Employment Lawyer (24 Month FTC) – HR Legal, Legal & Secretariat Function
Apply locations: Edinburgh, Halifax, Trinity Road, Leeds
Time type: Full time
Posted on: Posted 8 Days Ago
End Date: January 16, 2025 (4 days left to apply)
Job Requisition ID: 113935
Salary Range: £84,186 - £93,540
Flexible Working Options: Hybrid Working, Job Share, Reduced Hours
About this opportunity
Join a team whose purpose is to deliver strategic employment law advice, partnering creatively and commercially, connecting and collaborating with our customers.
Be part of a team that is purpose-driven, customer-focused, agile, and accountable for providing legal advice across the business on a broad range of employment issues.
Join the HR Legal team within Group Legal to support the People & Places Function and our wider LBG businesses.
Here's how you'll make the difference in this exciting role:
* Proactively identify and manage key employment legal risks and their implications for LBG, providing pragmatic, solution-focused advice.
* Rapidly switch between different issues and priorities.
* Handle your own workload and work across teams.
* Support senior lawyers and the Head of HR Legal to ensure appropriate cover according to team and business needs.
* Share knowledge across the team and continually develop your skills.
* Provide training to the People team on relevant legal topics.
More broadly, you’ll:
* Support strategic activities of the Legal & Secretariat Function aligning with LBG's purpose, strategy, and culture.
* Demonstrate our values and behaviours to support our culture.
* Build and maintain a strong internal network and key customer and colleague connections.
What you'll need:
* Legally qualified with 6+ years' PQE and skills in a broad range of contentious and non-contentious employment law matters, ideally in an established in-house legal team or leading private practice firm.
* Employment Tribunal case management experience.
* Strong commercial awareness and ability to build deep customer relationships.
* Growth mindset, curious to learn and develop skills for the future.
* Desire to develop your internal personal profile and network.
About working for us:
Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity, or culture.
Benefits:
* A generous pension contribution of up to 15%.
* An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance.
* Share schemes including free shares.
* Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping.
* 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top.
* A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies.
Want to do amazing work that makes a difference? Join our journey!
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