Job Description

THE ROLE & TEAM

We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Employment Solicitor to join our specialist Recruitment & Workforce Solutions offering within the wider Employment, Pensions & Immigration team. You’ll work with employers and recruiters of all sizes on a broad range of employment and recruitment-law matters, including complex status issues, IR35 and the legal/regulatory challenges that arise from using and supplying temporary workers, contractors and sophisticated labour supply chains.

This is a rare opportunity to build (or deepen) a genuine niche in a market where there are relatively few specialists, supported by an established team with deep sector expertise and a strong platform for career progression and profile-building (including BD and client-facing opportunities)

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Advise clients on contentious and non-contentious employment and recruitment-sector legal issues.

• Support clients on day-to-day employment matters (disciplinary, grievance, redundancy, restructuring) and strategic advisory work.

• Draft and negotiate employment contracts, settlement agreements and HR policies.

• Advise on employment status, IR35 and issues arising from the engagement of self-employed consultants/contractors

• Manage Employment Tribunal litigation and help resolve disputes through ACAS, mediation and negotiation.

• Advise and manage sector regulatory investigations on behalf of clients.

• Work collaboratively with colleagues across litigation, corporate and commercial to deliver integrated client projects.

ABOUT YOU

• Ideally Senior Associate level, with flexibility to consider strong candidates slightly below that level where there’s the right baseline experience.

• A strong grounding in general employment law and the ability to operate commercially with clients.

• Any prior exposure to the recruitment/workforce solutions space (e.g., IR35, contractor status, consultancy agreements, atypical worker issues) is highly advantageous, but we will also consider candidates who are keen to be trained into this niche.

• Confident communicator, collaborative team-player, inquisitive and flexible in approach (qualities specifically called out for team fit).

BENEFITS

• Competitive Salary

• Flexible approach to working hours

• Hybrid working (2 days on site)

• Discretionary bonus opportunities

• Pension scheme

• Life Insurance & Income Protection Insurance

• 25 days Annual Leave plus flex bank holidays (increasing with service)

• Option to buy 10 additional days annual leave each year

• 2 My Days (in addition to your holiday entitlement)

• Additional discretionary annual leave days

• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity & Adoption Leave

• Career Development Opportunities

• Wellbeing and Mental Health Benefit (24/7 Employment Assistance Program & Support)

ABOUT US

Brabners is purpose-led independent law firm. A certified B Corp with award-winning environmental credentials, we seek to demonstrate that business can bring about positive change by being innovative, diverse and sustainable.

With over 200 years of history, we’re proudly anchored in the North but serve businesses and individuals across England and Wales.

We have won awards for being innovative at the Legal 500 Northern Powerhouse Awards and diverse as Manchester Law Society’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Champions. We are also recognised as one of the 25 best large companies to work for in the UK and have won The Legal 500 Future Lawyers awards for job satisfaction, quality of work, social life and work/life balance.