Job Title: Employment Associate
Location: Leeds City Centre (Hybrid Working)
Salary: £40,000 to £55,000
Contract: Full Time or Part Time, Permanent 

Role Overview:

• Working in a tight-knit, close team providing comprehensive employment law services to non-profit organisations throughout the UK
• Providing expert advice on a range of contentious and non-contentious legal matters in relation to employment law
• Supporting the department with its ongoing growth and development

About the Organisation:

The role will be coordinating and managing a comprehensive respondent employment law caseload, within the charities and social economy space. The team provides leading edge advice to clients of all shapes and sizes, from grass roots, community based, organisations to well-known national and international charities and social enterprises who all share a common goal of improving their communities and the wider world in which we live. 

Our client are a top tier legal 500 firm with an excellent reputation locally and nationally. Their firm boast a modern, friendly and dynamic culture with their employees at the heart of the organisation. The successful application will be joining an established law firm who are leading experts in their fields. Therefore, work quality, career development and progression, flexibility and a competitive employee offering is readily available. 

Employee Benefits:

• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Pension scheme
• Medical insurance
• Life assurance scheme
• Employee assistance scheme
• Family friendly support
• Ability to buy or sell holiday
• Flexible and agile working 
• Hybrid working 
• Bonuses and employee incentives

About CRA Consulting: 

CRA Consulting are a specialist legal recruiter, operating across the UK. CRA works in partnership with reputable law firms with either local, regional, national or international presence. We recruit at all levels from board, director and partnership level through to support staff.

For additional information on how we can assist you with your next career move, visit the CRA Consulting Website at www.craconsultants.com.

To apply, you will be required to meet the following criteria:

• You will be a qualified Employment Law Solicitor, local to the Leeds Area
• If Newly Qualified, you will need to have completed a seat rotation and ideally hold a minimum of 12 months pre-qualifying work experience in employment law
• You will ideally have experience handling respondent employment law cases with a mixture of contentious and non-contentious exposure. 
• Exposure dealing with non-profits, social enterprises, charities, educational establishments, foundations and/or public organisations would be beneficial 

How to apply:

If this Employment Associate vacancy is of interest, please click the apply button. Alternatively, if you would like to discuss with Rhys Spencer who is managing this vacancy, call 0114 241 8030 for a confidential discussion.

Are you wanting to review additional career opportunities? Visit our jobs page at www.craconsultants.com/jobs

Additional Information:

CRA Legal follow strict best practice recruitment guidelines monitored by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC). Please note our advertisements use salary levels purely as a guide. However we are happy to consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary to fulfil the role.

This Employment Associate vacancy is very popular with the local legal community, so please apply quickly to ensure your application is considered. As part of our candidate registration and care process we at CRA Legal aim to respond to all successful applications within 2 working days.