Employment Solicitor (Head of Department)

Overview

The Employment Solicitor (Head of Department) position in Birmingham offers leadership of a well-established practice within a national law firm. This full-time role involves managing a team advising employers on contentious and non-contentious matters, working with national and international businesses, public sector bodies, and senior executives to provide strategic direction.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Birmingham employment team, advising on a broad range of contentious and non-contentious employment matters for employers, including day-to-day HR issues, disciplinary and grievance matters, redundancy and restructuring programmes, discrimination and whistleblowing claims, TUPE, restrictive covenants, and Employment Tribunal litigation.
• Provide commercially focused advice to national and international businesses, owner-managed companies, public sector organisations, and senior executives.
• Collaborate with colleagues across corporate, commercial, and regulatory teams on the employment aspects of mergers, acquisitions and business restructures.
• Develop and manage client relationships, drive business development initiatives, mentor the team, and contribute to the firm's wider national employment strategy.

The Candidate

• Experienced Employment Solicitor with a proven track record advising employer clients on complex matters.
• Open to Partners, Legal Directors and ambitious Senior Associates seeking a leadership role.
• Excellent technical ability, strong commercial awareness, and a genuine passion for building long-term client relationships.
• Experience supervising and developing lawyers, with appetite for business development and practice growth.

The Firm

This highly regarded national law firm has an outstanding reputation for pragmatic, commercially focused legal advice across a broad range of sectors. With significant investment in its Birmingham office and ambitious growth plans, the firm offers a collaborative culture, flexible working arrangements, and genuine opportunities to influence the future direction of the business. This is an opportunity to join a firm where leadership is recognised and career progression is supported.

Note

We are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. PQE levels are given as a guide and all applications will be considered on merit.