Legal Counsel (Employment)

As our Legal Counsel - Employment (m/f/d), you will work closely with the regional HR team to advise on a number of employee and policy related matters, ensuring timely, business-focused, and relevant advice to stakeholders.

What you will do

• Provide general legal support to the HR team on employment-related matters
• Develop and implement best practices and policies to ensure compliance with applicable regulations at local and international levels
• Draft a variety of employment-related documents, templates, and HR policies
• Define and regularly provide training to HR team on processes, regulatory updates, and best practices, in coordination with other team members across regions
• Support internal employee relations investigation team by providing guidelines for each matter and on-going support to bring each investigation to a close with a clear recommendation
• Manage employment-related litigation, including tracking of matters, budget consultations and management of external counsel, and internal stakeholder management
• Provide regular reports on status of employment issues being dealt with
• Work is done independently and reviewed at critical points
• Performs such legal work as may be assigned by the Vice President – Global Legal

What we are looking for

• Applies experience and professional knowledge to develop and resolve complex issues in creative ways, to deliver distilled and robust legal and commercial advise
• Strong and calm decision-maker, handles unforeseen issues
• Interacts with internal and external stakeholders calmly under pressure
• Strong experience in contract and policy drafting
• Strong experience in employment law (ideally in-house)
• Developed business acumen, and the ability to combine legal and business analysis and judgment in a practical manner
• Recognizes cultural norms and practices in differing target regions
• English language as a must have (plus another European language as highly desirable)
• Good command of standard IT platforms
• Current member of the legal bar in good standing with governing organization for counsel
• LLB Bachelor’s degree in law, Juris Doctorate degree from an accredited law school, or equivalent
• Relevant industry or in-house experience