Head of Employment (employment law specialism)
27 days ago
Hemel Hempstead
About The Role\n Ready to shape employment law at the heart of the NHS Professionals workforce? \n Are you an employment law specialist who thrives on complexity, influence, and purpose? Do you want your legal expertise to directly support the NHS and the people who keep it running? If so, NHS Professionals is looking for a Head of Employment to provide strategic, expert leadership across our People Team. \nThe Role\n As Head of Employment, you’ll hold a pivotal senior leadership position, acting as NHSP’s trusted authority on all employment law matters. Reporting to the Chief People Officer, with a dotted line to the Company Secretary, you will ensure legal excellence across both our corporate workforce and our flexible NHS workforce. \n You’ll be the organisation’s lead advisor on complex and high‑risk employment issues, a key escalation point for senior leaders, and a vital contributor to NHSP’s corporate strategy. Your work will balance legal rigour with pragmatic, commercially‑minded advice that enables the business to move forward with confidence. \n As a major provider of flexible workforce solutions to the NHS, this role is central to advising on managed services contracts, workforce models, and the evolving employment challenges facing the wider NHS. \nAbout The Candidate\n\n • Qualified Solicitor or Barrister with a current practising certificate.\n, • Minimum 3+ years PQE in employment law.\n, • Significant experience in advising the NHS.\n, • Providing strategic and operational leadership on all employment law matters.\n, • Managing legal risk and ensuring organisational compliance.\n, • Leading and overseeing complex employment tribunal cases and litigation strategy.\n, • Acting as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders and executive leadership.\n, • Supporting business proposals and change programmes with expert employment advice.\n, • Developing and embedding policies that strengthen compliance, inclusion, wellbeing, and flexible working.\n, • Advising on GDPR, data protection, equality, and EDI-related matters.\n, • Generous annual leave allowance with the ability to buy and sell – 27 days per year, plus bank holidays.\n, • A commitment to talent management & development\n, • Values Star of the Month! – Our star of the month award enables you to recognise colleagues or teams that have gone the extra mile and they could win £100 worth of shopping vouchers.\n, • Pension – We’ll contribute up to 10% towards your pension if you join our stakeholder pension scheme.\n, • Life Assurance\n, • Group Income Protection\n, • Wellbeing Programme\n, • Employee Assistance Programme\n, • To ensure we become an inclusive recruiter of choice, encompassing a fully diverse workforce, which truly reflects society.\n, • To proactively embed the EDI agenda, in a meaningful way, in all that it does.\n, • To create a psychologically safe environment in which everyone can thrive and be at their best.\n