Employment Lawyer

Job Description Locations - Cheltenham, Manchester Salary - £66,581, plus £3,030 concessionary payment Flexible working:
Although this is a full-time role, we support flexible and compressed hours and welcome job share applications. This is an office-based role with limited opportunities for home working. Occasional travel between Cheltenham, Manchester and London will be required.

About us GCHQ is an intelligence, cyber, and security agency with a mission to keep the UK safe. We use cutting-edge technology, ingenuity, and partnerships to identify, analyse, and disrupt threats. Working with our intelligence partners, MI5 and MI6, we protect the UK from terrorism, cyber-attacks, and espionage. At GCHQ, you’ll do varied and fascinating work in a supportive and inclusive environment that emphasises teamwork.

The role As an Employment Lawyer within GCHQ’s Legal Directorate, you’ll provide expert advice on employment law in a fast-paced and highly sensitive environment. Working at the heart of national security, you’ll help shape decisions that impact our people and our mission, managing a varied workload that spans casework, policy and litigation. Joining a small, collaborative team based in Cheltenham or Manchester, you’ll work closely with HR and Security colleagues, as well as lawyers from the other