Senior Managing Counsel - Employment (UK, Ireland and North America)

Booking.com

Amsterdam

2 days ago

Amsterdam

2 days ago

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Senior Managing Counsel - Employment (UK, Ireland and North America)

Senior Managing Counsel - Employment needed at Booking.com to handle UK, Ireland, US, Canada, and LatAm regions. Requires 8+ years experience, Master's in Law, and UK law qualification. Hybrid role based in Amsterdam.

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Hybrid

Full-time

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Work Location

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands, NL

Work Model

Hybrid

Experience Required

8 years

Employment Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Senior: 8+ years

Core Qualifications

Soft Skills

negotiation skillsproactivestrategic thinkingteam-player mentalityflexible learnerintellectually curiousopen-mindedadaptablecomfortable with ambiguityproblem-solving

Key Responsibilities

•Provide pragmatic and effective legal support to manage Employment Law and HR questions and risks across multiple entities within the UK&Ireland/ US / Canada / LatAm regions
•Act as the main contact for the (external) counsels and HR Business Partners in the region
•Support with global HR/employment projects initiated within Booking.com
•Proactively inform the HR department with new developments on Labour law
•Provide training on legal matters to HR and managers, discuss policies to be implemented, and supervision over external legal costs
•Contribute legal expertise to a wide range of (HR) activities such as disciplinary actions and terminations, organisational changes, employment contract issues and reviews, compensation & benefits
•Develop, implement and review of employment policies and procedures; advise on Employee Representation where applicable
•Proactively advise on the improvement of procedures in order to prevent recurring issues arising
•Provide going-concern updates and discuss important changes within the region to the Director Employment Law

Senior Managing CounselEmployment LawUKIrelandUSCanadaLatAmLegalHybridAmsterdam

Key Responsibilities

•Provide pragmatic and effective legal support to manage Employment Law and HR questions and risks across multiple entities within the UK&Ireland/ US / Canada / LatAm regions

•Act as the main contact for the (external) counsels and HR Business Partners in the region

•Support with global HR/employment projects initiated within Booking.com

•Proactively inform the HR department with new developments on Labour law

•Provide training on legal matters to HR and managers, discuss policies to be implemented, and supervision over external legal costs

•Contribute legal expertise to a wide range of (HR) activities such as disciplinary actions and terminations, organisational changes, employment contract issues and reviews, compensation & benefits

•Develop, implement and review of employment policies and procedures; advise on Employee Representation where applicable

•Proactively advise on the improvement of procedures in order to prevent recurring issues arising

•Provide going-concern updates and discuss important changes within the region to the Director Employment Law