Employment Law Advisor; -Side, Commercial Advisory

Salary: Up to £40,000 depending on experience

Following a record-breaking 2025, Neathouse Partners is continuing to grow and is looking to appoint an experienced Employment Law Advisor to support our expanding client base.

This role is suited to individuals who currently provide day-to-day employment law advice to employers, often in high-volume, fixed-fee, or retainer-based environments, and who are comfortable giving clear, proportionate advice in real time.

You will be advising business owners and senior managers on live employment issues, where judgement, clarity, and commercial awareness are essential. There is rarely a “perfect” answer, and this role requires confidence in explaining options and supporting clients to make informed decisions.

This is not an entry-level role and not an HR generalist position.

Neathouse Partners provides fixed-fee employment law, HR, and health & safety support to businesses across the UK.

Our clients value clear answers, calm risk assessment, and practical advice that enables them to act with confidence. We are not a traditional law firm, and we do not operate a billable-hours model.

Our advisors are trusted to apply legal judgement, explain risk proportionately, and support employers in making commercial decisions that work for their business.

You will manage your own client base and provide day-to-day employment law advice to employers, including:

• Advising on employee relations matters such as disciplinaries, grievances, dismissals, performance, and absence management
• Supporting redundancy and TUPE processes
• Advising on discrimination and unfair dismissal risk, with a focus on prevention and proportionate decision-making
• Drafting contracts of employment, staff handbooks, and clear, practical day-to-day correspondence
• Explaining legal risk clearly and calmly to business owners, and helping them decide how to proceed

This role requires confidence in giving decisive, practical advice, rather than defaulting to overly formal process, escalation, or risk avoidance.

You will be a strong fit if you:

• Have experience providing independent employment law advice to employers, ideally in a fixed-fee, retainer, or outsourced advisory environment
• Are comfortable advising SMEs and owner-managed businesses
• Can balance legal risk with commercial reality and explain both clearly
• Are used to managing your own caseload and client relationships
• Prefer practical, outcome-focused advice over gold-plated or overly procedural approaches

Experience in HR alone is not sufficient, unless it includes substantial, independent employment law advisory work.

• You default to full formal processes in most situations
• You are uncomfortable advising employers to make lawful but difficult decisions
• You prefer litigation, advocacy, or settlement-led work
• You rely heavily on best-practice HR frameworks rather than legal judgement
• You are looking for a traditional law firm or billable-hours environment

• No billing targets or business development requirements
• Ongoing training and development
• Optional private medical insurance following probation
• Employee Assistance Programme
• A supportive, collaborative working environment