Employment Law Junior Assoicta

Employment Solicitor (Junior Partner / Team Leader)

Location: Northampton

Salary: 85000 to 110000

Experience: 7 years PQE (guide)

Our client is looking to recruit an Employment Solicitor (Junior Partner / Team Leader) to join their Northampton office as part of a planned growth phase.

This is a genuine leadership opportunity for someone who wants to take ownership of team development build the practice and be a visible figure internally and externally. The firm is not rushing this hire. They want the right person who is ready to step up into leadership or step out into a bigger role with the support to succeed.

You will be trusted to run high-quality work develop client relationships and help shape how the team grows over the next few years.

What Youll Be Doing

You will lead on a varied caseload of contentious and non-contentious employment work acting for employer clients and also supporting employee matters.

Work is will include:

• Settlement agreements

• Advisory work on restructures changes to terms and conditions and redundancy programmes

• Strategic advice in connection with senior leadership and board-level disputes

• Day-to-day operational HR advice

• Support on data protection and employment-related compliance

• Modern Slavery Act compliance support

• Employment Tribunal representation

• Corporate support on employment aspects of M&A activity

Alongside fee-earning you will:

• Support and develop junior colleagues through training supervision and day-to-day guidance

• Play an active role in business development and relationship building

• Collaborate with wider teams on cross-referrals and joined-up client work

What Were Looking For

• Ideally 7 years PQE (as a guide)

• Strong employment law experience across contentious and non-contentious matters

• Comfortable working independently and taking ownership of complex files

• Proven leadership potential with experience supervising mentoring or managing others

• Strong commercial judgement and confidence building trusted client relationships

• A practical solutions-led approach and the ability to spot growth opportunities

Whats On Offer

Depending on role and level the benefits package can include:

• Pension scheme with employer matching up to 4%

• Competitive holiday entitlement that rises with length of service

• Paid volunteer leave

• Death in service benefit (after qualifying period) paying 3 x salary

• Long service awards

• Discounted health club and gym memberships

• Flexible benefits (may include the option to purchase additional annual leave health screening and retail discounts)

• Salary sacrifice car scheme (including hybrid and electric vehicles)

• BUPA (certain positions only and upon passing probation)

• Group income protection (certain positions only)

Working Arrangements

• Northampton

• Full-time permanent

Next Steps

Apply online or send your CV to or call 0 for more information.

All applications will be treated in the strictest confidence. We will always obtain your express permission before sharing your details with our client.