Senior Legal Counsel, Employment
Core
Senior Employment Legal Counsel providing commercially focused, risk-based specialist employment advice to all UK and Ireland business units and group functions across the Centrica group.
Role type
Senior IC employment lawyer
Builds
Employment law advice, HR policy support, and strategic business arrangement legal support for UK/Ireland operations
Domain
Energy / Employment Law
Required skills
UK employment law expertise, solicitor qualification, stakeholder management, strategic business arrangement advice, trade union relations, drafting, training delivery
Preferred skills
Technology/AI interest, autonomous working, complex grievance/dispute handling
Technologies
AI tools for legal support
Responsibilities
Advise on employment law application to day-to-day matters including complex grievances and disputes; Liaise with external lawyers for Employment Tribunal cases; Work with Reward and People Operations on terms and conditions, HR policies, and pay issues; Support preparation for Employment Rights Act 2025 changes; Provide advice on non-contentious employment aspects of strategic business arrangements including tenders, outsourcings, and redundancies; Advise on trade union related issues including industrial action and collective bargaining; Engage with Tech colleagues on AI tool introduction; Build relationships with key stakeholders in People and wider business.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with deputy capability
