Employment Litigation Lawyer UK Wide Inc Travel £50,000 to £60,000 depending on experience

We have an exciting opportunity for a permanent, full-time Employment Litigation Lawyer to join the G4S UK&I Legal team. The role will be 40 hours per week, working Monday to Friday. The role will be primarily home-based, with occasional travel to UK offices.

In return, we offer a competitive salary of £50,000 to £60,000 depending on experience, 5 weeks annual leave plus bank holidays, a flexible holiday scheme, contribution company pension and Life Assurance Scheme, a company car or car allowance, recognition awards, training programmes and study support, employee discount scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, and a matched fundraising programme.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Conducting Employment Tribunal Litigation through process.
• Drafting documents – pleadings, statements, Bundles.
• Advocacy and attending trials and hearing to conclusion.
• Engagement with external advisers (Counsel/Solicitors where instructed).
• Additional HR support to HRBPs/HRAs.
• Additional shadowing work for Senior (HR) Counsel – DP and internal investigatory.
• General in-house legal work/overflow support (as required/requested).
• Preparation of newsletters, training materials, and lessons-learnt documents (and delivery).

Key Competencies

• Experienced HR litigator and advocate.
• Self-starter.
• Provide legal advice to HR teams.
• Deal with and represent any Employment Tribunal, (employment-related) litigation claims and Early Conciliation matters against business areas to ensure the best interests of the business areas (and G4S generally) are met.
• Provide advice and support to the HR teams within the business streams to establish and minimise risk.
• Provide support and advice on TUPE (to Commercial Lawyers/businesses/and HR teams), assist with support in respect of pensions and other collective issues to identify and minimise the risk to the Company.
• Prepare and disseminate updates to ensure best practise, consistency of approach and compliance with legislation (including pre-emptive planning).
• Develop and deliver training programmes as required and appropriate on a range of employee-related subjects to ensure that Managers and HR Teams adopt best practise, consistency of approach and compliance with legislation.
• Act as the brief for any relevant authorised external legal assistance in respect of both employment and employee-related matters to ensure that only suitably qualified or approved lawyers are instructed.
• Provide support and advice in respect of HR-related regulatory and compliance matters (such as data protection, and working time).
• Provide general legal support as required.

Essential Skills and Knowledge

• Experienced litigator and advocate within Employment Law jurisdictions (3 + years of experience).
• (Specialised) Knowledge of employment and employment-related legislation.
• Commercial awareness and understanding of commercial pressures affecting the business.
• Good communication skills including being able to explain complex issues in a clear, concise way to non-legal professionals.
• Qualified solicitor in England and Wales (or equivalent/appropriate qualification to deliver above).
• Credibility to deal with G4S at levels (including senior) and manage relationships with different stakeholders.

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