Employment Law Specialist

Together; Heald Green; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days holiday + birthday day off

Discretionary annual bonus

Life assurance & Critical illness

Travel season ticket loans

Gym access nearby

Bar/restaurant discounts

Job summary

Together is seeking an Employment Law Specialist to join the People team in Cheadle. You will work closely with HR and senior leaders to manage employment-related legal matters, balancing risk with commercial objectives and supporting a positive workplace culture.

This role combines strategic advisory work with hands-on support for employee relations matters, disputes, restructures and policy development. You will help ensure compliance and lead training for stakeholders across the business.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of UK employment legislation and tribunal procedures.
• Experience advising senior stakeholders on complex employee relations matters.
• Excellent drafting, negotiation and communication skills.
• Ability to deliver clear, pragmatic and commercially focused advice.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert employment law advice across a broad range of matters including employee relations, performance and absence management, disciplinary and grievance issues, redundancies and restructures.
• Manage employment disputes and tribunal claims, working with external counsel where required.
• Ensure compliance with employment legislation and regulatory requirements by monitoring legal developments.
• Support strategic business initiatives including organisational change and workforce planning.
• Deliver practical employment law training and build relationships with stakeholders.

Skills

Employment law knowledge

Stakeholder management

Drafting & negotiation

Regulatory compliance

Communication skills

Experience in financial services

Job description

• Working Hours: Standard (09:00am-17:30pm)
• Department: People
• Office or Field Based: Office Based (Cheadle, SK8 3GW)
• Contract type: Permanent

Company Description

Benefits of working at Together

• 26 days holiday, and a day off for your birthday (increasing with service to 30 days), plus bank holidays
• Free access to company holiday homes
• Buy & sell holidays
• Discretionary annual bonus plus an additional Shared Reward Bonus
• Life assurance and Critical illness cover
• Travel season ticket loans and Ride to work scheme
• Free local gym access
• Local bar / restaurant discounts

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Company Description

We’re Together. For over 50 years, we’ve helped thousands of people, businesses and professionals unlock their property ambitions with our common-sense approach to mortgages and secured loans.

We take the time to understand our customers and our door is always open, so we can often help when other lenders can’t or won’t. Based in Cheadle, Cheshire, our 950 colleagues help our customers throughout the UK, backed by the power of a £8 billion loan book.

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Job Description

As our Employment Law Specialist, we are looking for someone tojoin our People team to work closely with HR, People Leaders and senior stakeholders, supporting the business in managing employment-related legal matters, ensuring compliance with UK employment legislation and helping Together maintain a positive, inclusive and high-performing workplace culture. Youwill act as a trusted adviser, balancing legal risk with commercial objectives while supporting a dynamic and fast-paced business.

This role combines strategic employment law advisory work with hands-on support for complex employee relations matters, employment tribunals,organisationalchanges, policydevelopmentand leadership training.

As our Employment Law Specialist, we are looking for someone to:

• Provide expert, commercially focused employment law advice across a broad range of matters including employee relations, performance and absence management, disciplinary and grievance issues, redundancies, restructures, whistleblowing, EDI, flexible working, family leave, and senior-level appointments and exits
• Manage employment disputes and tribunal claims, working with external counsel where required, developing litigation strategies, and supporting legal documentation and witness preparation
• Ensure compliance with employment legislation and regulatory requirements by monitoring legal developments and advising on policy and procedural updates
• Support strategic business initiatives including organisational change, restructures, acquisitionsand workforce planning, partnering closely with HR and business leaders
• Deliver practical employment law training, build trusted relationships with stakeholders across the business, and promote proactive risk management and informed decision-making

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of UK employment legislation and tribunal procedures
• Experience advising senior stakeholders on complex employee relations matters
• Excellent drafting, negotiation and communication skills
• Ability to deliver clear, pragmatic and commercially focused advice
• Strong stakeholder-management and influencing skills
• Experience within financial services or a regulated environment
• Knowledge of data protection issues relating to employment matters
• Experience supporting organisational change and restructuring projects
• Exposure to reward, executive compensation and governance matters

Additional Information

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Together embraces diversity and inclusion, and are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Not only do we welcome difference – we celebrate it, support it and really value our colleagues for who they are. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills.

If you feel you'd benefit from any support or reasonable adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process, please don’t hesitate to let us know when completing your application. This information will be picked up by our team, so we can try and put steps in place to help you be at your best through this process.

Please note that all successful applicants will undergo relevant employment reference, financial and criminal record checks.

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