Employment Solicitor

We are working with a well-known national law firm which works with private, public and third sector clients throughout the UK.

The Employment, Pensions and Immigration team advises the health and social care and local government sectors and continues to develop its profile and client base in emerging markets including the insurance and finance, commercial, education and housing sectors.

The team sits within the Litigation department which deals with substantial commercial and regulatory disputes. The Employment team primarily acts for employers, including national and multi-national organisations, supporting them to improve their employment practices and manage workforce issues, as well as defending employment litigation and seeking to mitigate risks for clients.

Our client is looking for an Associate offering 3-5 years PQE to join the Birmingham office. Working as part of a national team, you will have the opportunity to support a diverse range of national and regional based clients across the range of sectors.

You will work with a number of partner leads and colleagues across all of the firms' offices and will be encouraged to build and develop your own caseload.

The successful candidate will have the following:

• UK qualified Solicitor or Legal Executive
• Training from a respected regional of national law firm is essential
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work alone or as part of a wider team and group
• Clear written skills
• Able to work effectively to tight schedules

For more information on this opportunity or for general career advice in the strictest of confidence, please contact me, Helen Abrahams at VG CHARLES &CO on or mail

Job ref: HA/11261/SL

Why use VG CHARLES &CO?

There are literally hundreds of recruiters out there all claiming to be the best - at VG CHARLES &CO we make some fairly simple and straightforward claims. We NEVER lose sight of the fact that our candidates and clients are people and not commodities. We are in recruitment because we want to improve lives not just change them for the sake of it. We are here for the long haul and hope to be able to advise you not just over months but over years.

We are staffed by lawyers and non-lawyers alike all sharing our passion to get things right and all having gone through rigorous training and development to ensure we are always able to help and offer pragmatic and non-patronising advice. We are happy to talk even when there is absolutely no chance of a fee as we think that is the right thing to do.

We aim to give all of our candidates an edge by giving them every legitimate help that we can - to ensure that in the current competitive environment our candidates are the best prepared and researched. Having been established for nearly a decade we are proud to have staff with a wealth of experience in top end legal recruitment which helped countless candidates through the recession of the early '90s. All of them genuinely care about the people they represent.

This is a cross section of some of the comments we have received:

"I have known Jane for a number of years now. She has never been pushy or simply interested in placing me in the first available job. Instead, she has focused on finding the right job for me, at the right time for me. I would recommend Jane to anyone."

"Tony has done an excellent job throughout. He is professional, courteous and thorough."

"Andrew was a pleasure to deal with completely professional from start to finish. He has been supportive, encouraging and did not attempt to pressure me in any way. I would not hesitate in recommending him to my colleagues and peers. Many thanks for your help!"