Employment - Senior Associate / Legal Director

We’re a national law firm with a local reach. Our legal experts are here for you. Whether it’s personal or business, we understand that everyone’s situation is different. But we’re more than just a law firm – we’re a team of people working together to help individuals and businesses navigate life’s ups and downs. Working here you’ll feel a part of our friendly and inclusive environment.

We’ll value you for who you are and what you bring. We support each other and push boundaries to achieve incredible things and make a real difference to our clients and communities.

We're always looking to support our colleagues to work in a way that works best for them and everyone else, including our clients, the business and the regulators. Please speak to a member of our Recruitment and Onboarding team for more information.

Your Role and What You'll Be Doing

You’ll join our highly regarded Employment team in Birmingham, led by National Head & Legal 500-recognised partner, Elaine Huttley. We’re looking for a technically excellent and commercially astute senior lawyer to help shape the future of our practice and support a diverse range of clients across sectors.

As a Senior member of the team, you’ll play a pivotal role in delivering strategic employment law advice and leading complex matters. You’ll be involved in:

• Advising on a broad spectrum of employment issues including redundancies, disciplinary and grievance procedures, TUPE, absence management, and Settlement Agreements.
• Representing clients in Employment Tribunal claims and higher court proceedings.
• Leading client relationships and contributing to business development initiatives.
• Supporting and mentoring junior lawyers, fostering their growth and development.
• Collaborating with colleagues across the firm to deliver seamless, high-quality service.

You’ll be joining a team that’s been involved in high-profile cases and continues to grow its reputation for excellence. Recent work includes advising on large-scale restructures, defending complex tribunal claims, and supporting clients through sensitive workplace investigations.

About You

We’re looking for someone who brings both technical expertise and leadership qualities:

• Technically excellent with a solid understanding of employment law.
• Confident leader with experience mentoring and developing junior team members.
• Commercially aware, with strong client service skills and the ability to build and maintain professional networks.

You’ll be joining a collaborative and forward-thinking team that values innovation, integrity, and impact. If you’re ready to take the next step in your career and contribute to a thriving practice, we’d love to hear from you.

Our Benefits - What We Can Offer You

• 25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - You can ‘buy’ up to 35hrs of extra holiday too.
• Generous and flexible pension schemes.
• Volunteering days – Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid)
• Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services alongside our Aviva Digital GP services.

We also offer a wide range of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace and to make sure you’re fully supported. This includes our Flexible by Choice programme which gives our colleagues more choice over a hybrid way of working subject to role, team and client requirements.

We have been ranked in the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing for Large Organisations for 2024!

Our responsible business programmes are fundamental to who we are and our purpose. We’re committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can flourish, and we have established a number of inclusion network groups across our business to support this aim.

Our commitment to Social Responsibility, community investment activity and tackling climate change is a fundamental part of who we are. It’s made up of four strands: Our People, Our Community, Our Environment and Our Pro Bono.

Additional Information

As part of the Irwin Mitchell Group’s on-boarding process all successful applicants are required to complete the group’s employment screening process. This process helps to ensure that all new employees meet our standards in relation to honesty and integrity therefore protecting the interests of the Group, colleagues, clients, partners and other stakeholders.

We carry out pre employment screening to establish your eligibility to work in the UK, criminal record and financial checks ­with our trusted 3rd parties.

The employment screening process will fully comply with Data Protection and other applicable laws.

Irwin Mitchell LLP is an equal opportunity employer.