Senior Employment Lawyer

Senior Employment Lawyer

Location: City of London, Greater London, GB, EC4N 6JD

Application closing date: 2026-09-17

Job posted: 2026-09-17T00:00:00

Last updated: 2026-12-16T11:39:09.93

Job Introduction

Greenwich Legal Services is committed to being a high performing in house legal service which plays an essential part in the achievement of the priorities and objectives of the Royal Borough of Greenwich for the benefit of our community. Greenwich Legal Services is undergoing a period of transformation with these aims in mind and you could be part of that transformation.

We are seeking a Senior Lawyer (Adults, Education & Employment Team) to join our busy team dealing with a varied caseload involving employment matters - providing legal advice and representing Royal Borough of Greenwich at employment tribunals. The successful candidate must be a Qualified Solicitor, Barrister or Chartered Legal Executive able to demonstrate experience of all aspects of the law relating to Employment matters. The candidate should have demonstrable experience in a similar role.

Contact Information

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact ##### or Tel: , or ##### or Tel: .

Diversity Statement

Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.

Advertising Information

• Advert Close: All vacancies close at midnight unless otherwise stated.


• Early Advert Close: Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any job advert earlier than the advertised closing date where there is reason to do so (for example high volume of applications).


• How Applications are Scored: Each application is scored according to how well the supporting statements addresses each point on the Person Specification for the role. Candidates will be short-listed for interview on the extent to which they meet the specific points within the Person Specification. The Person Specification is supplied with the job advert.


• When completing your application, please use the supporting statements section to tell us how you meet each of the points on the Person Specification. We need to have this information in order to consider your application.

Salary and Values

• Salary: Salaries advertised are for a standard working week of 35 hours unless otherwise stated. Please use this 'Salary Calculator' to help you calculate a pro rata salary.


• Our Staff Values: Our Staff Values are important to us. Candidates will be continuously assessed against our staff values throughout the recruitment process. Where candidates demonstrate views and behaviours that do not meet the standards of our staff values, we reserve the right to reject their application/registration.

Attached Documents

• Job description


• Person specification


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Job Introduction Greenwich Legal Services is committed to being a high performing in house legal service which plays an essential part in the achievement of the priorities and objectives of the Royal Borough of Greenwich for the benefit of our community. Greenwich Legal Services is undergoing a period of transformation with these aims in mind and you could be part of that transformation. We are seeking a Senior Lawyer (Adults, Education & Employment Team) to join our busy team dealing with a varied caseload involving employment matters - providing legal advice and representing Royal Borough of Greenwich at employment tribunals. The successful candidate must be a Qualified Solicitor, Barrister or Chartered Legal Executive able to demonstrate experience of all aspects of the law relating to Employment matters. The candidate should have demonstrable experience in a similar role. For an informal discussion about the role, please contact ##### or Tel : or ##### or Tel

on . Diversity Statement: Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community. Advert Close: All vacancies close at midnight unless otherwise stated. Early Advert Close: Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any job advert earlier than the advertised closing date where there is reason to do so (for example high volume of applications). How Applications are Scored: Each application is scored according to how well the supporting statements addresses each point on the Person Specification for the role. Candidates will be short-listed for interview on the extent to which they meet the specific points within the Person Specification. The Person Specification is supplied with the job advert. When completing your application, please use the supporting statements section to tell us how you meet each of the points on the Person
Specification . We need to have this information in order to consider your application. Salary: Salaries advertised are for a standard working week of 35 hours unless otherwise stated. Please use this 'Salary Calculator to help you calculate a pro rata salary. Our Staff Values: Our Staff Values are important to us. Candidates will be continuously assessed against our staff values throughout the recruitment process. Where candidates demonstrate views and behaviours that do not meet the standards of our staff values, we reserve the right to reject their application/ registration. Attached documents Job description Person specification #J-18808-Ljbffr