Legal Counsel, Employment Litigation

We have a fantastic new opportunity for a Legal Counsel, Employment Litigation to join our Legal, Regulatory Affairs, Ethics and Compliance, and Secretariat Function (LRECS). LRECS focusses on providing a diverse and inclusive environment with a strong emphasis on wellbeing and delivering opportunities for growth and personal development. This is a new role created primarily to manage and run the Employment Tribunal claims arising from the Centrica Group companies in the UK. It will form part of an existing team of 3 Employment Lawyers who deliver commercially focused, risk-based specialist employment advice to all UK business units and group functions across the Centrica group. Location: With our Flexible First working arrangements we empower our colleagues to work in a way that best suits them - meaning location doesn''t need to be a barrier. The successful candidate will, however, need to be comfortable commuting to our Windsor office on a weekly basis and on some occasions, more frequently. What will you do?Identify and co-ordinate the implementation of systems/processes and creation of precedents needed to undertake employment litigation in-house (Note: currently our claims are all outsourced to our external advisers).Be the subject matter expert on Employment Tribunal litigation, maintaining a thorough knowledge and understanding of the Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules.Manage and deliver all aspects of Centrica''s response to Employment Tribunal claims, such as ..... full job details .....
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