Why join us

WorkNest is on an exciting journey of growth, and as part of that journey, we’re recruiting for a Senior Employment Law Advisor/Solicitor to join our highly respected, high performing Legal team.

Supporting several of WorkNest’s largest and most important clients, you’ll play the important role of ensuring that our clients are able to meet their commercial objectives, as well as complying with the law and allowing the client to clearly consider the consequences of none / partial compliance if this is their consideration.

What We Offer

Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum

Great Benefits

Fantastic opportunity to make your mark and be part of a thriving business

Growth and development opportunities

Opportunity to support Scottish Legal Trainees through the WorkNest Academy

A supportive and inclusive work culture

What you’ll be doing

As a WorkNest Employment Solicitor you’ll be providing a brilliant service to our clients as you provide legally compliant and high quality advice to your own portfolio of clients across the UK. You’ll work closely with your clients and employee representatives in relation to settlement discussions, early conciliation and associated issues. You’ll work with your own dedicated portfolio of clients and build long-lasting relationships with them.

On occasion you’ll support with litigation and HR Consultancy work, as well as delivering external client training and internal training to the trainee’s.

About you

You will be a qualified legal professional (Solicitor or Chartered Legal Executive) with a minimum of 3 to 4 years PQE as an employment law solicitor/adviser. Your role will support in the delivery of high quality, pragmatic, and efficient advice to WorkNest’s clients and, in particular, to LME and Mid-Market clients. To provide brilliant service to your own portfolio of clients or other clients within your advisory or pyramid team.

You’ll also oversee and mentor trainees and more junior advisers to support in their development.

Who we are

WorkNest is part of a wider GRC (Governance, Risk and Compliance) division owned by Inflexion. We are a powerhouse of Employment Law, HR, Compliance and Health and Safety support services, weaving pragmatic advice with powerful technology platforms. We have experienced exceptional growth over the last 24 months, fueled by the acquisition of several leading business services groups, which has bought together the most gifted practitioners in people management, health, safety and wellbeing, employment law, professional training, and business technology. We are proud to offer a broader range of services to help protect and nurture organisations of every size.

We have a national presence with main offices in Chester and Glasgow, where our 400-strong team – including more than 75 qualified employment law solicitors, 50 qualified HR consultants and over 50 qualified Health & safety consultants, – strive to be the organisation of excellence that employers turn to for nurture and protection. We’re known for our personalised, high-quality support and pragmatic, commercially-minded approach – as well as being a great place to work!

At WorkNest, we believe our people are what make us. We value, respect and support our colleagues, understand the importance of work-life balance, and work together to deliver a brilliant service for our clients.

We are committed to delivering on our four core values that we believe all our colleagues should align with: Integrity, Excellence, Teamwork and Inclusion.

So what’s next?

If you think this role is a good fit for you, please use the purple ‘apply now’ button to begin your application. You’ll be asked to submit a CV and covering letter outlining how you fulfil the person specification for this post.

WorkNest is committed to creating a culture of Inclusion and ensuring that everyone – job applicants, clients, colleagues, and anyone else we deal with – is treated fairly and with respect. We continuously review our policies and processes to support our aim to create a diverse team, however, please speak to our Talent and Recruitment specialist if there are any adjustments, we need to make in order to ensure, a genuine equality of opportunity.

See why WorkNest is a great place to work - Take a look at our WorkNest Culture video: https://worknest.wistia.com/medias/tg8eo5hyce

Closing date: 11th March 2025. Please note: Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis. We may look to close the advert early, so please don't delay in submitting an application.

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