Legal Manager - Employment in Birmingham - Robert Walters

We're partnering with a leading international law firm to recruit a Legal Manager - Employment to lead a growing, specialist Employment Tribunals team in Birmingham.

You'll keep your hand in on tribunal matters that matter, while taking on real leadership of a team and real influence over how the practice runs l all in an environment built around volume, consistency and quality rather than billable hours.

Why this role

If you've spent years justifying six-minute units and chasing utilisation targets, this is a genuine change of pace. The focus here is on delivering excellent tribunal work efficiently and well and not on how many hours you can log. The successful Legal Manager - Employment will still be a practising employment lawyer with a caseload, but you'll also have the scope to build something: shape a team, refine how work gets done, and bring in the tools and processes that make everyone's life easier.

What you'll be doing

• Running your own portfolio of Employment Tribunal matters, from pleadings and disclosure through to witness preparation and hearings
• Acting as the escalation point for the most complex or high-stakes tribunal cases
• Leading, supervising and developing a team of employment lawyers and paralegals
• Acting as the key point of contact between internal Employment teams and client stakeholders
• Shaping how the team operates by building smarter processes, playbooks and workflows rather than defaulting to more hours
• Bringing legal technology and AI tools into everyday practice to improve delivery and outcomes
• Keeping an eye on quality, consistency and turnaround, rather than time recorded
• Helping grow the team through recruitment, onboarding and development

What you'll bring

• UK qualified solicitor, 7+ years' PQE in Employment Law
• Strong track record running Employment Tribunal litigation, ideally at volume
• Experience supervising or mentoring junior lawyers and/or paralegals
• Confidence managing client and stakeholder relationships
• Comfort with legal technology and AI-enabled tools, or a strong interest in adopting them

• A collaborative, organised, problem-solving mindset

What's in it for you

This is a genuine opportunity to do meaningful tribunal work and lead a team, without the relentless pressure of the billable hour. You'll work alongside market-leading employment specialists in a business that's investing seriously in a better way of delivering legal services and you'll have real influence over what that looks like.

If you're an employment lawyer ready for more autonomy, more variety and a lot less clock-watching, this is worth a conversation. Contact Nisha Jassi on

Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates