Employment Counsel
Vodafone
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: London • United Kingdom
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About the role
- Supporting all employment law related matters across the business, including TUPE advice for bids and procurement , employee claims and complaints, and HR policy advice
- Support the delivery of high-quality legal advice on a range of initiatives, manage legal risk and ensure compliance with evolving legislation
- Build strong, collaborative relationships with HR, Vodafone Business, Supply Chain and wider internal teams to ensure aligned, timely and commercially focused legal support
- Assess and mitigate legal, regulatory, financial and reputational risks through robust assurance frameworks and proactive risk identification
- Deliver training and guidance on relevant legal topics, driving continuous improvement through simplified, scalable and automated legal processes that enhance business self-serve
- Manage and influence external stakeholders including suppliers, customers, group functions and external counsel to support VodafoneThree’s commercial objectives
- Monitor regulatory and legislative developments, sharing insights and identifying opportunities for improvements across the Legal team and wider business
Requirements
- Qualified employment lawyer with strong experience; telco sector background preferred
- Solid understanding of technology and telecoms industries and awareness of relevant legal trends
- Self starter with strong ownership of workload, able to progress matters independently while seeking guidance when needed
- Strong risk management capability, balancing proportional mitigations with business growth objectives and embracing process/technology improvements
- Strong commercial acumen with the ability to align legal advice to business priorities and strategic decision making
- Effective stakeholder management and negotiation skills, with the ability to build trusted internal and external relationships
- Strong analytical and communication skills, able to distil complex issues into clear, actionable insights for varied audiences
Benefits
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Hard Skills & Tools
employment lawTUPE advicelegal risk managementcompliancelegal trainingrisk assessmentlegal adviceregulatory monitoringcontract negotiationlegal process automation
Soft Skills
collaborative relationshipsstakeholder managementcommercial acumenanalytical skillscommunication skillsself-starterownership of workloadnegotiation skillsproactive risk identificationcontinuous improvement
Certifications
qualified employment lawyer