Full time

Employment Solicitor

eNL
Manchester, M3 3AU
money-bag £55000 - £80000 per annum
Posted: 21 July 2026 (Today)
Closing date: 20 August 2026
Ref: 60459382

About the Role

This position is for an Employment Solicitor with 5–7 years’ PQE, based in Manchester. You will join a Legal 500 firm, managing a senior caseload of contentious and non-contentious employment matters for a diverse client base. The role demands strong commercial acumen and expertise in delivering pragmatic advice across a full spectrum of issues. Full-time hours apply, with a salary of circa £80,000 dependent on experience. Hybrid working arrangements and genuine career progression are offered, alongside a comprehensive benefits package. This role suits a solicitor seeking to handle complex work within a supportive, established team.

Employment Solicitor | 5 – 7 PQE | Manchester | Circa £80,000 (DOE) | Join a Legal 500 law firm advising a senior caseload on a variety of employment matters with a wealth of benefits, hybrid working arrangements and the opportunity for genuine career progression | To apply or to register your interest, please call Teagan on 0113 320 0575 and quote Job Ref: 4689
JOB TITLE: Employment Solicitor
PQE: 5-7 PQE
LOCATION: Manchester
SALARY: Circa £80,000 (DOE)
THE ROLE:
An exceptional opportunity has arisen for an experienced Employment Solicitor to join a rapidly expanding employment team handling matters end-to-end across a range of contentious and noncontentious streams. Acting for a diverse client base, this role involves the delivery of pragmatic commercial advice on a varied caseload including high-value tribunal claims concerning whistleblowing, discrimination and unfair dismissal, senior executive appointments and exits, restrictive covenants, restructures and redundancies and TUPE. In addition to this, the successful candidate will be required to mentor junior members of the team and engage with the business development of the practice.
THE CANDIDATE:
Applications are welcomed from Employment Solicitors possessing 5 – 7 years PQE, coupled with a solid history of managing an individual employment caseload and drafting. Confidence in supervising less experienced team members and effective delegating within a busy environment is necessary, and previous experience of advocacy work is preferable but not required. The successful candidate will also possess an appetite for client development.
THE FIRM:
This Legal 500 recognised firm offers to the successful candidate the opportunity to involve themselves with a varied, senior caseload whilst working closely within a supportive, flexible working environment commended for its approachable leadership. With flexible working arrangements, mentoring and structured development pathways on offer, this role provides the successful candidate the prospect of genuine career progression within the firm.
THE PACKAGE:
This role is accompanied by a wealth of benefits including annual leave starting at 25 days, bonus schemes, life assurance, birthday privilege days, flexible pension schemes and employee health plans. Furthermore, this firm is also offering hybrid working arrangements, mentoring schemes and opportunities for genuine career growth.
HOW TO APPLY:
Contact Teagan at eNL on 0113 320 0575 or email Teagan.portas@enllegal.co.uk with your CV or simply call for a confidential discussion.
eNL will never share your CV with a third party without your express permission. As part of our candidate care process, we aim to respond to all applications within 7 days. If you have not been contacted within this timescale, your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note our advertisements use PQE/salary levels purely as a guide.
At eNL we value diversity and inclusion. We want to attract people at all levels and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates whatever your ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any characteristics protected by law in the jurisdictions in which we operate.

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