Employment Solicitor (minimum PQE of 2 years)

Lindsays

Edinburgh

Monday-Friday 9am-5pm (35 hours per week)

About us

Lindsays is a full-service law firm with a reputation for providing an excellent and outstanding service to clients. Our specialist teams offer a diverse range of services, allowing us to cater to the individual needs of a wide range of clients. The firm maintains strong residential property and private client departments and has an expanding range of corporate and commercial services, encompassing company law, corporate finance, intellectual property, technology, employment, charity law, rural property, commercial property and construction, all of which enjoy an excellent reputation in the marketplace.

With 53 Partners and over 300 staff, our goal is to have the right staff with the right skills to ensure we have superb people to advise and support clients. We are committed to investing in our people and believe in helping our staff succeed. Lindsays is a full-service law firm with a reputation for providing an excellent and outstanding service to clients and our Employment Team acts for employers, individuals and in-house teams in respect of the full range of employment law advice.

The role

We have a great opportunity for an employment lawyer to join the employment team to provide a quality service to clients, in the provision of employment law advice mainly to a SME and charity client base in respect of day to day employment law matters including disciplinaries, grievances, termination, employment contracts and policies and employment issues relating to redundancies, mergers and re-organisations; as well as acting for individuals in respect of advising on settlement agreements, negotiating exits and assisting with grievances and disciplinary matters.

Key tasks:

• Advise employers in respect of the provision of the full range of employment law advice including disciplinaries, grievances, termination, employment contracts and policies and employment issues relating to redundancies, mergers and reorganisations.
• Act for individuals in respect of advising on settlement agreements, negotiating exits and assisting with grievances and disciplinary matters.
• Represent both respondents and claimants in Tribunal. 
• Provide corporate support to our corporate and commercial property teams.
• Training and supervision of less experienced staff.
• Ensure knowledge is up to date in relation to the services available to clients across the Firm as a whole and the various service sectors.
• Promote and support the Firm’s marketing initiatives.
• Develop the Employment side of the business including marketing to existing and future clients.
• Raise both personal and Firm’s profile at networking events.
• Identify opportunities to cross sell services offered by Firm.

Key Requirements/Skills:

• Sound legal knowledge with in depth experience in that area of law and a high level of technical competence
• Ability to develop positive working relationships across the firm and with clients; gain the respect of colleagues.
• Ability to assess clients’ needs and offer practical guidance.
• Act as a positive ambassador for the Firm both internally and externally.
• Ability to work largely unsupervised.
• Ability to meet fee targets and achieve realisation rates.
• Work effectively with other team members and is able to supervise the work of those less qualified.
• Take a proactive approach to matter administration and completes monthly file review process for all matters where marked as fee earner on file.
• Proven networking skills and willingness to develop a client base.

This role will initially be fully office based however, after a period, flexible WFH/hybrid arrangements will be considered.

If you are interested in applying for the above role and possess the relevant experience please send your CV, including a note of your current salary, to Rosie Ramsay, HR Advisor, Caledonian Exchange, 19a Canning Street, Edinburgh, EH3 8HE or email: recruitment@lindsays.co.uk.  

Rewards & Benefits:

• 25 days holiday;
• 9 fixed days;
• Long service holidays which start to accrue after 5 years service;
• Holiday purchase scheme;
• Pension scheme;
• Death in Service Benefit (for those in the pension scheme);
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay entitlement
• Contractual sick pay;
• Discounted legal fees;
• Travel Loan scheme after qualifying period;
• Career development support;
• Hybrid working

Diversity & Inclusion

Diversity and inclusion play an integral part in the people strategy at Lindsays.  We are committed to creating a supportive and inclusive environment where our people feel valued and can reach their full potential.  

Equal Opportunities

Lindsays, is committed to achieving a working environment which provides equality of opportunity and freedom from unlawful discrimination on the grounds of race, sex, pregnancy and maternity, marital or civil partnership status, gender reassignment, disability, religion or beliefs, age or sexual orientation.

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