Senior Legal Counsel (Employment) 12 month FTC in Birmingham

Equiniti is a leading international provider of shareholder, pension, remediation, and credit technology. With over 6000 employees, it supports 37 million people in 120 countries. EQ is a fintech that connects the future of capital, communications, and governance, building trust and confidence in every market we serve. We are TRUSTED to deliver on our commitments, COMMERCIAL in building long term value, COLLABORATIVE in our approach and we IMPROVE by continually enhancing our skills and services. There has never been a better time to join EQ.

We are looking for a dedicated legal professional specialising in employment law with a proven track record and substantial experience and training either in-house or at a high quality national or international law firm. We would expect a deep familiarity with general legal principles and procedures of UK law and you will have an interest in working in different jurisdictions, collaborating with colleagues across the legal team and engaging external Counsel where required and appropriate.

Alongside the above, we are looking for an individual who desires a broad ranging role that offers multi discipline work and who can manage competing workload demands, working autonomously within our strong, supportive and adaptable legal team.

As a Senior Legal Counsel in EQ’s Group Legal team, you will have a diverse and challenging role where you will gain lots of experience and have exposure across the Global EQ business and up to our executive team. You will take the lead on our Employment Tribunal case load and support our People Team with complex Employee Relation matters. You will also provide strategic advice on project work which can include restructuring, TUPE and corporate transactions. An understanding of the FCA/PRA rules would also be beneficial. Although predominantly UK focussed, you will be required to support our colleagues across the globe, unifying the approach across jurisdictions.

This role will report into our Assistant General Counsel (Employment). This is a remote role but travel between EQ locations and UK Employment Tribunals will be required subject to business demands.

The objectives and purpose of EQ Group Legal team are as follows:

• To provide trusted, independent legal advice and strategy relevant to EQ’s business.
• To uphold and champion EQ’s governance.
• To champion and embed ‘best-in-class’ commercial processes, systems and capabilities that are essential to winning new business, balancing clients’ requirements with EQ’s commercial objectives.
• To manage exposure to risk through taking a pragmatic and commercial approach to all litigation, employment-related or otherwise.
• To manage exposure to litigation though optimal drafting, forward-thinking strategy, and supporting the People Team with complex Employee Relations at a formative stage.
• To maintain a central record and document storage facility for all material legal matters affecting the Group.

What We Offer (UK ONLY)

• Save For Your Future - Equiniti Pension Plan; Equiniti matches your pension contributions up to 10%
• All Employee Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) – Gives all EQ Colleagues the opportunity to benefit if the current owners successfully sell the company for a profit.
• Health and Wellbeing – Employee Assistance Programme: counselling, legal & wellbeing support for colleagues and their households. Life assurance cover at 4x salary with the ability to purchase enhance cover.
• Employee discounts – Discounts and cashback at your favourite high street stores through our EQ Wins Platform.
• Flexible Benefits – The ability to purchase a wide variety of benefits through our flex plan; gadgets, travel insurance, will writing, holiday trading and more.
• Time Off – Typically 28 days holiday + bank holidays. 2 volunteer days to get involved with a charity of your choosing.
• Winning together – Equiniti ICON award vouchers; recognising the individuals going above and beyond to help the business succeed.
• Learning & Development – Investment in LinkedIn Learning for all colleagues.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Please note any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory pre-employment screening checks. These consist of 5 year activity & GAP verification, DBS or Access NI, Credit, Sanctions & CIFAS checks.

Our people and platforms connect businesses with markets, engage customers with their investments and allow organisations to grow and transform. Our vision is to help businesses and individuals succeed, creating positive experiences for the millions of people who rely on us for a sustainable future. We provide share registration, deliver services for reward and benefits and develop solutions for customer management in regulated industries. Our work with some of the most significant organisations in the UK and US means we engage with 29 million of their shareholders, pensioners and employees.