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Location

Manchester | United Kingdom

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Job description

Anthony Collins is a specialist law firm based in Birmingham and Manchester. Making a positive difference in society is at the heart of what we do and our work includes issues of national significance. We attract the highest calibre of people who are genuinely passionate about their work.

Our Employment and Pensions team work for a range of organisations focused on making a difference to the people and communities that they work with including household charities, social care providers, registered housing providers, local authorities and educational institutions. Our work ranges from matters which are cutting edge to more routine work which is nonetheless of real importance to the people that we are working with. The variety of our work means that there are always opportunities to grow and develop

To give a flavour of the work that you could become involved with, this could include advising:

• Managing multi-day Employment Tribunal work on behalf of the Respondents - including drafting response forms and grounds of resistance, preparing and conducting Preliminary Hearings, undertaking disclosure exercises (including redacting/removing all privileged communications and complying with UK GDPR), drafting witness statements, preparing cases for the final hearing (and conducting advocacy where appropriate) negotiating settlements and drafting COT 3 agreements.
• Drafting and advising on contracts of employment and HR policies and procedures.
• Advising on employment status and types of working arrangements.
• Managing employee relationship cases including advising on discipline and performance management, sickness absence, grievances, whistleblowing and discrimination.
• Providing advice to clients on TUPE transfers including when does TUPE apply, obligations to inform and consult, and changing terms of employment.
• Advising clients on termination of employment including redundancies, business reorganisation and settlement agreements.

Each member of our team brings something unique and the team actively works together to deploy people’s strengths for the benefit of the whole team and for our clients. Whatever your level of experience, you will be joining a genuinely supportive environment where our priority will be supporting you to have a successful and rewarding career, supporting our clients on varied and worthwhile matters.

About the candidate

Key Tasks

• Working as a team member, and with involvement in cross organisational projects, you should develop relationships across the firm that facilitate smooth communication and management of day to day client matters and larger scale projects.
• Take initial client instructions.
• Analyse issues and advise client on solution in the context of the client’s broad needs to achieve desired result.
• Draft appropriate documentation/letters (under supervision where necessary).
• Build and maintain ongoing relationships with clients.
• Negotiate with solicitors representing opposing party where appropriate.
• Prepare court papers where necessary interviewing witnesses/taking statements/instructing barristers etc.
• Ensure effective completion of administrative tasks particularly maintaining accurate, detailed client files and completion of Law Society and other required documentation.
• Prepare bills for payment and monitor outstanding fees making every effort to ensure prompt payment.
• Maintain professional knowledge and understanding through training, ensuring completion of the Law Society CPD requirements.
• Represent the practice in the wider legal/business sphere and seek to identify and build new client relationships.
• Time record appropriately.
• Keep up to date on the work conducted by other legal departments to ensure accurate cross selling opportunities.

About the firm

Anthony Collins Solicitors is a specialist law firm with a clear purpose – to “improve lives, communities and society". For over 50 years we’ve been successfully combining market-leading legal expertise with a commitment to excellence and long-term relationships underpinned by a strong set of values.

What makes Anthony Collins Solicitors distinctive, beyond simply being a sector-specialist law firm, is our people and the values we share. We’re extremely proud of the calibre of people that we attract; people who are inspired by our values, motivated by our vision and work with our clients to positively influence the society and communities we are building together.

Anthony Collins Solicitors is a committed Equal Opportunities employer promoting equality of opportunity. This means that everyone who either applies to or works for the firm is treated equally, whatever their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.

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