Employment Solicitor (5–6 PQE)
Employment Team | Shirley | Competitive Salary + Benefits
Your legal career should be moving forward.
You’re an experienced Employment Solicitor looking for more than just another role.
You want high-quality work, meaningful client relationships, visible progression, and the opportunity to shape your future in a respected, ambitious law firm.
At Sydney Mitchell Solicitors, that’s exactly what we offer.
We’re looking for an Employment Solicitor (5–6 years PQE) to join our growing and highly regarded Employment team in Shirley, advising a diverse client base of businesses and individuals across a broad range of contentious and non-contentious employment matters.
Why join Syds?
At Sydney Mitchell Solicitors, you’ll be trusted with real responsibility from day one, supported by experienced colleagues, and given the platform to develop your expertise in a collaborative, commercially focused environment.
This is a role for someone who wants to:
✔ Work on high-quality, varied employment matters
✔ Build meaningful client relationships
✔ Be part of a supportive, high-performing team
✔ Progress their legal career with clarity and momentum
At your contribution is visible, your work matters, and your career keeps moving forward.
The opportunity
You’ll advise on a broad mix of employment law matters, including:
- Advising employers on disciplinary and grievance matters, restructures, redundancies, performance management and TUPE matters
- Managing Employment Tribunal claims from instruction through to resolution
- Drafting and negotiating employment contracts, policies, settlement agreements and wider employment documentation
- Supporting corporate transactions with employment law advice and due diligence
- Delivering commercially focused, strategic legal advice
- Supporting business development activity including networking, seminars and client training initiatives
About you
We’re looking for a commercially minded Employment Solicitor who thrives in a collaborative environment and enjoys building trusted client relationships.
You’ll likely have:
- 5–6 years’ PQE in Employment Law within a UK law firm
- Strong technical experience across contentious and non-contentious matters
- Experience managing your own caseload with confidence and minimal supervision
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
- A proactive, commercially aware approach
- Strong drafting, organisation and analytical skills
- A genuine team mindset and ambition to contribute to a growing practice
What you’ll find at Syds
We believe ambitious lawyers do their best work when they are supported, challenged and recognised.
You can expect:
✔ High-quality work with an established client base
✔ A collaborative and approachable culture
✔ Clear progression opportunities
✔ Competitive salary and benefits
✔ A firm where your work is seen and your career is supported
Ready for your next step?
If you’re looking for a role where you can develop your expertise, take ownership of meaningful work, and build long-term career momentum, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply with your CV to a.edmonds@sydneymitchell.co.uk
Or for a confidential discussion contact e.hewitt@sydneymitchell.co.uk.
