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Employment Barrister

£22.7 - £26.4 per hourEstimated
Employment Barrister, Manchester – Market leading law firm requires an experienced Barrister with employment litigation experience. To apply or to register your interest, please contact Melanie on or email with your CV.

JOB TITLE: Employment Barrister
EXPERIENCE: At least 2 years relevant experience
LOCATION: Manchester
SALARY: GBPDependant on experience

THE ROLE:
A skilled Employment Barrister is sought after by this highly rated law firm to undertake employment related advocacy on behalf of a growing client base across the private and public sector. You will be conducting advocacy that involves all areas of employment related litigation as well as taking a lead role in the internal advocacy team developing junior members of the team.

THE CANDIDATE:
As an Employment Barrister, you will be playing a pivotal role within the highly successful employment team and be expected to deliver an outstanding service to clients. You will have substantial experience practicing in Employment Law, with a strong track record in advocacy in the Employment Tribunal. Ideally you will have some experience of mentoring and developing junior members of the team. Along with outstanding advocacy and negotiation skills, coupled with exceptional attention to detail you will also possess the ability to work independently as well as part of a cohesive team.

WHY JOIN?
As an in–house Employment Barrister, you'll have the chance to work across a national team and be a part of the firm's exciting growth strategy. On offer a competitive salary and benefits package, along with a positive and inclusive working environment. This is an ideal opportunity for someone to join a major UK law firm that is consistently recognised as one of the best to work for.

HOW TO APPLY:
Contact Melanie Daly at eNL on or email with your CV, or simply call for a confidential discussion.

eNL will never share your CV with a third party without your express permission. As part of our candidate care process, we aim to respond to all applications in 7 days. If you have not been contacted within this timescale, your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note our advertisements use PQE/salary levels purely as a guide.

At eNL we value diversity and inclusion. We want to attract people at all levels and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates, whatever your ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any characteristics protected by law in the jurisdictions in which we operate.
Vacancy posted 12 days ago
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