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Job Description:

At BT, our Corporate Functions are the backbone of our strategy and growth. We shape the direction of the business by managing our people, finances, shared services, and infrastructure—while ensuring we meet our legal, regulatory, and compliance obligations. As a Lawyer specialising in Employment, Pensions, and Benefits, you’ll play a vital role in supporting BT’s purpose: using the power of communication to make a better world—for each other, our customers, and our communities. You’ll provide expert legal advice that is clear, practical, and commercially focused. Your work will enable BT to operate effectively, deliver exceptional customer experiences, and manage legal risk, reputation, and brand in line with our strategy and values.

Job Responsibility:

  • Act as a key point of contact for employment law matters, providing expert legal advice to internal stakeholders
  • Advise on a wide range of employment and benefits issues, both contentious and non-contentious, including complex employee relations, restructuring, and TUPE
  • Proactively identify and escalate key employment and industrial relations issues
  • Manage your own caseload and support senior lawyers with legal research and project work
  • Monitor and interpret changes in employment law and government policy, supporting stakeholder education across the business
  • Oversee the quality and cost-effectiveness of work delivered by external legal counsel
  • Build strong relationships across BT’s Legal, Regulatory Affairs, Compliance and CoSec teams, and develop a professional external network
  • Promote knowledge sharing and the use of AI to streamline legal processes and develop practical tools, templates, and guidance
  • Coach and supervise junior team members
  • Align legal support with BT’s strategic objectives and contribute to the delivery of team goals
  • Providing legal support on strategic employment and benefits projects as part of cross-functional teams
  • Acting as the Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for employment matters in designated business areas
  • Managing Employment Tribunal cases, including drafting, negotiation, settlement, advocacy, and stakeholder communication
  • Drafting and advising on Settlement Agreements in collaboration with the People and Culture team
  • Advising on individual employee issues and supporting TUPE processes, including documentation and stakeholder engagement

Requirements:

  • PQE qualified with 1-5 yrs commercial experience
  • Experience of employment law
  • Ability to communicate with stakeholders up to C-suite level
  • Comfortable with purely non-contentious work
  • Team Collaboration
  • Commercial Awareness
  • Ownership and Initiative
  • Excellent drafting skills
  • Strong oral communication skills
  • Strong legal research capabilities
  • Advisory expertise
  • Commitment to continuous development
  • Experience working in a legal role focused on employment, pensions, or benefits law within a complex or regulated organisation
  • Proven ability to manage individual legal matters and support senior lawyers on larger projects
  • Experience advising on contentious and non-contentious employment matters, including employee relations, restructuring, and TUPE
  • Demonstrated ability to engage with internal stakeholders and external counsel
  • Familiarity with legal technology and a willingness to embrace innovation, including AI tools
  • Experience coaching or supervising junior colleagues
What we offer:
  • 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
  • 10% on target performance bonus
  • Life Assurance
  • Pension scheme if you pay in 5% BT will pay in an additional 10%
  • Option to join the Healthcare Cash Plan or other benefits such as dental insurance, gym memberships etc.
  • 50% off EE mobile pay monthly or SIM only plans
  • Exclusive colleague discounts on our latest and greatest BT broadband packages
  • BT TV, including TNT Sport and the NOW Entertainment membership, and 25% off NOW Sport, Cinema and Kids
  • 50% discount for friends and family on EE SIM only plans
  • World class training and development opportunities
  • Volunteering days so you can give back to your local community

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
January 10, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
Hybrid work
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