Legal Advisor - Employment Law
Legal Advisor - Employment Law
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Legal Advisor Employment Law
Location: Cardiff (flexible within South Wales)
Are you passionate about employment law and ready to step into a handson advisory role We are looking for a confident and ambitious Legal Advisor to join our dynamic Employment Law team. This is a fantastic opportunity for a candidate with demonstrable experience in employment law to grow their legal career in a fastpaced highperforming environment with exposure to highcalibre clients and a broad variety of work.
This isn t just a steppingstone or a training contract placeholder it s a real opportunity to contribute meaningfully advise clients and build your professional reputation in a thriving legal practice. You will be a key contact on the team s Employment and HR Support package with clients ranging from owner managed businesses SME s to large national public and private sector organisations.
As a Legal Advisor you will play a key part in supporting the delivery of toptier employment law advice to clients across various sectors. You will work under the supervision of experienced Fee Earners gaining exposure to contentious and noncontentious work while also supporting the team with document production research client liaison and administrative support.
Your work will be varied including:
Advising clients under supervision on HR and employment law queries including disciplinary and grievance procedures capability concerns sickness absence and more.
- Supporting Fee Earners with Employment Tribunal litigation including drafting witness statements and reviewing evidence.
- Drafting Contracts of Employment policies and procedures and other relevant materials for clients.
- Conducting legal research to support the team and improve outcomes for clients.
- Helping Fee Earners stay organised and compliant supporting billing ID requirements and case progression.
- Acting as a point of contact for new client enquiries Employment Package clients and playing an active role in the teams service delivery.
We re seeking someone who can hit the ground running with the right balance of legal knowledge commercial awareness and people skills. You ll need to bring:
- Practical experience in an employment law position. Experience from a law firm inhouse legal team or employmentspecific claims environment.
- Confidence in managing basic HRrelated queries and advising clients under supervision.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong attention to detail with a structured and proactive approach to legal work.
- Solid IT and case management system skills (Microsoft Office proficiency is a must).
- A collaborative mindset this role sits in a busy clientfacing team where responsiveness and communication are key.
This position offers:
- Real legal responsibility from day one with supervision and support.
- Access to a broad interesting workload including clients in a range of industries.
- Opportunity to develop your legal expertise and commercial awareness in a role that s more than just admin support.
- A pathway into potential longterm legal roles as we continue to grow.
- The chance to build your brand internally and externally through events client contact and collaborative work.
We re committed to creating a supportive inclusive and highperforming legal team. You ll be joining colleagues who are not only legally excellent but also commercially astute and downtoearth. We value trust boldness excellence and teamwork and we want you to thrive as part of that.
- 25 days annual leave entitlement
- Holiday buy and sell scheme
- Contributions to gym membership
- Flexible and hybrid working
- Career development
- Redkite rewards scheme
At Redkite we are committed to creating a diverse inclusive and supportive workplace where everyone is valued. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds including gender race ethnicity sexual orientation disability age religion and neurodiversity. We are dedicated to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and beyond to ensure all employees can thrive. We believe that diversity strengthens our team and helps us better serve our clients.
Employment Type
Full Time
