Senior Employment Lawyer

Senior Employment Lawyer

Chippenham

Salary up to 70k D.O.E

Yolk Recruitment are supporting a regional law firm named within The Sunday Times' Best Places to Work in 2025 with the appointment of a Senior Employment Lawyer to help strengthen and grow its Employment offering. This is a standout opportunity for an ambitious Senior Employment Lawyer who enjoys high-quality work, wants real autonomy, and is keen to play a key role in shaping a growing Employment team, without sacrificing work-life balance.

As the Senior Employment Lawyer, you will handle a broad mix of contentious and non-contentious employment matters, work closely with colleagues to generate cross-referrals, and build strong relationships with clients and introducers. If you're a confident Senior Employment Lawyer with tribunal experience and a genuine interest in business development, this role offers the platform to make your mark.

This is what you will be doing

As a Senior Employment Lawyer, your day-to-day duties, will be:-

• Managing a varied caseload across contentious and non-contentious employment matters, advising both employers and employees
• Drafting tribunal documentation and running Employment Tribunal claims end-to-end
• Producing and reviewing employment contracts, policies, handbooks and wider employment documentation
• Supporting the wider firm through cross-referrals, including providing corporate support to Corporate and Commercial colleagues
• Building the Employment profile through business development, networking and introducer relationships

The experience you will bring to the team

You will bring the following experience to the Employment team:-

• Qualified solicitor (or equivalent) with 7+ years' PQE in Employment law
• Strong tribunal experience, including drafting pleadings and managing claims
• Solid technical coverage across areas such as TUPE, redundancies, settlement agreements, post-termination restrictions and employee relations issues
• Evidence of business development and networking, with the confidence to drive growth in the Employment offering
• Ideally, some experience supervising or mentoring junior team members (

And this is what you will get in return

• Highly competitive salary
• Firm-wide annual bonus scheme based on firm performance and profits
• Workplace pension after three months, with matched contributions up to 5% (role dependent) following successful completion of probation
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Life assurance
• Agile working policy supporting work life balance
• Healthcare Cash Plan for all employees (dental, optical, therapy treatments), plus 24-hour counselling and online GP access
• Private medical insurance (Associate level and above)
• Discounted gym membership
• Additional 1.5 days off at Christmas plus buy and sell holiday scheme
• Tailored career structure, annual reviews, study/qualification support and paid professional memberships
• Firm-funded social events, recognition schemes, and charity events with entry fees covered

Are you up to the challenge?

If you're a Senior Employment Lawyer ready to take the next step in your career, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today or get in touch to find out more. All enquiries will be handled in the strictest confidence by Yolk Recruitment. If you are looking to pursue the next step in your career with a highly regarded law firm, we encourage you to apply by contacting Oliver Coodye on (phone number removed) or alternatively send your CV

Yolk Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer and embraces diversity in our workforce. We employ the best people for the job at hand and actively encourage applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, age, race, religion, sexual orientation, disability, educational background, parental status, gender identity or any other protected characteristic. We champion and celebrate diversity at Yolk allowing our team to bring their whole selves to work.

Please note, whilst we do our best to contact all candidates, due to the high number of applications we receive we cannot guarantee this for every role. If you have not heard anything from us within 7 days of applying - then unfortunately you have been unsuccessful. Please keep an eye on our website for more opportunities.