Employment Lawyer (6 Month FTC)

Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK supermarket chain is hiring a Group Employment Lawyer for their London office. This hybrid role requires expertise in Employment Law, managing litigation, and supporting stakeholders across various sectors. The ideal candidate will have a strong legal background, excellent communication skills, and the ability to navigate complex employment matters. Benefits include a competitive salary, flexible working, and substantial discounts.

Benefits

Colleague discount

Performance-related bonus

Annual holiday allowance

Flexible working options

Pension scheme

Qualifications

• Strong background in Employment Law, gained in private practice or in-house.
• Ability to navigate TUPE, trade unions, and collective consultation.
• Experience managing employment litigation and advising on risk.

Responsibilities

• Deliver pragmatic legal guidance across the business.
• Manage employment litigation and support transformation projects.
• Provide legal insight on policy and industrial relations.

Skills

Employment Law expertise

Excellent communication skills

Relationship-building

Strategic mindset

Commercial awareness

Education

Qualified legal professional

Job description

London Store Support Centre and Home, Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd 33 Charterhouse Street, London Greater London, EC1M 6HA

Corporate Services is made up of specialist teams, namely Legal, Occupational Health, Safety & Insurance, and Company Secretary & Share Management.

 

Hybrid role – London (on average 2 days per month) and home 

Fixed Term Contract – minimum 6 months 

 

Why Join Us

At Sainsbury’s, joining as a Group Employment Lawyer means becoming a key player in a dynamic and collaborative in-house legal team. You’ll support a wide range of stakeholders across retail, logistics, and Sainsbury’s Bank, offering strategic legal advice on complex employment matters and transformation projects. This is a unique opportunity to influence commercial decisions, drive meaningful change, and grow your expertise in a supportive, forward-thinking environment.

 

What You’ll Do

In this role, you’ll act as a trusted advisor, delivering pragmatic and solution-focused legal guidance across the business. You’ll manage employment litigation, advise on risk and strategy, and support major transformation initiatives and commercial agreements. Working closely with our People teams, you’ll provide legal insight on policy, transactional, and industrial relations matters. You’ll also navigate complex challenges involving TUPE, trade unions, and collective consultation, while staying ahead of employment law developments and delivering training to enhance organisational knowledge and compliance.

 

Who You Are

You are a qualified legal professional with a strong background in Employment Law, gained either in private practice or in-house. You bring a strategic mindset, commercial awareness, and a deep understanding of TUPE, trade unions, and collective consultation. Your excellent communication and relationship-building skills enable you to work effectively with stakeholders across the business. With a collaborative spirit and a drive to make a difference, you’ll thrive in a high-performing team and help shape the future of employment law at Sainsbury’s.

#LI-UH1

We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer, so you’ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there’s always the chance to try something new - whether that’s as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we’ll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them:
 
 Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to get 10% off at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat after 4 weeks. This increases to 15% off at Sainsbury’s every Friday and Saturday and 15% off at Argos every pay day. We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 20% of salary, depending on how we perform.  
 
 Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance, and you can buy additional holiday. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, interest free car loan of up to £10k, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, pay advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. And if you ever need it there is also an Employee Assistance Programme, you will also be eligible for private healthcare too.

Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave. 
 
 Please see www.sainsburys.jobs for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).

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Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: London Store Support Centre and Home, London, EC1M 6HA
Contract type: Fixed-Term Assignment
Business area: Corporate Services
Closing date: 11 August 2025
Requisition ID: 400003682

Corporate Services is made up of specialist teams, namely Legal, Occupational Health, Safety & Insurance, and Company Secretary & Share Management.

Hybrid role – London (on average 2 days per month) and home

Why Join Us

At Sainsbury’s, joining as a Group Employment Lawyer means becoming a key player in a dynamic and collaborative in-house legal team. You’ll support a wide range of stakeholders across retail, logistics, and Sainsbury’s Bank, offering strategic legal advice on complex employment matters and transformation projects. This is a unique opportunity to influence commercial decisions, drive meaningful change, and grow your expertise in a supportive, forward-thinking environment.

What You’ll Do

In this role, you’ll act as a trusted advisor, delivering pragmatic and solution-focused legal guidance across the business. You’ll manage employment litigation, advise on risk and strategy, and support major transformation initiatives and commercial agreements. Working closely with our People teams, you’ll provide legal insight on policy, transactional, and industrial relations matters. You’ll also navigate complex challenges involving TUPE, trade unions, and collective consultation, while staying ahead of employment law developments and delivering training to enhance organisational knowledge and compliance.

Who You Are

You are a qualified legal professional with a strong background in Employment Law, gained either in private practice or in-house. You bring a strategic mindset, commercial awareness, and a deep understanding of TUPE, trade unions, and collective consultation. Your excellent communication and relationship-building skills enable you to work effectively with stakeholders across the business. With a collaborative spirit and a drive to make a difference, you’ll thrive in a high-performing team and help shape the future of employment law at Sainsbury’s.

#LI-UH1

We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer, so you’ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there’s always the chance to try something new - whether that’s as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we’ll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them:

Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to get 10% off at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat after 4 weeks. This increases to 15% off at Sainsbury’s every Friday and Saturday and 15% off at Argos every pay day. We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 20% of salary, depending on how we perform.

Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance, and you can buy additional holiday. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, interest free car loan of up to £10k, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, pay advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. And if you ever need it there is also an Employee Assistance Programme, you will also be eligible for private healthcare too.

Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave.

Please see www.sainsburys.jobs for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).