Legal Counsel

Join to apply for the Legal Counsel - Employment role at UCL. This range is provided by UCL. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more. Base pay range About us UCL's Legal Services Department, part of the Office of the General Counsel, provides advice on a broad range of legal matters affecting UCL. This role reports to the Senior Legal Counsel responsible for Employment & People matters, who reports to Fiona Naughton, Deputy Director (Contentious & People). The Deputy Director reports to Alex Hall, Director of Legal Services, who reports to Natasha Lewis, General Counsel. About the role As Legal Counsel you'll play an important role in ensuring an effective and highly respected service. The job will be responsible for providing high quality legal advice on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious employment and people related matters arising at UCL. You will be involved in managing institutionally significant matters, as well as business as usual activities. The caseload is very varied and will include advising on discrimination; equal opportunities; disciplinaries and grievances; freedom of speech and related rights; trade unions; change management; whistleblowing; pensions; policy development, and everything in between. This position comes with a salary of £75000-£85,000, plus generous holiday allowance, an excellent pension and attractive benefits package. A full job description is attached to this advert. About you To do this job you'll ideally have a good amount of post qualified experience at a high calibre law firm, or equivalent in-house role. You'll have experience dealing with employment and people related matters on a self‑standing basis, a willingness to take on new tasks in unfamiliar areas, and to react confidently and quickly to emerging issues. You will also need excellent knowledge of employment litigation and strategy. Experience in freedom of speech and complex equalities issues is desirable. You will have up‑to‑date technical knowledge, excellent analytical skills, sound judgement, and demonstrable experience operating and influencing at management level. Appreciation of the dynamics of higher education and an empathy with academic endeavour, without necessarily having worked in the HE sector, is desirable. Please read our job spec, paying particular attention to the essential and desirable criteria, and ensure these are covered in your application. What we offer As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer great benefits: 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days) Additional 5 days' annual leave purchase scheme Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE) Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan Relocation scheme for certain posts On‑site gym Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service Discounted medical insurance Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/rewards-and-benefits to find out more. Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion As London's Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world's talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL's workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women. Seniority level Mid‑Senior level Employment type Full‑time Job function Legal Industry Higher Education #J-18808-Ljbffr