Solicitor - DSAR
Department: Employment, Pensions and Immigration - London
Employment Type: Permanent
Location: London
Description
The London Employment Pensions and Immigration team comprises 32 fee earners and acts for an impressive roster of household name clients across the financial services, technology, healthcare and commercial sectors. The team has a strong reputation in the London market and is recognised as Tier 1 in Legal 500 and Band 2 in Chambers.
The team proudly boasts a market-leading Employment Privacy practice, including a bespoke and innovative data subject access request (DSAR) service to complement its employment offering. We have plans for significant growth across existing and new clients for the DSAR service. We are looking for a qualified lawyer to support the expansion of the DSAR service.
Key Responsibilities
- Work under the supervision of a senior DSAR lawyer to undertake a busy and varied workload advising employers in each of our key sectors on their DSARs.
- Work on high-profile, sensitive and complex DSARs involving discrimination, whistleblowing and redundancy under appropriate supervision.
- Undertake a period of bespoke training in DSAR law and practice specific to the service and the needs of our clients.
- Assist senior lawyers to set strategy and deliver high-quality and consistent DSAR responses across our client base.
- Monitor developments in DSAR law and practice.
- Assist senior lawyers in supervising the work of (and assist in the professional development of) trainees and paralegals.
- Assist with marketing, networking and other business development activities in order to maintain and develop work from existing clients and potential clients.
- Contribute to non-fee-earning activity as appropriate e.g. knowledge building and maintaining precedents.
- Assist with the next stage of service development and growth plans.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
A 0-2 PQE Solicitor or CILEX qualified lawyer. A strong employment law foundation is desirable although not essential
Strong academic background including a 2.1 degree from a reputable University
A keen interest in data protection
The ability to manage high-value, time-sensitive matters
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Additional Information
As a Disability Confident Scheme employer, we’re committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you need any reasonable adjustments at any stage (including the application, assessment or interview process), please contact recruitment@dacbeachcroft.com in confidence with the vacancy reference in the subject line, and we’ll be happy to help.
