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Legal Counsel - Employment Law - Part Time
UK TOGETHER LIMITED
Home Office register entry: UK TOGETHER LIMITED, Manchester
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This role is listed by an employer that holds a live Home Office sponsor licence on the Skilled Worker route.
Closest occupation match: SOC 2412, Solicitors and lawyers. Home Office going rate for this occupation: £51,600 a year.
Public reference figures for the Skilled Worker route: the standard salary threshold is £41,700 a year and the new-entrant threshold is £33,400 a year. Individual eligibility depends on personal circumstances. These figures are public reference information, not advice or a verdict on this job.
Role description
Benefits of working at Together
26 days holiday, and a day off for your birthday (increasing with service to 30 days), plus bank holidays
Free access to company holiday homes
Buy & sell holidays
Discretionary annual bonus plus an additional Shared Reward Bonus
Matched pension contribution
Health cash plan plus Private medical insurance
Life assurance and Critical illness cover
Travel season ticket loans and Ride to work scheme
Free local gym access
Local bar / restaurant discounts
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Company Description
We’re Together. For over 50 years, we’ve helped thousands of people, businesses and professionals unlock their property ambitions with our common-sense approach to mortgages and secured loans.
We take the time to understand our customers and our door is always open, so we can often help when other lenders can’t or won’t. Based in Cheadle, Cheshire, our 950 colleagues help our customers throughout the UK, backed by the power of a £8 billion loan book.
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As our Legal Counsel for Employment Law, we are looking for someone to join our People team on a part time basis for 3 days a week. Working closely with HR, People Leaders and senior stakeholders, you will support the business in managing employment-related legal matters, ensuring compliance with UK employment legislation and helping Together maintain a positive, inclusive and high-performing workplace culture. You will act as a trusted adviser, balancing legal risk with commercial objectives while supporting a dynamic and fast-paced business.
This role combines strategic legal advisory work with hands-on support for complex employee relations matters, employment tribunals, organisational changes, policy development and leadership training.
As our Legal Counsel, we are looking for someone to:
Provide expert, commercially focused employment law advice across a broad range of matters including employee relations, performance and absence management, disciplinary and grievance issues, redundancies, restructures, whistleblowing, EDI, flexible working, family leave, and senior-level appointments and exits
Manage employment disputes and tribunal claims, working with external counsel where required, developing litigation strategies, and supporting legal documentation and witness preparation
Ensure compliance with employment legislation and regulatory requirements by monitoring legal developments and advising on policy and procedural updates
Support strategic business initiatives including organisational change, restructures, acquisitions and workforce planning, partnering closely with HR and business leaders
Deliver practical employment law training, build trusted relationships with stakeholders across the business, and promote proactive risk management and informed decision-making
Essential
Significant post-qualification experience in employment law gained in private practice and/or an in-house environment
Strong knowledge of UK employment legislation and tribunal procedures
Experience advising senior stakeholders on complex employee relations matters
Excellent drafting, negotiation and communication skills
Ability to deliver clear, pragmatic and commercially focused advice
Strong stakeholder-management and influencing skills
Desirable
Experience within financial services or a regulated environment
Knowledge of data protection issues relating to employment matters
Experience supporting organisational change and restructuring projects
Exposure to reward, executive compensation and governance matters
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Together embraces diversity and inclusion, and are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Not only do we welcome difference – we celebrate it, support it and really value our colleagues for who they are. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills.
If you feel you'd benefit from any support or reasonable adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process, please don’t hesitate to let us know when completing your application. This information will be picked up by our team, so we can try and put steps in place to help you be at your best through this process.
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Please note that all successful applicants will undergo relevant employment reference, financial and criminal record checks.
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Last verified against our ingestion on 7 September 2026; sponsor register dataset 2026-08-25.