Senior Legal Counsel - People (Part Time)

Job Description

This is a key role working across Tesco to manage legal risk arising from all employment law issues across the Group. This includes advising the People Team and wider business on the full range of daytoday and projectbased employment matters, providing strategic oversight of all employment tribunal claims, managing external advisers and associated budgets, advising on and negotiating settlement agreements, and driving continuous improvement of legal workflows.

The role requires you to partner with stakeholders across the business , including at the most senior levels, �and to lead with confidence, delivering a commercial, solutionsdriven approach to complex employment issues.

This is a parttime role, working 29 hours per week.

• Act as an employment law expert, strategically partnering with the People Team and wider Business to advise on the full range of peoplerelated change projects and daytoday employment issues. This includes:
  terms and conditions of employment, legislative change, policy review, largescale restructuring and settlement agreement programmes, TUPE transfers, termination of employment/unfair dismissal, global mobility, discrimination issues and all associated settlement agreements.

• Oversee all Employment Tribunal claims: applying specialist employment law knowledge to determine the appropriate settlement or litigation strategy for complex and sensitive matters, instructing external legal partners, managing the external legal spend, and liaising with key People and Business stakeholders throughout.

• Work closely with external legal partners and the People Team to understand the drivers of claim volumes and identify, recommend and deliver policy or training interventions aimed at reducing future risk.

• Maintain awareness of relevant legislative and case law changes, and share timely updates and insights with the Head of Legal and key People/Business stakeholders.

• Develop, review and continuously improve early conciliation, employment litigation and settlement agreement processes to ensure a costeffective, consistent and valueled approach to managing employment claims.

• Directly advise senior stakeholders on employmentrelated settlements, including assessing risk, recommending appropriate exit packages, and reviewing, drafting and negotiating settlement agreements and COT3 agreements.

• A qualified lawyer (3+ PQE) with experience gained at a leading law firm or inhouse legal team.
• Broad employment advisory experience including: discrimination, employment contracts, disciplinary and grievance matters, termination of employment, whistleblowing, TUPE, and settlement agreement negotiations.
• Experience developingg and delivering Employment Tribunal litigation strategy and managing cases through to resolution.
• Proven experience managing external law firms, including driving fee control, efficient processes and value for money.
• Experience liaising with and influencing senior leaders.
• An active selfstarter who can work autonomously and confidently lead matters from start to finish.
• A robust and effective legal adviser who engages confidently with stakeholders at all levels and can positively influence decisionmaking.
• The ability to make complex legal issues simple, see the big picture, and balance legal risk with commercial drivers.
• A willingness to upskill in new areas and rapidly develop knowledge of the business.
• Strong mattermanagement skills, with the ability to work efficiently under pressure and manage a large, varied workload in a fastpaced environment.
• Excellent communication skills, a pragmatic and commercial approach, and a highly collaborative working style that builds strong relationships across the business.

You might know us as a supermarket, technology company or even for our award-winning mobile network. Truth is, we�re all of those things, and much more. Our colleagues work with one goal in mind, helping to make every day a little better for our customers, colleagues and communities all over the world. No two customers are the same, neither are our colleagues.

At Tesco, we champion a balance that lets you thrive both in and out of work. Spend 60% of your week collaborating with colleagues at our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. Whether you're just kicking off your career, juggling passions, or navigating big life events, we're here to support you. We always welcome a conversation about flexible working, so talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.

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