Job Title: Labour & Employment Counsel

Career Level: CL7

Role: Core - Employment Law

Talent Segment: Legal and Commercial

Reporting Line: Employment Law Lead

Accenture Legal encompasses ~3000 lawyers, contract management and other professionals in 47 countries, making us amongst the biggest in-house units of our kind globally.

The Employment Law Team sits within the Compliance, Offerings, Regulatory & Ethics (CORE) function within Legal, and offers the full range of Employment Law services from advisory and litigation support on HR (Human Resources) and Employee Relations issues to implementing compliance projects and supporting transactional matters.

Enjoy challenging and interesting work that requires innovation and creativity. Your entrepreneurial spirit and vision will be encouraged and rewarded, and your success will fuel opportunities for increased impact and rapid career advancement. You will also build the deep, valuable industry and functional expertise that will keep you relevant as you grow your career.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide strategic and pragmatic Employment Law advice on a wide range of advisory matters to key internal stakeholders – including Human Resources, Employee Relations, Inclusion and Diversity, Total Rewards, Mobility, Mobilisation and Leadership.
• Oversee and provide support for litigation and pre-litigation matters, in conjunction with Employee Relations team and external counsel.

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  Provide operational and strategic support for transactional matters:

  • Outsourcing – negotiating and advising on contractual aspects of outsourcing deals including risk management and transition of staff into (and out from) Accenture.
  • Ventures & Acquisitions – negotiating and advising on Mergers and Acquisition/joint venture deals, including due diligence, deal execution and post-merger integration support.
• Advise on industrial relations and collective bargaining issues, particularly collective consultation requirements.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Education: Qualified lawyer with post-qualification experience within an Employment Law team, in private practice and/or – ideally – in an in-house environment.
• Work Experience: Minimum of 5 years post qualification experience.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
• Able to present innovative, original solutions which understand our business, and to act as a strategic thinker.
• Leader as well as team player, collaborative, and persuasive; able to work well with a wide range of personnel, across many roles and levels.
• Demonstrate respect for individuals regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, belief, age, disability, sexual orientation, or other personal characteristics.
• Preferably, some exposure to cross-border work or European projects.