In-House Employment Counsel – 12-Month FTC – London Office attendence 1-day per week.
We are working with a highly regarded international business that is looking to hire an experienced Employment Counsel on a 12-month fixed-term contract basis.
This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially minded employment lawyer to take on a broad in-house role, advising on a wide range of employment and people-related legal matters across a large, complex and fast-paced organisation.
The Role
The successful candidate will work as part of an established legal function, providing high-quality, pragmatic and commercially focused employment law advice to internal stakeholders across the business.
The role will cover the full range of contentious and non-contentious employment matters, including:
- Employment contracts and wider contractual arrangements
- TUPE
- Restructures, reorganisations and business change projects
- Employee relations issues, including grievances and disciplinaries
- Employment disputes, ACAS matters and Employment Tribunal claims
- Whistleblowing and sensitive internal investigations
- Internal HR policies, procedures and governance
- Compensation and benefits matters
- Equality, diversity and inclusion initiatives
- Restrictive covenants
- Terminations and settlement arrangements
- Employment law support on major internal projects and initiatives
The successful candidate will work closely with key stakeholders across the organisation, including HR, Risk, Legal and senior business stakeholders, and will be expected to proactively identify, manage and mitigate employment law-related risk.
Candidate Requirements
The ideal candidate will be a UK-qualified employment lawyer with strong post-qualification experience.
Candidates should be able to demonstrate:
- Strong experience advising on both advisory and contentious employment matters
- Tribunal experience
- Experience supporting restructures, business change and people-related projects
- A commercial, pragmatic and solutions-focused approach
- Excellent drafting, written and verbal communication skills
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build trust and credibility quickly
- The ability to work collaboratively across a large, matrixed organisation and advise stakeholders at all levels
- A proactive approach with excellent attention to detail
- The maturity, discretion and judgement required to handle sensitive and confidential matters
- Flexibility and the ability to get up to speed quickly in a complex environment
The Opportunity
This is a broad and high-quality 12-month maternity cover opportunity within a collaborative and well-established legal team. The successful candidate will advise on complex and sensitive employment matters, support major internal projects and work closely with senior stakeholders across the organisation.
The role is based in London with hybrid working (1-day per week). If you are available at short notice and interested, please apply or contact chloe.graham@ssq.com