Overview
We are looking for an experienced Employment Lawyer to join our dynamic Legal Team. You will play a crucial role in providing expert legal advice and support on employment-related matters across the organisation. Your insights will help us navigate complex legal landscapes and ensure compliance with employment laws and regulations.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide early legal advice when a dispute may lead to a tribunal claim, helping to navigate the process and potentially avoid litigation.
- Identify and manage legal risk, including identifying patterns or trends in claims that may indicate systemic issues within the business and providing training to mitigate such risks in the future.
- Provide independent, impartial legal advice on all aspects of employment law to internal stakeholders, including contracts, disciplinary and grievance matters, discrimination, whistleblowing, TUPE (Transfer of Undertakings) and regulatory compliance.
- Manage disputes effectively, to help minimise the financial costs, operational disruption, and reputational harm associated with employment claims, working closely with external counsel when necessary.
- Conduct legal research and keep the firm updated on changes in employment and other relevant law, including conducting training and drafting guidance.
- Support HR in handling employee relations matters, including disciplinary and grievance procedures.
- Special projects as determined by the Head of Legal (General Counsel) or Head of QRM Team.
Qualifications and Experience
- Qualified solicitor with significant experience in employment law.
- In-depth knowledge of UK employment legislation and case law.
- Proven track record in managing employment disputes and litigation.
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Business thinking: Connect the Firm\'s strategic framework with meaningful measures of success for the Legal Team for the commercial benefit of the Firm as a whole. Demonstrate high-level project management skills to deliver the Firm\'s initiatives, ensuring our operations stay resilient and evolve in line with legal or regulatory developments.
- Communicating: High-level interpersonal skills and the ability to articulate complex issues clearly and credibly to a range of audiences.
- Collaborating: A team player and relationship builder who enjoys supporting colleagues and has the ability to build relationships across the firm and to build rapport, gaining the trust of partners and colleagues.
- Decision making: Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with the ability to identify and drive the use of best practice in legal strategy and tools to deliver improvement and development in the Firm\'s practices.
- Developing self and others: An awareness of and an interest in deepening your own legal knowledge, together with enthusiasm for sharing your knowledge and experience with others. A positive attitude with a strong work ethic and excellent attention to detail.
- Innovating and change: The ability to think creatively and connect ideas and insight from other businesses and industries to improve the Firm\'s quality and manage risk.
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