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 arrangements (tenders, outsourcings, reorganisations, redundancies)
Domain
Energy / Employment Law
Required skills
UK employment law expertise, stakeholder management, drafting, training/education, autonomous work, commercial advice
Preferred skills
Interest in AI tools, technology engagement
Technologies
AI tools
Responsibilities
Advise on complex grievances and disputes; manage external lawyers for Employment Tribunal cases; support HR teams on terms and conditions, pay transparency, and benefits; prepare for Employment Rights Act 2025 changes; lead non-contentious employment aspects of strategic business arrangements; advise on trade union issues and industrial action; engage with Tech colleagues on AI tool introduction.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with deputy capability
