Legal Services: Assistant Legal Officer

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UNISON Legal Services conducts strategically important and often groundbreaking employment litigation on behalf of the Union and its members: successful cases include the challenge to the imposition of Employment Tribunal fees in the Supreme Court and Lock v British Gas in the ECJ.
Location
UNISON Centre, London NW1
Starting salary
£42,229 per annum incl. London Weighting Allowance
Closing date
8 March 2019
Hours
35
Contract type
Full time, fixed term
Contract length
Fixed term until 18 Feb 2020 (Subject to one months’ notice)
Reference
ORD/LEG/FF01

About this job

You will be required to think on your feet, assist with complex litigation at all levels of the judiciary, assist with advice to the union’s officials, advise members who may sometimes be distressed. Under supervision, you will provide concise written and verbal employment and discrimination law advice to the Union’s members and staff at all levels of the Union, including HR. You will need to speak effectively on complex employment law issues when communicating advice and delivering internal and external talks on employment law.

Having at least completed your LPC/BVC  or equivalent and with some experience working in a legal department / practice, you will be able to work as an effective member of the team, organise caseloads efficiently, be proficient in excel and working with spreadsheets and be confident, enthusiastic and knowledgeable in employment law.

How to apply

To apply for this opportunity, please download and complete the general application form and monitoring forms (under “Resources”) and see job description and person specification (under “Documents”).

Please note that only the General Application form will be accepted.

Please email the completed application form to k.loizou@unison.co.uk or send 3 copies of it to Kate Loizou, Legal Services, 130 Euston Road, London, NW1 2AY quoting ref: ORD/LEG/FF01.

Closing date for applications is 5pm on Friday 8 March 2019.

Interviews will be held on 14 March 2019.

About UNISON

UNISON is the UK’s leading public services trade union, with over 1.3 million members working in the public sector, private, voluntary and community sectors and in the energy services. We employ approximately 1,200 staff, with around 370 at our national centre in Euston in central London and the remainder in our 12 regions across the UK, including Northern Ireland.

UNISON is a dynamic, progressive union, committed to equality. We encourage men and women of all ages, Black and minority ethnic groups, disabled people, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people to work with us.

Disability Confident Committed
Mindful employer

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