Location: South West

Contract Type: Temporary/Locum

Salary: £50 to £75ph

Starting: End December 2026/early January 2027, for one to three months

Working pattern: Flexible full or part time / hybrid or on site

A leading regional South West law firm is seeking an experienced and Senior Employment Solicitor to join its busy team on an interim locum basis.

The position

This is a great opportunity for an experienced Employment Solicitor who is seeking a flexible and remote working role, handling a quality caseload with a well-regarded regional law firm.

The role is to assist a busy team, starting end December 2026/early January 2027. The work can be carried out fully remotely, hybrid or on site. Hours can be part or full time (min 21 hours per week) to suit the candidate.

The key requirement is that the work needs to be carried out independently, without supervision and by someone who can hit the ground running to pick up and progress matters efficiently.

The workload

The firm has a strong Employment Law team, which handles a broad range of contentious and non-contentious employment law matters, advising both employers and employees.

The caseload will include:- drafting and reviewing employment contracts, policies and staff handbooks; advising on disciplinary and grievance procedures, dismissals, discrimination and equality issues, redundancy and restructuring, TUPE and business transfers, absence and performance management, and settlement agreements. The role will also involve handling employment disputes and Employment Tribunal claims, alongside providing practical, commercially focused HR and employment law advice to business clients.

***Specific expertise also required providing corporate employment support on transactions and projects alongside the firm's Corporate Commercial and Corporate Property teams.

The candidate

• You will be an experienced Solicitor with 6+ years' experience in Employment Law matters.
• You will have good experience also providing Corporate Employment support.
• You will be a qualified Solicitor or Legal Executive.
• You will have strong client care skills with a great attention to detail, and fantastic technical ability to be able to pick matters up quickly and progress independently.
• You will be available end 2026 for an initial month, likely to be extended thereafter.

If interested please do apply for further information.