Employment Counsel

LHH; Slough; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Generous pension

Wellbeing programme

Professional development

Job summary

LHH is seeking an experienced Employment Counsel to join its in-house legal team in the United Kingdom. The role focuses on enabling a large, complex business through transformation, with pragmatic, commercially aware advice across employment and industrial relations.

The successful candidate will work closely with HR, senior leadership and operational stakeholders, handling both contentious and non-contentious matters and driving risk-aware employment practices.

Qualifications

• 4+ years' PQE in employment law.
• Experience advising senior stakeholders in a complex organisation.
• Experience in employee and industrial relations matters, ideally within a unionised environment.

Responsibilities

• Providing day-to-day employment law advice to HR teams, managers and senior leaders.
• Advising on both contentious and non-contentious employment matters.
• Supporting grievance, disciplinary, whistleblowing and employee relations issues.
• Advising on restructuring, outsourcing, insourcing and TUPE-related projects.
• Drafting and reviewing employment contracts, policies and restrictive covenants.
• Managing employment tribunal and court matters where required.
• Delivering legal training and guidance to business stakeholders.
• Contributing to wider legal risk management and compliance initiatives.

Skills

Employment law

Stakeholder management

In-house experience

Education

Qualified Solicitor or Barrister

Job description

An established and highly regarded UK organisation is seeking an experienced Employment Counsel to join its in-house legal team.

This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially minded employment lawyer to play a key role in supporting a large, complex business through a period of organisational change and transformation. You will work closely with HR, senior leadership and operational stakeholders, providing pragmatic and strategic legal advice across a broad range of employment and industrial relations matters.

The Role

You'll be responsible for:

• Providing day-to-day employment law advice to HR teams, managers and senior leaders.
• Advising on both contentious and non-contentious employment matters.
• Supporting grievance, disciplinary, whistleblowing and employee relations issues.
• Advising on restructuring, outsourcing, insourcing and TUPE-related projects.
• Drafting and reviewing employment contracts, policies and restrictive covenants.
• Managing employment tribunal and court matters where required.
• Delivering legal training and guidance to business stakeholders.
• Contributing to wider legal risk management and compliance initiatives.

About You

You will be a qualified Solicitor or Barrister in at least one UK jurisdiction with approximately 4+ years' PQE and strong employment law expertise.

We're particularly interested in candidates who can demonstrate:

• Strong technical employment law knowledge.
• Experience advising senior stakeholders in a complex organisation.
• A pragmatic, solutions-focused approach.
• Experience in employee and industrial relations matters, ideally within a unionised environment.
• The ability to balance legal risk with commercial objectives.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Previous in-house experience, either exclusively or combined with private practice.

What's on Offer?

• Salary of £75,000 - £95,000 depending on experience.
• Hybrid working arrangement.
• Generous pension contribution.
• Enhanced family-friendly benefits.
Professional development support.
• Private wellbeing and employee assistance programmes.
• Life assurance and additional lifestyle benefits.