Senior Legal Counsel - Employment Law - Part Time

We’re Together. For over 50 years, we’ve helped thousands of people, businesses and professionals unlock their property ambitions with our common-sense approach to mortgages and secured loans. We take the time to understand our customers and our door is always open, so we can often help when other lenders can’t or won’t. Based in Cheadle, Cheshire, our 950 colleagues help our customers throughout the UK, backed by the power of a £8 billion loan book.

As our Senior Legal Counsel for Employment Law, we are looking for someone to join our People team on a part-time basis for 3 days a week. Working closely with HR, People Leaders and senior stakeholders, you will support the business in managing employment-related legal matters, ensuring compliance with UK employment legislation and helping Together maintain a positive, inclusive and high-performing workplace culture. You will act as a trusted adviser, balancing legal risk with commercial objectives while supporting a dynamic and fast-paced business. This role combines strategic legal advisory work with hands-on support for complex employee relations matters, employment tribunals, organisational changes, policy development and leadership training.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert, commercially focused employment law advice across a broad range of matters including employee relations, performance and absence management, disciplinary and grievance issues, redundancies, restructures, whistleblowing, EDI, flexible working, family leave, and senior-level appointments and exits.
• Manage employment disputes and tribunal claims, working with external counsel where required, developing litigation strategies, and supporting legal documentation and witness preparation.
• Ensure compliance with employment legislation and regulatory requirements by monitoring legal developments and advising on policy and procedural updates.
• Support strategic business initiatives including organisational change, restructures, acquisitions and workforce planning, partnering closely with HR and business leaders.
• Deliver practical employment law training, build trusted relationships with stakeholders across the business, and promote proactive risk management and informed decision-making.

Qualifications

• Significant post-qualification experience in employment law gained in private practice and/or an in-house environment.
• Strong knowledge of UK employment legislation and tribunal procedures.
• Experience advising senior stakeholders on complex employee relations matters.
• Excellent drafting, negotiation and communication skills.
• Ability to deliver clear, pragmatic and commercially focused advice.
• Strong stakeholder-management and influencing skills.
• Experience within financial services or a regulated environment.
• Knowledge of data protection issues relating to employment matters.
• Experience supporting organisational change and restructuring projects.
• Exposure to reward, executive compensation and governance matters.

Together embraces diversity and inclusion, and are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Not only do we welcome difference – we celebrate it, support it and really value our colleagues for who they are. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills. If you feel you'd benefit from any support or reasonable adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process, please don’t hesitate to let us know when completing your application. This information will be picked up by our team, so we can try and put steps in place to help you be at your best through this process. Please note that all successful applicants will undergo relevant employment reference, financial and criminal record checks.