Handle Recruitment
Employment Legal Counsel / Senior Employment Paralegal
Get notified of more jobs like this · No spam, ever
How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
Employment Legal Counsel / Senior Employment Paralegal
Temporary Contract: September 2026 - 31 December 2026
Location: London / Hybrid
Industry: Media & Entertainment
Please note: This role is to start ASAP - you must be immediately available.
The Opportunity
A leading global media and entertainment business is looking for an experienced Senior Employment Legal professional to join its international employment and compliance function on an interim contract basis. This role would suit a Senior Employment Paralegal, Legal Counsel or Newly Qualified Employment Lawyer who has strong UK employment law experience and is looking to broaden their exposure to international employment matters within a fast-paced, global organisation.
Working closely with the Executive Director, International Employment & Compliance, you will support a broad range of employee-related legal matters across the UK and international markets, partnering closely with the People Team and wider Legal function.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide day-to-day support and advice across a broad range of UK and international employment law matters.
- Support employee relations matters, including disciplinary, grievance and performance processes.
- Assist with employee investigations across UK, European and APAC markets.
- Support individual and collective consultation processes, including redundancy and restructuring exercises.
- Advise on employment documentation, contracts, policies, exits and other employee lifecycle matters.
- Partner closely with People Team stakeholders to provide pragmatic, commercially focused employment law advice.
- Support workforce representation matters, including works councils and other employee representative bodies.
- Monitor legal and regulatory developments and advise on their impact on policies, processes and employment practices.
- Support employment litigation and work with external counsel where required.
- Assist with people compliance queries, investigations, audits and regulatory requests.
- Support the development of employment law guidance and training for People Team and business stakeholders.
- Provide support on UK immigration and visa sponsorship compliance, working alongside internal teams and external advisers.
- Assist with global mobility matters and liaise with external counsel and other third parties.
- Support the wider Legal and Business Affairs team on employment compliance and related projects.
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
About You
We are particularly interested in candidates coming from one of the following backgrounds:
- Senior Employment Paralegal with significant hands-on UK employment law experience.
- Newly Qualified Employment Lawyer with strong UK employment experience gained in private practice or in-house.
- Employment Legal Counsel with around 2+ years' PQE and exposure to international employment matters.
Key Requirements
- London based with full UK working rights.
- Qualified as a lawyer in the UK, Australia or New Zealand, or an experienced senior employment paralegal with equivalent practical expertise.
- Strong, demonstrable experience of UK employment law is essential, regardless of jurisdiction of qualification.
- Experience advising on employee relations, investigations, disciplinary and grievance matters, redundancies/restructuring and employment documentation.
- Exposure to international employment law matters, particularly across Europe and/or APAC, is highly desirable.
- Comfortable working with People/HR teams and senior business stakeholders.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex legal issues into clear, practical and commercially focused advice.
- Able to work independently and manage multiple priorities in a fast-moving environment.
- A proactive, collaborative and solutions-focused approach.
- Experience with employment compliance, immigration or global mobility matters would be advantageous.
- Exposure to AI in the workplace, including advising on legal, regulatory, privacy, compliance and risk considerations, would be beneficial.
- Experience within media, entertainment, technology or another fast-paced international business would be advantageous.
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
This is an excellent opportunity for a Senior Employment Paralegal or Newly Qualified Employment Lawyer to gain broad international exposure and work closely with a senior employment legal function within a globally recognised creative business.
Handle actively welcomes applicants from under-represented backgrounds - we pride ourselves on attracting the best talent for every opportunity through a commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London
Skills
Location