eNL Legal Recruitment
Legal Counsel – Employment
Buckinghamshire (Hybrid – approx. 2 days per month in the office)
£47,000 – £56,500
We're recruiting on behalf of a large, well-established organisation for an experienced Employment Lawyer to join its in-house legal team.
This is an excellent opportunity for a qualified Solicitor (or equivalent) with 4+ years' PQE in employment law to work on a varied caseload covering both contentious and non-contentious matters, while partnering with stakeholders across a complex organisation.
The Role
You'll provide expert legal advice on a wide range of employment issues, including:
- Employment Tribunal claims from Early Conciliation through to final hearing.
- Disciplinary, grievance, discrimination, redundancy, TUPE and trade union matters.
- Drafting and reviewing contracts, policies, procedures, settlement agreements and other employment documentation.
- Delivering employment law training and building strong relationships with internal stakeholders.
- Managing external legal advisers and providing pragmatic, risk-based legal advice.
About You
You'll be a qualified Solicitor (or equivalent) with:
- At least 4 years' PQE in employment law.
- Strong Employment Tribunal experience.
- Excellent drafting and stakeholder management skills.
- The ability to communicate practical legal advice to non-legal audiences.
- A commercial, solutions-focused approach.
- Experience working in-house or advising large, complex or unionised organisations would be advantageous but is not essential.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a supportive in-house legal team offering high-quality work, flexible hybrid working and an excellent work-life balance. Interested? Apply today to find out more.
HOW TO APPLY:
Contact Pasquale Agatiello at eNL on or email with your CV, or simply call for a confidential discussion. eNL will never share your CV with a third party without your express permission. As part of our candidate care process, we aim to respond to all applications in 7 days. If you have not been contacted within this timescale, your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note our advertisements use PQE/salary levels purely as a guide.
At eNL we value diversity and inclusion. We want to attract people at all levels and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates whatever your ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristics protected by law in the jurisdictions in which we operate
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