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Senior Employment Lawyer

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Join our legal team at British Airways as a Senior Employment Lawyer, providing expert advice on all employment law matters across the business, including at management committee and board level. You would bring a wealth of experience into supporting leaders and teams by delivering clear, commercially focused legal guidance on both contentious and non-contentious employment issues, always being aware of our industrial arrangements.

Job Responsibility:

  • Be a trusted partner across British Airways, providing business-oriented legal advice on all areas of employment law
  • Be a go-to adviser on often complex employment issues across the entirety of the business, including senior leaders, management committee, and board
  • Have strategic oversight of our employment litigation, managing external counsel
  • Coordinate legal advice across the globe, supporting projects, ad-hoc advice requests, and litigation, working alongside local counsel in each country
  • Work closely with our data protection team to ensure their work is supported from an employment law perspective
  • Ensure your stakeholders are up to date with ongoing work, developments, and changes in employment law

Requirements:

  • UK-qualified solicitor or barrister specialising in employment law
  • At least 7-10 years’ PQE (Post-Qualification Experience) is encouraged
  • Advising across the entire breadth of contentious and non-contentious employment law matters
  • Engaging with senior leaders, including executives and boards
  • Managing external counsel, both within the UK and internationally
  • Advising on projects across the world, ensuring advice obtained from multiple jurisdictions is presented and understood in a practical and commercial way
  • Experience working in a unionised environment and advising on trade union and collective matters is ideal
  • Experience supporting data protection colleagues with the employment law aspects of their work is desirable
  • Significant experience working in an inhouse environment (including secondments)
  • Strong commercial awareness with the ability to balance legal risk with business priorities
  • Confidence engaging with senior stakeholders
  • Ability to challenge appropriately
  • Being accountable for helping to guide business strategy
  • Excellent collaboration skills and collegiate nature
  • Strong judgement with the ability to manage complex issues and competing priorities

Nice to have:

  • Experience working in a unionised environment and advising on trade union and collective matters
  • Supporting data protection colleagues with the employment law aspects of their work
What we offer:
  • Unlimited basic and premium standby tickets on British Airways flights
  • Up to 30 discounted ‘Hotline’ airfares per year for yourself, friends, and family
  • Opportunities to take on new challenges and move forward across the business

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
March 20, 2026

Expiration:
March 22, 2026

Work Type:
On-site work
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