Job Description
Job Title: Employment Legal Counsel
Location: Milton Keynes (Hybrid/Remote)
Salary: £47,389 – £56,535 per annum
Hours: Full-time Permanent, 37 hours per week
Closing Date: 12 November 2025
Join a University That Changes Lives
Pertemps Recruitment is proud to be working with The Open University, the UK’s largest provider of flexible, part-time higher education. With a mission to make learning accessible to everyone, the OU transforms lives through world-class education and research, and you could play a key role in that mission.
The Opportunity
We are looking for an experienced Employment Legal Counsel (qualified solicitor, minimum 4 years PQE) to join the University’s in-house Legal Services team. You will work alongside another employment lawyer as a trusted advisor to colleagues across the organisation, covering a broad range of employment law matters. This is a varied and rewarding role, ideal for someone who enjoys both strategic advisory work and hands-on case management in a complex, people-focused environment.
Key Responsibilities of the Employment Legal Counsel:
1. Provide expert legal advice on a full range of employment law matters — including ...