The role covers both contentious and non-contentious issues, from day-to-day advisory work to complex tribunal litigation. You’ll support organisational change, contribute to strategic decision-making, and help ensure legal compliance across a diverse and evolving environment.

What You’ll Do

• Provide expert legal advice across a broad range of employment matters, including disciplinaries, grievances, redundancies, TUPE, and trade union issues.
• Manage Employment Tribunal claims from inception through to final hearing, including drafting documentation, preparing witness statements, and handling advocacy or external counsel.
• Draft, review, and update employment documentation such as contracts, policies, procedures, and settlement agreements.
• Deliver training and guidance on employment law to HR/People teams and colleagues across the organisation.
• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external advisors, providing clear, risk-based and commercially focused recommendations.
• Support effective management of external legal spend while keeping up to date with legal developments and maintaining CPD.

Who We’re Looking For

You’ll be a qualified Solicitor (or equivalent) with strong experience across both contentious and non-contentious employment law.

Key strengths include:

• Proven ability to manage Employment Tribunal cases, including advocacy at preliminary hearings
• Strong drafting skills across a range of employment documentation
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to translate complex legal issues into practical advice
• Commercial awareness, sound judgement, and a pragmatic approach to problem-solving
• Ability to manage competing priorities and work both independently and collaboratively

Experience in a large, complex or unionised environment, or within higher education, would be advantageous.