Associate Legal Counsel

2 weeks ago

Northampton Northamptonshire, United Kingdom Bright Horizons Full time

Legal Counsel

Salary: £neg DOE

Hours: 37.5 per week / Monday-Friday

Job Type: Permanent, Fulltime

Location: Hybrid – with weekly travel to our HO in Northampton

"Qualifications need to be in the law of England and Wales"

The Role

The work within the Legal department is highly varied and covers all legal issues arising from operating a business in the early years, wellbeing, and work/life sectors. We work in partnership with many departments covering a variety of legal areas such. This Associate Legal Counsel - Employment and Regulatory role will primarily work with the HR, Health, and Safety, Safeguarding, Operational and Work and Family Teams to provide advice on how relevant law applies to specific scenarios; risk mitigation; legal dispute resolution; and horizon scanning. Much of the legal work is at the cutting edge of business practice as Bright Horizons continues to grow and find innovative ways to help support its internal and external stakeholders.

What we can offer you

Our benefits include, but are not limited to;

  • Flexible working and holiday entitlements
  • Discounted childcare
  • Quarterly Employee Appreciation Weeks
  • Annual gala award evening
  • Fantastic range of discounts on high street retailers, grocery stores, cinema tickets, holidays and more
  • Wide range of wellbeing resources, supporting our teams for the ups and downs of daily life

Why Bright Horizons?

We’ve been voted Great Place to Work for the last 17 consecutive years, as well as being awarded the newly created Great Place for Wellbeing and Great Place for Women 2023.

Our support functions enable our nurseries to deliver the best possible care and education to over 10,000 children across the UK. Through this support, our nurseries can deliver excellence – with 98% of our 300+ portfolio being rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted.

We’re on a mission to change the future for children, families, and the people we work with, and are committed to progressive working values like flexibility, work-life balance, and wellbeing.

What You Will Be Doing:

  • Reviewing and advising on all aspects of Employment Law, including but not limited to advising HR Team on employee relations matters; redundancies; changing terms and conditions of employment; policies and procedures; TUPE; and employee rights.
  • Reviewing and advising on employee related documentation, including the procedural and substantive fairness of HR investigations and outcome/appeal outcome letters.
  • Drafting ET3s and Grounds of Resistance.
  • Drafting Employment Tribunal Witness Statements and preparing lists of documents and Tribunal Bundles.
  • In conjunction with Senior Legal Counsel, developing in-house specialist training for HR Team on developing areas and legal updates.
  • Horizons scanning and providing regular, documented updates on Employment Law to internal HR Team.
  • Representing Bright Horizons at Employment Tribunal Hearings for Preliminary Hearings and Judicial Mediations if needed. Representing Bright Horizons in the Small Claims Court in relation to general litigation, for example, breach of contract disputes.
  • Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating Settlement Agreements and COT3 Agreements.
  • Advising on risk mitigation and organisational learning following significant incidents relating to safeguarding and/or health and safety and determining root cause(s).
  • Advising on liability in personal injury cases in conjunction with external insurer appointed lawyers.
  • Ensuring that documentation relevant to liability related to any significant incident, such as personal injury, is identified and stored to protect future business interests.

What We Are Looking For:

  • At least 3 years’ experience in dealing with a range of transactions within Employment Law area of specialism and an in-depth understanding of the law and its application.
  • Ability to translate legal concepts and language to non-legal audience.
  • Capability to understand business’ general risk tolerance and apply it when performing legal role.
  • Ability to plan and manage workloads and execute implementation to plan.
  • Project management skills to manage multiple projects, with the focus and drive to see projects through from start to completion.
  • Experience and understanding of commercial considerations and drive to obtain best outcome for the business.
  • Demonstrated ability to perform consistently under pressure and meet demanding deadlines.
  • Ability to present alternative and proposed solutions.
  • Credibility and influence as an ambassador for the Legal Department and the business externally and internally.
  • Advanced negotiation skills, able to work effectively to objectives with the personal sensitivity to manage negotiations with a range of stakeholders.

Essential Qualifications:

  • Fully qualified solicitor with at least 3 years PQE as a specialist Employment Solicitor.

Desirable Experience:

  • Experience of working in Personal Injury law.

This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS check.

We look forward to receiving your application

If you experience any problems, please emaileurope.recruitment@brighthorizons.comand we will be happy to help.

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