Senior Qualified Solicitor - Employment Law

Royal Mail Group; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization as a Senior Legal Advisor and play a crucial role in providing employment law counsel to senior stakeholders. You will lead on various employment-related projects, manage legal risks, and drive continuous improvement initiatives. Your expertise will be vital in shaping strategies that align with the organization's goals. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment, where your contributions will be valued and recognized. If you are passionate about employment law and want to be part of a diverse and inclusive team, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

Private Healthcare

Annual Bonus Potential

Company Pension Scheme

Generous Annual Leave

Cash Equivalent Car Allowance

Qualifications

• 5+ years of post-qualification experience in employment law.
• Expert knowledge in employment and industrial relations law.

Responsibilities

• Lead on employment-related projects and provide strategic legal advice.
• Monitor legal trends and advise on evolving risks and opportunities.

Skills

Employment Law

Communication Skills

Analytical Skills

Risk Management

Team Management

Education

Legally Qualified Solicitor

Job description

Senior Qualified Solicitor – Employment Law
Competitive salary plus £5,000 cash equivalent car allowance, private healthcare, 18% annual bonus potential, 27.5 days annual leave plus bank holidays, company pension scheme with highly competitive contribution rates.
Fixed Term, Full time
Location: You will be based out of our Royal Mail, 185 Farringdon Road, London, EC1A 1AA office OR Royal Mail Sheffield, S98 6HR office dependant on your geographical location 3 days each week. Flexibility to travel between London and Sheffield is required in line with business needs.

Join Royal Mail Group as a Senior Legal Advisor on a 12 Month Fixed Term Contract and play a pivotal role in offering crucial legal counsel on employment, incentives, pensions, and industrial law matters to senior stakeholders. Your responsibilities will involve providing commercially focused employment law advice, identifying, and managing legal risks, and devising strategies to mitigate these risks effectively.

As a senior qualified solicitor with expertise in employment law, your role will demand strong communication skills, rigorous analysis of complex issues, and a proactive attitude towards change and transformation. Your contributions will be instrumental in shaping the future of Royal Mail Group.

About the role

• Lead on advice for employment related projects including executive hires, issues and exits; key business projects (including investigations, restructures, TUPE transfers); industrial relations disputes and other complex litigation.
• Provide day to day HR Advice, including industrial relations law in partnership with the IR team and build strong relationships with the senior manager community to be a strategic legal business partner for employment law issues.
• Support the AGC in driving forward Continuous Improvement, efficiencies, MI, best practice, and tech improvements. Implement increasingly “on demand” and “self-serve” options for colleagues in the business and develop and lead business training.
• Closely monitor legal trends, regulation and industry developments and proactively advise on and design solutions to evolving risks, opportunities, and best practice.
• Support and assist AGC and deputise where necessary by attending and advising and/or presenting appropriate high level legal advice to key executives, relevant steering committees, and business management teams.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with panel law firms, driving forward best value and continuous improvements.

About You

Essential Qualifications and Experience:

• Legally Qualified Solicitor with circa 5 years + post-qualification experience in employment law ideally within a business either working permanently or on secondment within a large complex organisation or FTSE listed company.
• Expert knowledge and experience of employment and industrial relations law (ideally in-house/on secondment).
• Keeps up to date with relevant legal and industry developments.
• Experience of rigorous analysis of complex issues and proven delivery of pragmatic solutions to problems.
• Ability to manage internal and external teams to ensure delivery of appropriate quality advice to budget.

Next Steps

Closing Date: Thursday 30th January 2025. Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.

The next stage of the selection process will be a virtual interview consisting of competency based and role specific questions.

Trust forms the foundation of everything we do in Royal Mail. We want to be transparent about what kind of qualities we are looking for and build trust from the very beginning of your journey with us. The first step is your interview, and we mean ‘your’ interview. We want to give you the opportunity to shine. To enable you to do this, we will provide you with your interview questions ahead of the interview taking place. This will allow you time to prepare, and ensure you have your best examples in mind. Royal Mail Group values both trust, and our people.

We don’t expect every candidate to meet the full criteria for the role. If your experience looks a little different from the job requirements, but you feel you have the relevant skills to bring value to the role, we’d love to learn more about you.

Royal Mail are proud of our diverse employee network groups and the active role they play to support belonging and encourage a positive work environment. We are firmly committed to inclusion and passionate about our people representing the communities we serve.

We are happy to support your need for any adjustments during the application and hiring process. Please share the details within your application if required.

We are Forces family friendly and a Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant. We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.