Employment Law Consultant
If you're passionate about building strong relationships and guiding others through the world of employment law, we’d love to hear from you.
Why join us
WorkNest, part of Axiom GRC’s broader Governance, Risk and Compliance division, provides expert support across Employment Law, HR, Compliance, Health & Safety, Cybersecurity, and ISO services. Powered by advanced technology, we deliver fixed-fee, pragmatic advice that solves real business challenges.
Our growth has been exceptional, driven by both strong organic performance and strategic acquisitions, including Bulletproof, Pentest People, IMSM, and Wirehouse, enabling us to expand into global markets. Today, Axiom GRC’s 12,000 professionals support over 40,000 organisations worldwide. As part of our growth, we’re recruiting for an experienced Employment Law or Employee Relations Professional to join our team.
Your role will be to provide brilliant service to a portfolio of own clients or as part of an advisory or pyramid team.
What We Offer
- Salary: Up to £49,000 per annum depending on experience
- Great Benefits
- Growth and progression via our Legal Academy
- A supportive and inclusive work culture
- Remote/Hybrid working
What you’ll be doing
WorkNest strive to provide the best value, fixed fee employment law & employee relations advisory service in the UK. Supported by cutting edge technology, we provide genuinely commercial and pragmatic advice focused on finding solutions for our clients EL/ER problems. As our Employment Law Advisor, you’ll play a fundamental role in the successful delivery of our business objectives.
You'll cultivate strong client relationships through offering top-tier, legally sound advice, positioning yourself as their go-to source for employment law matters. Your role extends to assisting senior advisors with proposals and client meetings. You'll engage with employee representatives for early conciliation matters, aiding clients in meeting their business goals while upholding legal standards. Leveraging your expertise, you'll conduct external client training and offer guidance to paralegals and trainees in employment law.
About you
This role would suit a newly qualified legal professional with a minimum of 2 years’ experience as a trainee/paralegal. Candidates with more than 2 years’ experience delivering EL & ER advice in other legal or HR settings may also be considered.
For this role you will need a strong grasp of current employment law, demonstrating proficiency in providing advice in its fundamental aspects. While still enhancing your expertise, you should be adept at operating within a predominantly fixed-fee framework and be capable of efficiently managing priorities and meeting deadlines. You will have a clear understanding of business dynamics, maintain high standards of client support, and show tangible proof of achieving your business goals and ensuring client satisfaction.
At WorkNest we are committed to delivering on our four core values that we believe all our colleagues should align with: Integrity, Excellence, Teamwork and Inclusion.
Up for the challenge?
If you share our values of Integrity, Excellence, Teamwork and Inclusion, please use the purple ‘apply now’ button to begin your application. You’ll be asked to submit a CV and covering letter outlining how you fulfil the person specification for this post.
WorkNest is committed to creating a culture of Inclusion and ensuring that everyone – job applicants, clients, colleagues, and anyone else we deal with – is treated fairly and with respect. We continuously review our policies and processes to support our aim to create a diverse team, however, please speak to our Talent and Recruitment specialist if there are any adjustments, we need to make in order to ensure, a genuine equality of opportunity.
See why WorkNest is a great place to work - Take a look at our WorkNest Culture video: https://worknest.wistia.com/medias/tg8eo5hyce
Closing date: 23rd June 2025. Please note: Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis. We may look to close the advert early, so please don't delay in submitting an application.
- Department
- Legal
- Locations
- Aberdeen, Glasgow, Remote - United Kingdom
- Remote status
- Hybrid
- Employment type
- Full-time
- UK Based - Remote/hybrid working
- Remote/Hybrid

About WorkNest
WorkNest is a powerhouse of employment law, HR and health and safety support services, weaving pragmatic advice with powerful technology platforms.
Employment Law Consultant
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