to remain immersed in complex and challenging employment law work while focusing on knowledge sharing, legal excellence and strategic development rather than a traditional fee-earning caseload.
If you're an experienced Employment Lawyer looking for a more collaborative, sustainable and influential role, we'd love to hear from you.
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: £45,000 - £50,000
- Term: Permanent
- Location: Lancashire
- Reference: 1358079
