At a Glance
- Tasks: Provide strategic legal advice on employment matters across multiple regions.
- Company: Join Wood, a global leader in engineering and advisory solutions.
- Benefits: Enjoy flexible working, competitive salary, and generous leave.
- Other info: Opportunities for professional development and global networking.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in a diverse and inclusive environment.
- Qualifications: Significant experience in employment law and strong judgement skills.
The predicted salary is between 63000 - 77000 £ per year.
Wood has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Employment Lawyer to join our award-winning Legal team as a Senior Legal Counsel on a permanent basis. This role offers hybrid working from our Aberdeen or Reading offices.
This is a truly international role supporting Wood's operations across the UK & Europe, the Middle East, Africa, CIS and APAC regions. Working as the lead employment lawyer for the Eastern Hemisphere, you will provide strategic, commercially focused and pragmatic legal advice across a broad spectrum of contentious and non-contentious employment matters on a multi-jurisdictional basis.
The role requires significant experience, autonomy and professional judgement, advising business and HR stakeholders on complex employment issues, managing employment disputes and litigation, supporting restructurings and business change programmes, overseeing external counsel, and ensuring the effective management of employment-related legal risk.
In addition, you will play a role in the development and delivery of employment-related policies, training and guidance, while undertaking horizon scanning and monitoring legislative developments to help ensure ongoing compliance across Wood's diverse jurisdictions.
What we can offer:
- Meaningful and interesting projects; we support green hydrogen and fuel switching, as well as supporting local clients with energy transition.
- Flexible working arrangements that balance client, team and individual needs offering hybrid working arrangements.
- Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion; we are an organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business with employee networks committed to giving all employees a voice.
- Competitive salary with regular salary reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market.
- Flexible benefits package; inclusive of 33 days annual leave (including public holidays), generous contributory pension scheme, private medical cover, 4x base salary life insurance; all of these and more that can be adapted to suit your own lifestyle.
- Commitment to continued professional development; development plans that are tailored to your individual needs and interests.
- Global connections; join experts around the world who are at the leading edge of our industry, shaping the standards of our profession.
Senior Legal Counsel employer: Wood
Wood is an exceptional employer that fosters a collaborative and innovative work culture, offering flexible hybrid working options in vibrant locations like London, Bristol, or Reading. Employees benefit from continuous professional development opportunities, a commitment to sustainability, and the chance to work on impactful projects addressing critical environmental issues, making it a rewarding place for those passionate about economics and environmental policy.
