Employment Lawyer

Capital One; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services company is seeking an Employment Lawyer for its Nottingham office. This role offers a hybrid work model, requiring three days in the office and two days remote. Key responsibilities include providing legal advice on employment law, managing employee relations, and supporting HR initiatives. The ideal candidate will have significant legal experience, excellent communication skills, and a strong ability to work autonomously while building relationships with various stakeholders. Apply to contribute to a progressive workplace focused on compliance and employee support.

Qualifications

• Significant experience as a qualified lawyer.
• Ability to work autonomously with a high level of subject-matter expertise.
• Exceptional judgment and confidence in decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal advice on compliance with employment law.
• Advise on employee relations issues and investigations.
• Draft and review employment contracts and policies.

Skills

Legal expertise in employment law

Excellent communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Strategic thinking

Autonomy

Job description

Employment Lawyer – Nottingham, United Kingdom

Permanent position based in our Nottingham office. Hybrid working model: three days in office (Tuesday–Thursday) and two days working from home (Monday and Friday); flexible arrangements where possible.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal advice on all aspects of Capital One's compliance with employment law.
• Identify changes to laws impacting the HR function, partner with stakeholders to understand impacts, and implement new requirements.
• Advise and support through all stages of employee relations issues and investigations.
• Draft, review and advise on employment contracts, policies and procedures.
• Serve as a beacon for employment law knowledge and expertise, preparing and delivering training across the organisation and supporting the UK Leadership Team to navigate employment‑law risk.
• Support the business to manage employee disputes, including employment tribunal claims.
• Develop a strong relationship with HR to understand and provide strategic support across its objectives and priorities.
• Partner with HR risk and compliance stakeholders to identify, navigate and report on HR‑related risks to senior management and the COEP Board.
• Advise on data protection issues impacting HR, including the processing of employee data and handling Data Subject Access Requests.
• Work alongside colleagues across UK Legal to ensure employment‑law advice is provided in the context of a financial services business, understanding FCA rules and the approach across culture, people management and diversity and inclusion agendas.
• Work alongside external counsel where necessary.
• Build a network—internally through relationships with the broader Capital One Enterprise and externally with external counsel and other in‑house teams.
• Partner with organisations such as Women in Finance, Race At Work Charters, Stonewall and upReach.
• Contribute to and participate in internal networks and support groups: REACH, OutFront, Mind Your Mind, Women in Tech, EmpowHER.

Qualifications

• Significant experience as a qualified lawyer.
• A high level of subject‑matter expertise and an ability to work autonomously.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, supporting others to make well‑informed decisions quickly.
• Exceptional judgment, with confidence in decisions and knowing when to raise matters.
• Proven ability to build strong relationships and integrate with HR and senior leadership teams, to understand and support their priorities.
• Proven ability to think strategically, understanding the practical and long‑term implications of legal advice and risk.
• Highly organised and motivated to ensure a high quality of output from a cross‑functional team, with a willingness to adapt and evolve style to meet stakeholder needs and internal policies.
• Willingness to learn and contribute to HR, Legal and COEP business strategies.