Ideas | People | Trust

We’re BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today’s changing world.

We work with the companies that are Britain’s economic engine – ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high‑growth businesses that fuel the economy - and directly advise the owners and management teams that lead them.

We’ll broaden your horizons

The Quality and Risk Management Team (QRMT) at BDO comprises several sub-teams including the Legal Team, Enterprise Risk Management, Economic Crime, Quality Management, Ethics and Independence and Advisory and Compliance.  It provides Partners and staff with the guidance, tools and support to enable them to identify and manage quality and risk issues.  The QRMT is led by the Head of Quality and Risk Management Team, who is a partner who reports into the Head of Quality and Risk for the firm and sits on the BDO Leadership Team.

We’ll help you succeed

Leading organisations trust us because of the quality of our advice. That quality grows from a thorough understanding of their business, and that understanding comes from working closely with them and building long-lasting relationships.

You’ll be someone who is both comfortable working proactively and managing your own tasks, as well as confident collaborating with others and communicating regularly with senior managers, directors, and BDO’s partners to help businesses effectively. You’ll be encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to organisations we work with.

Overview:

We are looking for an experienced Employment Lawyer to join our dynamic Legal Team. You will play a crucial role in providing expert legal advice and support on employment-related matters across the organisation. Your insights will help us navigate complex legal landscapes and ensure compliance with employment laws and regulations.

 

Key Responsibilities:

 Provide early legal advice when a dispute may lead to a tribunal claim, helping to navigate the process and potentially avoid litigation.

Identifying and managing legal risk, including the identifying patterns or trends in claims that may indicate systemic issues within the business and providing training to mitigate such risks in the future.

Providing independent, impartial legal advice on all aspects of employment law to internal stakeholders, including contracts, disciplinary and grievance matters, discrimination, redundancy, whistleblowing, TUPE (Transfer of Undertakings) and regulatory compliance.

Managing disputes effectively, to help minimise the financial costs, operational disruption, and reputational harm associated with employment claims, working closely with external counsel when necessary.

Conducting legal research and keeping the firm updated on changes in employment and other relevant law, including conducting training and drafting guidance.

Support HR in handling employee relations matters, including disciplinary and grievance procedures.

Special projects as determined by the Head of Legal (General Counsel) or Head of QRM Team.

 

Qualifications and Experience:

Qualified solicitor with significant experience in employment law.In-depth knowledge of UK employment legislation and case law.Proven track record in managing employment disputes and litigation.Excellent communication and negotiation skills.Ability to work independently and as part of a team.Business thinking:  Connect the Firm’s strategic framework with meaningful measures of success for the Legal Team for the commercial benefit of the Firm as a whole. Demonstrate high-level project management skills to deliver the Firm’s initiatives, ensuring our operations stay resilient and evolve in line with legal or regulatory developments. Communicating: High-level interpersonal skills and the ability to articulate complex issues clearly and credibly to a range of audiences. Collaborating: A team player and relationship builder who enjoys supporting colleagues and has the ability to build relationships across the firm and to build rapport, gaining the trust of partners and colleagues.Decision making: Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with the ability to identify and drive the use of best practice in legal strategy and tools to deliver improvement and development in the Firm’s practices.Developing self and others: An awareness of and an interest in deepening your own legal knowledge, together with enthusiasm for sharing your knowledge and experience with others. A positive attitude with a strong work ethic and excellent attention to detail.Innovating and change: The ability to think creatively and connect ideas and insight from other businesses and industries to improve the Firm’s quality and manage risk.

 

You’ll be able to be yourself; we’ll recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to our business. We’re committed to agile working, and we offer everyone the opportunity to work in ways that suit them, their teams, and the task at hand.

At BDO, we’ll help you achieve your personal goals and career ambitions, and we have programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development.

We’re in it together

Mutual support and respect is one of BDO’s core values and we’re proud of our distinctive, people-centred culture.  From informal success conversations to formal mentoring and coaching, we’ll support you at every stage in your career, whatever your personal and professional needs. Our agile working framework helps us stay connected, bringing teams together where and when it counts so they can share ideas and help one another.  At BDO, you’ll always have access to the people and resources you need to do your best work.

We know that collaboration is the key to creating value and satisfying experiences at work, so we’ve invested in state-of-the-art collaboration spaces in our offices.  BDO’s people represent a wealth of knowledge and expertise, and we’ll encourage you to build your network, work alongside others, and share your skills and experiences.  With a range of multidisciplinary events and dedicated resources, you’ll never stop learning at BDO.

We’re looking forward to the future

At BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed, fuelling the UK economy. Our success is powered by our people, which is why we’re always finding new ways to invest in you. Across the UK thousands of unique minds continue to come together to help companies we work with to achieve their ambitions.

We’ve got a clear purpose, and we’re confident in our future, because we’re adapting and evolving to build on our strengths, ensuring we continue to find the right combination of global reach, integrity and expertise. We shape the future together with openness and clarity, because we believe in empowering people to think creatively about how we can do things better.

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