Overview

Nottingham Trent House (95002), United Kingdom, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Employment Lawyer. As a member of the Employment team in the UK, you’ll be taking on a new role within our UK business, partnering with HR and Legal teams. This will include providing legal advice on Capital One’s compliance with employment laws, developing a strong relationship with HR to understand and support its objectives and priorities, monitoring and advising on legal changes and advising on related data protection issues. You will be reporting into the Head of Employment.

What you’ll do

• Providing legal advice in relation to all aspects of Capital One's compliance with employment law
• Identifying changes to laws impacting the HR function and partnering with key stakeholders to ensure impacts are understood and new requirements are effectively implemented
• Advising on and supporting through all stages of employee relations issues and investigations
• Drafting, reviewing and advising on employment contracts, policies and procedures
• Serving as a beacon for employment law knowledge and expertise, including preparation and delivery of employment law training across the organisation and supporting the UK Leadership Team navigate risk in relation to employment law
• Supporting the business to manage employee disputes, including employment tribunal claims
• Developing a strong relationship with HR to understand and provide strategic support across its objectives and priorities
• Partnering with HR risk and compliance stakeholders to identify, navigate and report on HR-related risks
• Advising on data protection issues impacting HR, including the processing of employee data and handling Data Subject Access requests
• Working with colleagues across UK Legal to ensure employment law advice is provided in the context of a financial services business, including understanding FCA rules and approach across firms’ cultures, people management and diversity and inclusion agendas
• Working with external counsel where necessary
• Building a network internally and externally with broader Capital One teams, external counsel and other in-house teams

What you’ll bring

• Significant experience as a qualified lawyer
• A high level of subject matter expertise and the ability to work autonomously
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, supporting others to make well informed decisions quickly
• Exceptional judgment, with confidence in decisions and awareness of when to escalate matters
• Proven ability to build strong relationships and integrate with HR and senior leadership teams to understand and support priorities and working styles
• Proven ability to think strategically, understanding practical and long-term implications of legal advice and risk
• Highly organised and motivated to ensure high-quality output from a cross-functional team, with adaptability to stakeholder and policy needs
• Willingness to learn and contribute to HR, Legal and COEP business strategies

Where and how you\'ll work

This is a permanent position based in our Nottingham office. We have a hybrid working model, so you’ll be based in our Nottingham office 3 days a week on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, and can work from home on Monday and Friday. Many associates have flexible working arrangements, and we are open to talking about an arrangement that works for you.

What’s in it for you

• Be part of a team that contributes to the roadmap of an organisation committed to transformation
• Strong and diverse career progression with Capital One University training programmes and external providers
• Immediate access to core benefits including pension, bonus, generous holiday entitlement and private medical insurance, with flexible benefits such as season-ticket loans, cycle to work, and enhanced parental leave
• Open-plan workspaces and accessible facilities; Nottingham head-office offers a gym, restaurant, mindfulness and music rooms, with additional amenities in London

What you should know about how we recruit

We pride ourselves on hiring the best people, not the same people. We are committed to diversity and inclusion and strive to make our recruitment process fair and accessible. We offer benefits that attract people at all ages and stages. We partner with organisations including Women in Finance and Race At Work Charters, Stonewall and upReach to find diverse talent. Internal networks include REACH, OutFront, Mind Your Mind, Women in Tech, and EmpowHER.

Capital One is committed to diversity in the workplace. If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact ukrecruitment@capitalone.com. All information will be kept confidential and used for applying a reasonable adjustment. For technical support or questions about Capital One\'s recruiting process, please email Careers@capitalone.com. Capital One does not guarantee third-party products or services available through this site. Capital One Financial is made up of several entities; positions posted in the UK are for Capital One Europe.

Who We Are

At Capital One, we\'re building a leading information-based technology company. Guided by our shared values, we thrive in an environment where collaboration and openness are valued. We measure our efforts by the success our customers enjoy and the advocacy they exhibit. We are succeeding because they are succeeding. We are on a quest to change banking for good.