Job title: Education Solicitor
Location: Oxford
Salary: £80k-£100k - depending on experience
PQE Level: 5+
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: Full-time
My client, a UK Top 50 firm, is seeking an experienced Education Solicitor to join a highly regarded practice, working closely with a leading partner advising education and charity sector clients on complex, sensitive and often high-profile matters.
This role would suit a solicitor with a strong background in education law, ideally complemented by employment experience. You will advise schools, academies, colleges and universities on a broad range of issues, including student complaints and disciplinary proceedings, harassment, fitness to study, Equality Act matters, and more. You will also handle employment matters such as workplace disputes, restructures, senior appointments and departures, alongside individual and collective employee relations issues. Exposure to data protection, including subject access requests and compliance, would be advantageous.
Offering high-quality work, a superb salary and benefits package, close partner collaboration and direct client engagement, this is an opportunity to develop your expertise within a growing practice, advising on nuanced legal and interpersonal challenges. The position would suit an ambitious solicitor seeking a senior-level role with scope to make a meaningful contribution to the continued development of a unique practice.
For more information on this role or other opportunities within Oxfordshire or the Southeast in general, please do get in touch with Will Webster at Chadwick Nott:
Tel: 0117 945 1634
Mob: 0773 370 0509
Email: willwebster@chadwicknott.co.uk
*At Chadwick Nott, we are committed to developing a diverse and inclusive culture as well as supporting our large client network achieve the same. We are an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications of all qualified candidates regardless of their age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, disability, culture or anything other personal characteristic. We champion and celebrate diversity in the workplace. Where a level of experience is indicated, please note that this is only a guideline.*
