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About The Role

Employment Solicitor/Employment Associate/Employment Senior Associate

We are looking for an employment solicitor to join our growing HR Consultancy practice to work alongside our employment law and immigration team on  HR strategic project work. You will enjoy the variety and complexity of employment law whilst working more closely with clients on practical people projects.

About the Team

Our HR Consultancy team sits within HCR’s Employment and Immigration team, providing organisations with practical, commercially focused support across the full employee lifecycle.

By combining HR expertise with legal insight, we help clients navigate everything from da to day HR challenges through to complex organisational change, workplace investigations and strategic workforce projects.

As our consultancy offering continues to grow, we are looking for an Employment Solicitor who is passionate about HR and project management. We are looking for someone who enjoys working closely with clients and has experience in playing a key role in delivering integrated HR and legal solutions.

About the Role

This is not a traditional fee earning legal role. You will be working as part of a wider HR team using your legal expertise to diagnose issues and take the lead in implementing solutions from within a business as a trusted partner.

Working with a varied client base you’ll be working on a wide range of employment and workplace matters from supporting managers with employee relations issues to supporting or leading the implementation of organisational change on the ground. You will often be involved in interesting and often complex projects.

Your work is likely to include -

  • Working directly with clients through project based assignments/ secondments, giving you genuine insight into the organisations you support. This can include being seconded directly into a client’s HR function to either lead or support the implementation of HR projects on the ground.
  • Advising clients on employee relations matters.
  • Lead workplace investigations and mediation assignments that will include complex, regulatory, and sensitive matters.
  • Drafting and reviewing contracts of employment, policies, handbooks and HR documentation.
  • Supporting the implementation of restructures, redundancies, TUPE transfers and organisational change projects.
  • Advising on disciplinary, grievance, capability and absence management processes.
  • Delivering client training, workshops and employment law updates.
  • Contributing to business development for the HR Consultancy team both internally and externally.
 

About You

About You
We are looking for a qualified solicitor or CILEX lawyer who combines strong technical expertise with commercial awareness and a genuine interest in helping organisations manage their people effectively via a project management framework.

You will -

  • Be a qualified solicitor or CILEX Lawyer.
  • Strong employment law experience gained within private practice or an inhouse environment.
  • Experience working closely with HR teams, supporting HR projects and fractional HR duties.
  • Be confident when advising on a broad range of contentious and non contentious employment matters.
  • Strong drafting skills, attention to detail and the ability to communicate complex legal issues.
  • Excellent relationship building and stakeholder management skills.
  • Be able to work flexibly and be willing to travel to client sites.

About Us

Why HCR?

Our HR Consultancy team provides practical advice to clients to help them achieve their goals, delivering joined up solutions that support organisations. You will be joining a growing team with ambitious plans, working alongside experienced HR consultants and employment lawyers on a wide variety of challenging and rewarding projects.

This is an opportunity to step away from a purely traditional legal role and become a trusted adviser to clients, helping them navigate workplace challenges with confidence while developing your own expertise across both employment law and people strategy.

If you enjoy building relationships, solving complex problems and delivering advice that makes a genuine difference, we would love to hear from you.

Benefits of working with us:
• Income Protection
• Private Medical Insurance
• Sight tests / Glasses discounts
• Bonus scheme
• Electric vehicle scheme
• International secondments for 0-5 PQE
• Scottish Widows Pension Scheme
• 28 days annual leave (plus public holidays)
• Happy People / Perks at Work benefits portal
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Life Assurance
• 1/3 gym membership contribution
• Flu vaccinations


Is HCR the smart move for you?
HCR suits people who love a challenge and want to work in an environment where careers thrive on the back of hard work and personal merit. Our people enjoy feeling part of something bigger than themselves, and whilst our clients drive our development, it is our people who bring their energy, enthusiasm, and entrepreneurial mindsets together to solve problems and help our clients succeed.

Why HCR people love their jobs
Our people tell us they enjoy working on good quality, interesting matters from a wide variety of our clients, because they get the experience they want to develop their careers. We will give you responsibility early, the mandate to make things happen and we’ll back your good ideas. Our “Passion for People” lives and breathes every day throughout the firm as our peoples’ energy and sense of fun create a warm environment in which to thrive.

What career progression will HCR offer you?
HCR’s growth constantly creates opportunities for people who want to go places and make a difference, your career plan can become part of our growth plan. At HCR you can expect to work with friendly, energetic, ambitious people, who love getting stuck into a client problem, and enjoy celebrating a good outcome. Our people value the sense of community provided by the individual personality of each office and the collegiate approach across all our service and sector teams.

What does HCR believe, achieve and stand for?
As a Times Best Law firm, among the UK Top 50, we provide the full range of services that you would expect to organisations, business leaders and individuals. However, in our mission to give everyone the opportunity to experience a different kind of legal service we take an entrepreneurial approach. We’re flexible and responsive to the needs of our clients, delivering the best outcomes for them. We have more than 1000 lawyers and support staff, including more than 180 partners, and have been awarded the Law Society’s Lexcel quality mark in recognition of our compliance and client care standards.


With 13 offices in England and Wales our well-established presence stretches from west to east, ensuring clients can access a full-service legal offering no matter where they’re located. We’ve expanded significantly across all our regions, and are well-respected as a regional firm with a strong London and international presence. 


With solid connections in the communities we work in, and a track record of delivering legal advice to businesses and individuals throughout the areas we base ourselves in, our clients continue to value our approach to providing legal advice, in the way they need, when they need it.
 
As HCR is an equal opportunities employer, we don’t just accept differences, we celebrate them. We want to attract a diverse and ambitious workforce that reflects all backgrounds and skills to create a workplace that is supportive and inclusive, recognises and nurtures talent, and which works together to achieve the best outcome for our clients. We are privileged to be an armed forces-friendly organisation.

We also want you to achieve your absolute best during the recruitment process.  Please let us know of any changes we can make at any point that will help support your application. 
If this opportunity sounds of interest to you, please make an application and submit your CV. 

 
A note for recruitment agencies – The HCR Resourcing Team is responsible for recruitment across the firm, and where possible will use direct hiring methods. We do work with a Preferred Supplier List, and where appropriate, we will release vacancies to those agencies who we deem most appropriate to support us. Only those agencies will be invited to submit candidates via our recruitment portal. Any speculative or unsolicited CVs sent to any employee or Partner of HCR will not be considered an introduction, and no fees will be applicable. Furthermore, we retain the right to pursue these candidates without query of ownership

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