Legal Counsel (Maternity Cover)

Hunkemöller • Deerfield, IL

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

Within our vivid, growing & innovative organisation, you’ll be providing day-to-day legal advice and support to Human Resources and management handling mainly employment-related legal issues including compliance, individual and collective employment rights, discrimination, migration law and litigation. Your support ranges from drafting (employment) agreements, policies, letters and handbooks and best practices, to advise on recruitment and hiring and day-to-day employment issues, employee relations and participation, discipline and terminations, to assist with employee investigations, to negotiate with the works council and unions and to advise on and coordinate responses to region-specific legal requirements, to monitor case law, upcoming legislation and implement such and to prepare and conduct trainings to HR. Next to that, you’ll coordinate external legal support in this context. Amongst all, within this role, you can expect: • A challenging and dynamic role with lots of growth & development opportunity, working very closely with the business. • To maintain in house employment law support overseeing all employment law matters and coordinating external legal support. Hunkemöller is looking for a Legal Counsel for a period of 6-months, with a main focus on employment law matters in the broadest sense, to join our international HQ (in Hilversum) part time (32 hours /week) to temporarily cover a maternity leave period. As an experienced employment lawyer, you’ll be working with the General Counsel, but mostly in strong relationship with our HR team and across all relevant business units. Hunkemöller’s mission is to be a much loved, social and inclusive brand - powered by our people. We have over 900 stores in 15 countries and we are growing. Our plans to expand both in Europe and beyond provide exceptional opportunities for those with a passion for retail. Indeed, passion is one our six values: fun, inclusive, passionate, sexy, in-touch and inspiring. These values drive all we do and together with our growing commitment to the well-being of people, planet and communities, we are building a brand aligned to the demands of our global customers and those that work with us. Our USPs are many however, at the heart of what makes us special is a commitment to World-Class service, whatever the channel and wherever the store. This commitment extends to how we work with each other and creating a World-Class working environment. Hunkemöller is certified TOP EMPLOYER of the Netherlands (for the third time in a row) & Germany 2020, which underlines our people initiatives and achievements.

Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years’ relevant work experience as a lawyer and/or as in-house counsel
• Substantial knowledge of and experience with employment law (compensation & benefits, works council/unions, pensions, immigration, health & safety)
• Pragmatic business partner with great organizational, analytical, entrepreneurial and communicational skills
• High degree of independence, initiative and decisiveness
• Fluent in Dutch and English, both written and spoken

Responsibilities

• Providing day-to-day legal advice and support to Human Resources and management handling mainly employment-related legal issues including compliance, individual and collective employment rights, discrimination, migration law and litigation.
• Drafting (employment) agreements, policies, letters and handbooks and best practices
• Advise on recruitment and hiring and day-to-day employment issues, employee relations and participation, discipline and terminations
• Assist with employee investigations
• Negotiate with the works council and unions
• Advise on and coordinate responses to region-specific legal requirements
• Monitor case law, upcoming legislation and implement such and to prepare and conduct trainings to HR
• Coordinate external legal support in this context
• Maintain in house employment law support overseeing all employment law matters and coordinating external legal support.

Benefits

• 25 days of annual leave, with the option to buy or sell up to 4 additional days
• Hybrid work model, combining office and remote working
• Possibility to work from abroad for up to 2 weeks per year
• An international work environment, working with teams across different countries
• Travel allowance to support commuting costs
• Access to the Hunkemöller Academy for professional development
• 25% employee discount on all Hunkemöller products

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed