Employment Lawyer

Capital One (Europe) plc; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services company in Nottingham is seeking an experienced Employment Lawyer to join their team. This role involves providing legal advice on employment law compliance, supporting HR objectives, and advising on employee relations issues. The ideal candidate should have significant experience as a qualified lawyer and excellent communication skills. This position offers a hybrid working model and a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

Strong career progression

Immediate access to core benefits

Flexible working arrangements

On-site gym and wellness facilities

Qualifications

• Significant experience as a qualified lawyer.
• High level of subject matter expertise and the ability to work autonomously.
• Exceptional judgment and confidence in decision making.

Responsibilities

• Providing legal advice on employment law compliance.
• Advising on employee relations issues and investigations.
• Supporting HR with strategic objectives.

Skills

Legal advice

Employment law expertise

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Strategic thinking

Education

Qualified lawyer

Job description

Overview

Nottingham Trent House (95002), United Kingdom, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Employment Lawyer. As a member of the Employment team in the UK, you’ll be taking on a new role within our UK business, partnering with our HR and Legal teams. This will include providing legal advice on Capital One’s compliance with employment laws, developing a strong relationship with HR to understand and support its objectives and priorities, monitoring and advising on legal changes and advising on related data protection issues. You will report into the Head of Employment.

What you’ll do

• Providing legal advice in relation to all aspects of Capital One's compliance with employment law
• Identifying changes to laws impacting the HR function and partnering with key stakeholders to ensure impacts are understood and new requirements are effectively implemented
• Advising on and supporting through all stages of employee relations issues and investigations
• Drafting, reviewing and advising on employment contracts, policies and procedures
• Be a beacon for employment law knowledge and expertise, including preparation and delivery of employment law training across the organisation, and supporting the UK Leadership Team navigate risk in relation to employment law
• Supporting the business to manage any employee disputes, including employment tribunal claims
• Developing a strong relationship with HR to understand and provide strategic support across its objectives and priorities
• Partnering with HR risk and compliance stakeholders to identify, navigate and report on HR-related risks to senior management and COEP’s Board
• Advising on data protection issues impacting HR, including the processing of employee data and handling Data Subject Access requests
• Working alongside colleagues across UK Legal to ensure employment law advice is provided in the context of a financial services business, including understanding FCA rules and approach across firms’ cultures, people management and diversity and inclusion agendas
• Working alongside external counsel where necessary
• Building a network internally with Capital One Enterprise and externally with external counsel and other in-house teams

What you’ll bring

• Significant experience as a qualified lawyer
• A high level of subject matter expertise and the ability to work autonomously
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, supporting others to make well informed decisions quickly
• Exceptional judgment, having confidence in decisions, while knowing when to escalate matters
• Proven ability to build strong relationships and integrate with HR and senior leadership teams to understand and support across their priorities and working styles
• Proven ability to think strategically, understanding practical and long-term implications of legal advice and risk
• Highly organized and motivated to ensure a high quality of output from a cross-functional team, with a willingness to adapt and evolve style to meet stakeholder needs and internal policies and procedures
• Willingness to learn and contribute to HR, Legal and COEP business strategies

Where and how you’ll work

This is a permanent position based in our Nottingham office.

We have a hybrid working model, so you’ll be based in our Nottingham office 3 days a week on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, and can work from home on Monday and Friday.

Many of our associates have flexible working arrangements, and we are open to talking about an arrangement that works for you.

What’s in it for you

• Be rewarded with a role contributing to the roadmap of an organisation committed to transformation
• We offer strong and diverse career progression, investing in developing people through Capital One University training programmes and external providers
• Immediate access to core benefits including pension scheme, bonus, generous holiday entitlement and private medical insurance, with flexible benefits available including season-ticket loans, cycle to work scheme and enhanced parental leave
• Open-plan workspaces and accessible facilities designed to inspire and support you. Our Nottingham head-office has a fully-serviced gym, subsidised restaurant, mindfulness and music rooms. In London, you can enjoy a rooftop running track or a cafe

What you should know about how we recruit

We pride ourselves on hiring the best people and building diverse and inclusive teams. We want to work with top talent: whoever you are, whatever you look like, wherever you come from. We aim for a fair and accessible recruitment process and offer benefits that attract people at all ages and stages.

We partner with organisations includingWomen in Finance and Race At Work Charters, Stonewall and upReach to find people from every walk of life and help them thrive with us. We have internal networks and support groups including REACH, OutFront, Mind Your Mind, Women in Tech, and EmpowHER.

Capital One is committed to diversity in the workplace. We will keep information confidential and use it only for applying reasonable adjustments as needed.

For technical support or questions about Capital One's recruiting process, please email Careers at capitalone dot com. Capital One does not provide, endorse nor guarantee third-party products or services found through this site. Capital One Financial comprises several entities: positions posted in the UK are for Capital One Europe, etc.

Who We Are

At Capital One, we’re building a leading information-based technology company with a focus on helping customers succeed. We value collaboration, openness, and innovation, and strive to change banking for good.