Join a team that works differently

We are always interested in hearing from experienced employment solicitors who align with our ethos: self-sufficient, client-focused professionals who want to practise at a high level without the constraints of the structures of traditional firms.

Here are our current vacancies. But if nothing matches your exact profile, we encourage speculative applications, especially if you recognise yourself in Who we hire.

Current vacancies

Senior Employment Lawyer

Location: Manchester

Watershed is looking for a Senior Employment Lawyer who can handle these responsibilities:

  • Helping to grow and develop our services in employment law, maximising opportunities and developing long-term, fruitful relationships with both new and existing clients.
  • Advising daily on a wide range of both routine and complex matters, that can be contentious or non-contentious, covering all aspects of employment law.
  • Representing clients at the employment tribunal and the employment appeal tribunal, including any advocacy.
  • Helping clients transform their business by advising on, and often participating in, complex collective redundancies, collective bargaining, large-scale changes to terms and conditions, and Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) transfers.
  • Working on and managing a range of clients’ projects and dealing with their day-to-day employment matters.
  • Building and sustaining relationships, developing new accounts, and providing innovative solutions, while offering clients innovative ideas about technology, approaches, and methodology in employment law.

About you

We are seeking a Senior Employment Lawyer who has:

  • Experience in employment law, with a track record of working with large private sector businesses.
  • Five or more years’ post-qualified experience in a fees-based professional firm.
  • Solid technical competence in employment law.
  • The confidence to credibly advise senior managers within large organisations.

You should also be:

  • Up-to-date with modern working practices, while understanding the day-to-day pressures busy managers experience.
  • Personable and professional, with the ability and drive to develop new business in a competitive industry.
  • Capable of building and maintaining relationships with demanding clients.
  • A confident communicator, with the experience needed to present and provide a range of services and products that match clients’ needs.
  • Commercially astute, with an unqualified desire to build long-term relationships.

Salary and benefits

  • The successful Senior Employment Lawyer will receive a competitive salary depending on experience. They will also receive private health insurance and a car allowance.
  • This would be an excellent position for an individual who enjoys travel.

No job that fits exactly?

Do not worry. We are always open to speculative applications from lawyers who meet our profile: experienced, independent, and looking for a different kind of legal career.

Whether your strengths lie in investigations, consultancy-led advisory work, or TUPE and restructuring, we would be glad to hear from you.

Just tell us what you are looking for, and why Watershed feels like the right fit.

Send a speculative application

How to apply

Please e-mail your CV and a short cover note outlining your interest to info@watershed.law. We review all applications personally and treat every enquiry in confidence.

We aim to respond within one week. If we think there is a potential fit, we will arrange an informal conversation first. No panels, no pressure.

If you would like more information about the qualities we value, visit Who we hire.