Senior Associate - Employment

rradar is looking for a Senior Associate solicitor to join us and work as part of the Employment team in our Glasgow office.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a close-knit team, where you will gain exposure to a broad range of interesting Employment cases. This role has potential for development and progression for an individual with strong technical ability, a solid grounding in Employment and a willingness to assume responsibility.

The successful candidate will take a proactive role, working both autonomously and as part of a team and will have good experience over a variety of Employment disciplines. They contribute to the growth and development of the department and supervise and mentor other members of staff when required.

Duties include:

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  Working independently with day-to-day conduct of own files which may be complex and high value.
• Representing, advising and supporting clients over a broad range of Employment disciplines including but not limited to: Unfair dismissal, Discrimination, TUPE and Whistleblowing.
• Working within an insurance funded litigation environment and considering matters of insurance policy coverage and providing claims handling support to insurers.

• Working across the business supporting the delivery of complete, accurate and timely legal services on all Employment matters.
• Providing a caring, quality service to the company’s clients in accordance with the plans and targets of rradar.
• Conducting own cases and assisting other fee-earners in providing advice and representation to the company’s clients.
• Promoting the services of the Employment team internally and externally. Taking a proactive approach and developing a fee-paying client base.
• Carrying out duties in a professional manner, complying with relevant professional standards and any requirement set by relevant regulating bodies including the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and the Law Society of England and Wales.
• Developing and maintaining the competencies necessary to provide a proper standard of service to clients and maintaining a record of professional development.
• Participating in projects to develop, improve and optimise services, both as part of our continuously evolving product range and also in response to changes in the law affecting clients.

• Supporting the Legal Manager representing, supervising, and managing junior team members work as appropriate.

Required skills:

The ideal candidate will have general Employment expertise which will ideally include, claims which start at the ACAS EC stage through to a final hearing.

They will also:

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  Be a qualified Solicitor or Equivalent, with a minimum of 4 years PQE.
• Have experience working in a busy, reputable Employment team within a well recognised practice.
• Have experience dealing with a large, varied, and complex case load.
• Have prior supervisory experience, developing and coaching.
• Have experience identifying and developing new business opportunities and relationships.
• Have working knowledge of IT systems such as Word, Outlook, case management systems (ideally proclaim) and digital dictation systems.
• Be able to exhibit strong ability to work on own initiative using their autonomy, whilst also being a strong team player.

It would also be desirable for them to have solid insurance litigation experience and understanding of Employment litigation policy related issues.

Agile working

rradar recognises the importance of in-person culture and the value of collaboration and cross-team learning within and across the business. It helps drive our innovation, service and product development for our clients.

With this in mind, we have now introduced fully agile working, where our people will be able to decide which days they attend the office “with purpose”, taking into consideration the needs of the business, clients, partners and the team.

Follow the link to find out a little more about who we are: https://www.rradar.com/about