Legal Counsel, Employment

Remoteworldwide; Remote; EUR 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading HR-tech company is seeking an Employment Law Counsel to join their legal team. This role involves managing employment legal requirements primarily for the UK and Ireland, while also addressing global challenges. The candidate should possess experience in both advisory and litigation work, be eager to adapt to various legal tools, and be proactive in ensuring compliance. Fluency in English is required, with additional language skills as a plus. The role supports a motivated and diverse legal team working across different jurisdictions.

Qualifications

• Experience as a UK or Ireland employment lawyer post-qualification.
• Experience in advisory and litigation employment law work.
• Ability to learn and master various communication and management systems.
• Keen interest in international employment law challenges.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of employment legal work for the UK and Ireland.
• Support the Employment Legal Team globally.
• Help improve legal processes and resources.
• Promote a compliance-focused approach.

Skills

Employment law knowledge

Fluent English

Experience in advisory and litigation

Ability to learn communication tools

Understanding international employment law

Tools

Slack

Juro

Notion

Google Drive

KissFlow

Job description

• This is an exciting time to join Remote and make a personal difference in the global HR-tech space as aLegal Counsel - Employment, joining our Legal Team as an Employment Law Counsel. We are looking for a talented and eager employment lawyer, who is interested in helping with our team’s mission, namely: supercharging our business through the provision of excellent legal advice and implementation of solid legal processes.
• Remote’s well established Legal team is a bunch of friendly, talented highly motivated lawyers from a whole host of different countries, with some awesome experiences.
• The Employment Legal Team principally supports:
• Our Employee Lifecycle team in their support regarding external employees globally;
• Our People team in managing internal employees globally and ensuring compliance across jurisdictions
• Our wider Legal Team in dealing with all types of global employment issues (both advisory and contentious disputes, i.e. litigation and arbitration).

What you bring

• Experience as a UK or Ireland employment lawyer post-qualification
• Experience in advisory and litigation employment law work including the entire employee lifecycle (recruitment, HR policies, benefits, and terminations are the key areas)
• Interested in working for a tech-scaleup and specifically HR-tech
• Keen to understand a whole range of international employment law challenges rather than solely focusing on the territory in which you’ve trained
• Ability to learn and master Remote's communication application (Slack), contract management system (Juro), documentation sources (Notion, Google Drive, etc.), and task management system (KissFlow)
• Writes and speaks fluent English, strong knowledge of another language is an advantage
• Ideally both law firm and in-house experience but this is not a strict requirement
• Ideally international employment experience but this is not a strict requirement - willingness to learn and handle international employment issues is required
• It's not required to have experience working remotely, but considered a plus

Key Responsibilities

• Take ownership of employment legal work for the jurisdiction(s) where you are qualified, with a particular focus on the UK and Ireland, and broader EMEA region.
• Support the Employment Legal Team on jurisdictions globally where needed, including managing or contributing to internal projects and instructing local counsels
• Help improve our processes, templates and knowledge resources
• Promote a “compliance-focus” approach in everything we do
• Provide solutions rather than escalating problems

Practicals

• You'll report to:Managing Counsel, Employment
• Direct reports:N/A
• Team:Legal- Employment
• Location: For this position we welcome everyone to apply, but we will prioritise applications from EMEA region time zone.

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