Legal Counsel - Employment Lawyer

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Legal Counsel - Employment Lawyer Closing date : 12th March 2026

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Location: AWE is a multi-site business operating at Aldermaston, Burghfield, Green Park (Reading) and London. We offer hybrid working, a combination of home and onsite office presence with free onsite parking
We will consider flexible working requests.
Our shared purpose is to help keep the nation safe. AWE is currently recruiting for a Legal Counsel - Employment Lawyer .
In this key role, you will apply expert legal solutions to complex business challenges, ensuring the Company not only operates fully within the law but also benefits from its protections wherever possible. You will provide clear, strategic employment law advice that supports confident decision making, safeguards organisational interests, and enables the business to thrive in a compliant and fair working environment.
This role will work in a busy legal team as part of an organisation that is currently going through a period of significant change and re-structure.
You will be an experienced legal practitioner, providing practical, solutions-focused legal advice in relation to employment law and employee/industrial relations matters.
Ideally with experience in both private practice and in-house, you will;
Provide day-to-day legal advice to HR professionals, business managers and senior leaders on employment law compliance, including both contentious and non-contentious advisory and transactional work
Have a strong working knowledge of the employment aspects of service provision change, in/out-sourcing and restructuring (TUPE) involving a variety of contractor organisations, including due diligence and the review and drafting of transactional documentation
Have demonstrable practical experience of industrial relations in a unionised environment
Draft and review employment contracts, restrictive covenants and HR policies and procedures
Have strong technical employment law skills and be able to work with autonomy, whilst also working with others in the team and cross-functionally on complex cases
Attend Employment Tribunal and Court hearings online and/or in person as required
Support with the creation and development of a variety of training materials
Currently practising as a Solicitor or Barrister, you are qualified in at least one jurisdiction in the UK with around seven or more years' post-qualification experience
Proven ability to manage legal risks in large-scale projects and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders.
Be able to succinctly analyse legislative and case law developments and advise strategically upon their effect on the organisation.
Ability to work with a variety of stakeholders including project managers, engineers, and scientists.
Solid application of legal oversight to complex situations at appropriate levels.
9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave.
~ Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).
~ Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay.
~ Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.
~ Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.
~ Life Assurance (4 x annual salary).
~ Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.
~ Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring. xbpsjku

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Location:
Reading
Salary:
£63,270
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
Legal

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