Job Description

Employment Law Paralegal

Location: Near York (hybrid)

Salary: £25,000 to £32,000 (depending on experience)

Experience: Paralegal level

Our client is building something a bit different, delivering big-firm expertise with a boutique, human approach. They work with ambitious founders, SMEs and high-growth businesses, providing pragmatic legal support through fixed price projects and monthly subscriptions.

They are now looking for an ambitious Employment Paralegal to join the team. This is a great opportunity for someone who is eager to learn, develop, and take on increasing responsibility within a supportive environment with ongoing training.

You will support the Employment team on a wide variety of matters, acting predominantly for employers across both contentious and non-contentious work. You will get hands-on exposure to advisory work, tribunal support, drafting, and employment elements of corporate transactions.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Supporting the team on a broad range of employment law matters for employer clients

• Assisting with day-to-day advisory work including disciplinaries, grievances, performance management, sickness absence, redundancies, restructures and exits

• Supporting Employment Tribunal matters, including preparing bundles, drafting chronologies, witness statements, schedules of loss, instructions to counsel, and liaising with clients throughout the process

• Drafting and reviewing employment documentation including contracts, service agreements, staff handbooks, policies and settlement agreements

• Carrying out legal research and preparing practical, commercially focused summaries

• Liaising directly with clients and helping to manage matters from instruction through to completion under supervision

• Supporting corporate transactions through employment due diligence and assisting with employment aspects of acquisitions, disposals and investments

• Assisting with TUPE matters including business transfers, outsourcing arrangements and workforce reorganisations

• Building strong client relationships and becoming a trusted part of the wider advisory team

• Working closely with colleagues across corporate, commercial, IP, data protection and commercial property

• Supporting business development activity through events, marketing initiatives and client education

What We’re Looking For

• Previous experience in an employment law environment (paralegal or similar)

• Genuine interest in employment law and a proactive, can-do approach

• Strong drafting, written communication and attention to detail

• Confident with organisation and time management, able to prioritise competing tasks

• Comfortable working as part of a team and using your own initiative

• Strong IT skills

What’s On Offer

• Grown-up flexibility and autonomy

• 5% employer pension contribution (matched with 5% employee contribution)

• Comprehensive health insurance (with option to add dependants at your cost)

• Life assurance (4x salary)

• Employee assistance programme

• Income protection

Working Arrangements

• Full time

• Permanent

• Hybrid working

Next Steps (How to Apply)

Apply online or send your CV to  lee.hawthorne-finch@h-fts.com  or call 0333 996 2882 for more information.

All applications will be treated in the strictest confidence. We will not share any details with our client without your express permission.