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Department: Legal and Compliance Services
Contract Type:Indefinite
Hours: Full-time (1.0 FTE)
Full time Salary Range: £59,390.00- £68,817.00 per annum
About the Role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Employment Lawyer to join the University's in-house Legal and Compliance team.
As a key member of our busy and supportive legal team, you will work closely with our Senior Legal Counsel (Employment) and a wide range of stakeholders across the University, particularly the People Team.
A central focus of the role will be managing a varied and often complex Employment Tribunal caseload. You will take responsibility for claims from initial instruction through to final hearing, including drafting pleadings, applications and witness statements, managing disclosure, and representing the University or instructing Counsel at Employment Tribunal hearings. Working collaboratively with colleagues across the institution, you will provide pragmatic, commercially focused legal advice while helping to ensure legal and regulatory compliance.
Supporting a single client offers a unique opportunity to build trusted relationships with colleagues across both Academic and Professional Services departments and gain a deep understanding of the University's culture, strategic priorities and approach to risk. This enables you to provide more impactful, strategic legal advice and contribute directly to effective decision-making, without the pressures of time recording, billing targets or business development.
You will join a friendly, collaborative and high-performing team that values mutual support and celebrates both personal and professional achievements. The University is committed to helping colleagues develop and thrive, offering a wide range of professional and personal development opportunities, including training programmes, workshops, mentoring and leadership initiatives.
We place a strong emphasis on work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements. The team currently operates a hybrid working model, with two in-office days per week (currently Tuesdays and Thursdays), with pro-rata arrangements available for part-time colleagues. Due to ongoing campus redevelopment works, attendance is currently required on Tuesdays only on an interim basis until approximately March 2027, with hot-desking facilities available on campus on other days. We recognise the value of flexibility, while also appreciating the benefits of in-person collaboration, and therefore the successful candidate will be expected to attend campus on additional days where required by the needs of the role or the University.
This is a fantastic opportunity to undertake high-quality employment law work in a respected Russell Group university while enjoying the benefits of an in-house role and a supportive working environment.
We will consider applications for employment on a part-time or other flexible working basis (e.g. job share), despite the position being advertised as full-time.
This is an excellent opportunity for a confident and proactive employment law specialist with strong Employment Tribunal litigation experience who is looking to develop their career in a dynamic and intellectually stimulating environment.
You will be an experienced employment law professional with substantial expertise in employment law and a proven track record of delivering high-quality legal advice within a complex organisational environment. You will have significant experience of managing a varied and often complex Employment Tribunal caseload, taking matters from initial instruction through to final hearing.
Combining strong technical legal knowledge with sound commercial judgement, you will be able to provide pragmatic, solutions-focused advice that appropriately balances legal risk with organisational objectives. You will be confident working independently while also building effective relationships with colleagues and stakeholders across the University.
Significant experience of conducting Employment Tribunal litigation, including complex and high-value claims, is essential. Experience of advising on industrial relations matters, including trade union engagement and collective employment issues, would be advantageous.
Strong communication, drafting and stakeholder management skills are key, together with the ability to manage competing priorities and deliver practical legal solutions that support the University's strategic objectives.
About the Department
Formed in 2018, Legal and Compliance Services has grown to become one of the largest in-house legal teams in the sector.
Our friendly team provides vital support to clients across the University. Working across a broad range of specialisms, from employment and civil litigation to data protection and contracts, we work to support the University as it delivers the excellent teaching and research outcomes for which it is renowned.
We will provide you with a great range of benefits, which include an attractive pension scheme, a generous holiday allowance plus Christmas closure, excellent learning and development opportunities, and savings on a wide range of products and services. We offer a generous maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave policy, and onsite childcare facilities.
Warwick is committedto building an organisation ofmutual respectanddignity, promoting awelcoming, diverse, and inclusive workingand learning environment. We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to berecognised, respected, and valued. Where possible, we go beyond legislation to provide a place where everyone can thrive, supporting all staff to achieve their full potential. We aspire to remove economic, social, and cultural barriers that may otherwise prevent them from succeeding.
We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all communities regardless of culture, background, age, disability, sex/gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion/belief, or sexual or romantic orientation. To find out more about our social inclusion work at Warwick visit our webpages here .
The University currently holds aRace Equality Charter Bronze Award,Athena Swan Sliver Awardand aDisability Smart Bronze Award.Further information on all of the University's Awards and Accreditations can be found here . The University of Warwick is also one of the six founder institutions of the EUTOPIA European University Alliance .
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