Schools HR/Employment Lawyer at Winckworth Sherwood

The role

Winckworth Sherwood is seeking an experienced Schools HR/Employment Lawyer for their Legal 500 ranked Education department in London. This role focuses on providing employment law advice to educational institutions, including handling contentious tribunal work.

What you'll do

Provide a broad range of employment advice to schools, academies, multi academy trusts, dioceses and other educational institutions
Provide advice to strategic partners and HR consultancies in the education sector
Provide support to the School Support team, who advise on admissions, exclusions, parental complaints, FOIA and DPA, governance, contracts and safeguarding
Provide advice on a wide range of employment/HR matters
Get involved in contentious work dealing with claims in the employment tribunal and at appeal level

What we're looking for

Experience as an experienced employment lawyer

Ability to provide day to day HR and employment law advice and support in a variety of scenarios

Confidence in handling employment tribunal claims from inception to final hearing

Ability to provide clear and easy to understand advice

Experience providing a broad range of employment advice to schools, academies, multi academy trusts, dioceses and other educational institutions

Experience providing advice to strategic partners and HR consultancies in the education sector

Passion for employment law· nice to have

Interest in working for schools and benefiting the education system· nice to have

Desire to work at the leading edge of employment law· nice to have

Experience from private practice, inhouse, or public sector legal teams· nice to have

Benefits

Promote a healthy work-life balance and flexibility

Schools HR/Employment Lawyer

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