Are you an experienced Employment Law or Employee Relations Professional who takes pride in delivering high-quality and legally compliant advice and guidance to clients?
WorkNest strive to provide the best value, fixed fee employment law & employee relations advisory service in the UK. Supported by cutting edge technology, we provide genuinely commercial and pragmatic advice focused on finding solutions for our clients EL/ER problems. As our Employment Law Advisor, you will play a fundamental role in the successful delivery of our business objectives.
Why your role matters
Your role will be to provide brilliant service to a portfolio of own clients or as part of an advisory or pyramid team.
What you’ll be doing
You'll cultivate strong client relationships through offering top-tier, legally sound advice, positioning yourself as their go-to source for employment law matters. Your role extends to assisting senior advisors with proposals and client meetings. You'll engage with employee representatives for early conciliation matters, aiding clients in meeting their business goals while upholding legal standards. Leveraging your expertise, you'll conduct external client training and offer guidance to paralegals and trainees in employment law.
About you
This role would suit a newly qualified legal professional with a minimum of 2 years’ experience as a trainee/paralegal. Candidates with more than 2 years’ experience delivering EL & ER advice in other legal or HR settings will also be considered. For this role you will need a strong grasp of current employment law, demonstrating proficiency in providing advice in its fundamental aspects. While still enhancing your expertise, you should be adept at operating within a predominantly fixed-fee framework and be capable of efficiently managing priorities and meeting deadlines. You will have a clear understanding of business dynamics, maintain high standards of client support, and show tangible proof of achieving your business goals and ensuring client satisfaction.
Where you’ll be working
This is a hybrid role (a minimum of two days per week in the Aberdeen office).
What’s in it for you
Salary: Up to £47,000 per annum (depending on experience) and an attractive company benefits package, including:
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33 days holiday, inclusive of public holidays, rising by one per year up to 36 days with length of service
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Birthday Day off
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VITO Days – up to 2 days per holiday year paid volunteering
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Health Cash plan
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Life Assurance
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Up to £15 per month fitness subsidence
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Hybrid working arrangements
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Auto Enrolment Pension contributions after 3 months service
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Free Will writing service
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EAP & Wellbeing services
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Weekly wellbeing classes
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?
Does this sound like you? Are you up for the challenge?
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 to ensure, a genuine equality of opportunity.
