Senior Employment Counsel
Core
Senior legal business partner providing commercially focused legal advice on employment, labour relations, workforce change, employee relations, investigations, and people-related risk across the Group.
Role type
Senior in-house employment counsel (legal business partner)
Builds
Strategic legal support for HR, business leadership, and Risk teams to manage workforce in a fair, compliant, and commercially effective way.
Domain
Financial services / Insurance / Employment Law
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Employment law expertise, stakeholder management, legal judgement, discretion, cross-border employment advice, litigation risk management, policy development, external counsel management, commercial pragmatism
Preferred skills
Insurance/financial services regulation knowledge, senior manager accountability experience, large-scale transformation support, legal process improvement
Technologies
AI tools, templates, playbooks, triage processes
Responsibilities
Advise on employee relations, disciplinary/grievance issues, performance management, whistleblowing, discrimination, harassment, and settlement agreements; Lead legal support for restructurings, redundancies, and cross-border workforce initiatives; Manage employment disputes and litigation; Develop employment policies and monitor regulatory developments; Mentor junior legal colleagues
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC