Legal Counsel (Employment Law)
Qualified lawyer (UK or equivalent) or Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEX) with approximately 4-6 years’ PQE in employment law (both contentious and non-contentious) and prior in-house experience.
Full Opportunity Brief
Rentokil Initial, one of the world’s largest business services companies, is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Legal Counsel to join its legal team in Crawley, England. This is a full-time, permanent position offering a hybrid working model, requiring only one day per week in the Crawley office.
Role Overview
The successful candidate will act as a trusted advisor to the business, delivering commercial and pragmatic employment law support across a broad spectrum of contentious and non-contentious matters. Working closely with the Regional HR Director, the HR function, the regional General Counsel, and senior stakeholders, the Legal Counsel will support day-to-day employee relations and strategic projects in a dynamic, high-growth environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide employment law advice across the UK and Ireland region.
- Support employee relations issues, restructures, disciplinary and grievance matters, and business protection/anti-competitive issues.
- Advise on, develop, and refine employment contracts and HR/data protection policies.
- Support M&A activity, TUPE transfers, and workforce change programmes.
- Manage external counsel across jurisdictions in a cost-efficient manner.
- Advise on high-risk areas including whistleblowing, discrimination, restrictive covenants, senior exits, and settlement agreements.
- Deliver training to HR colleagues to improve capability and support compliant decision-making.
Eligibility Criteria
- Qualification: Qualified lawyer (UK or equivalent) or Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEX).
- Experience: Approximately 4-6 years of Post-Qualified Experience (PQE) in both contentious and non-contentious employment law.
- Sector Experience: Demonstrable in-house experience (including secondments), ideally within fast-moving sectors.
- Skills: Strong communication, stakeholder management, and presentation skills, with a commercially aware and solutions-focused approach.
Compensation and Benefits
Salary is dependent on experience. The comprehensive benefits package includes:
- Annual performance-based bonus.
- Enhanced pension contributions and life cover (up to 4x salary).
- Ability to purchase up to 5 days of additional annual leave.
- Access to virtual GP services and 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
- RI Rewards (discounts and cashback) and financial wellbeing assistance.
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