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** Senior Employment Lawyer – Permanent (Hybrid: 50% Remote)**
Location Edinburgh, Alderley Park, London
Working Style Hybrid: 50% home/office based
Closing Date 27 May 2026
We’re seeking an experienced Employment Lawyer to join Royal London’s Group Legal team as a trusted advisor to their Group People function. In this role, you’ll drive strategic employment law support across the business, working closely with senior stakeholders—including the Group People Director—on impactful high-impact projects and business-critical matters.
As a Purpose-led mutual, Royal London empowers you to deliver clear, commercial, and pragmatic legal advice that aligns with our organisational goals.
About the Role
This is a senior position, tasked with:
- Serving as the legal advisor to the Group People team, partnering on:
- Contentious and non-contentious employment law matters (corporate transactions, complex grievances, tribunal claims)
- Strategic initiatives, organisational change, and transformation projects
- Policy management and daily business operations
- Providing expert advice on:
- Corporate and commercial transactions
- Disputes, grievances, and tribunal claims
- High-stakes business decisions
- Independently leading employment-related aspects of key projects while delivering actionable, solution-focused guidance
- Managing and analysing external legal advice, ensuring it is cost-effective and aligns with commercial priorities
- Building strong relationships with senior stakeholders across the Group to influence at all levels, acting as a trusted business partner
- Driving continuous improvement in legal processes, tools, and knowledge-sharing within the Group Legal team (comprising commercial, regulatory, pensions, and corporate lawyers)
- Report directly to the Legal Director in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
- Contributing to a ** moderno Purpose-driven organisation**
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Key challenges include:
- Managing complex, high-pressure work alongside a diverse legal team
- Balancing strategic collaboration with independent rudership
About You
We’re looking for an high-achieving Employment Lawyer with:
- Qualified or partnership-track in employment law, with:
- Proven ability to advise independently on complex contentious and non-contentious matters in a commercial, solutions-focused way
- Strategic project leadership, including collaboration with multiple stakeholders in a fast-paced, evolving environment
- Exceptional stakeholder engagement and influencing skills to earn trust at senior executive levels
- Strong drafting, negotiation, and contract management expertise
- Ideally, experience in:
- Financial services or another regulated environment
- In-house legal teams, but not essential
- Emotional intelligence, resilience, and adaptability to manage dynamic work demands
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About Royal London
We’re the UK’s largest mutual—specialising in life, pensions, and investments, underpinning our mission through protection, savings, and asset management.
Our Culture
We thrive as an inclusive employer, guided by the People Promise to foster a workplace that is:
✔ Inclusive + diverse, valuing varied perspectives ✔ Empowering, trust-based, and collaborative
Our Spirit of Royal London values shape our working environment:
Empowered · Trustworthy · Collaborate · Achieve
Perks & Benefits
- 28 days’ annual leave (plus public holidays)
- Up to 14% employer-matched pension
- Private medical insurance
- Purpose-driven recognition rewards and inclusive, engaged teams
Join a purpose-led mutual where your expertise has real impact. Apply here (coming soon) – or reach out to the team for internal referral.
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