Job Description

What you'll do

• Provide practical daily employment law advice on various employment matters, such as recruitment, compensation and benefits, performance management, illness and terminations.
• The role has a global focus, supporting and interpreting external legal advice in from countries around the world where we maintain a presence.
• Collaborate with local outside counsels, when necessary, to ensure all stakeholders receive pragmatic and meaningful advice, whilst helping control external legal spend.
• Lead on HR legal matters for (global) organizational changes and redundancies, guiding and supporting the processes delivered by our employee relations team to execute such changes.
• Monitor legal and legislative developments to help ensure compliance with international, federal, and local employment laws.
• Create efficiency in processes to help the people team to provide excellent service, for example in standardizing further ways of working in our employment relations team.
• Provide consultation on projects on the HR roadmap, such as performance management, data protection, remuneration schemes, talent processes etc.
• Draft and revise or provide review and sign off for a range of employment-related templates, such as offer letters, employment agreements, settlement, and separation agreements, employee handbooks, code of conduct, business cases, investment memo’s and more.

What you’ll need

• Law degree and 3+ years of relevant experience as an employment lawyer or inhouse legal counsel.
• English fluency required; fluency in other languages is a plus.
• Experience of working with other countries in an international setting is an asset but not essential, although the desire to expand your international experience is necessary in this case.
• Experience advising on works council matters including engagement and processes is essential.
• Eagerness to find innovative solutions supporting key business goals and increasing the employee experience, while ensuring HR compliance.
• Independent, self-starter, highly responsive and positive, service-oriented approach
• Experience with drafting and negotiating HR documents, and global implementation of HR related policies and procedures
• Ability to collaborate with cross functional teams, leaning into the expertise and specialisms where required