Senior Counsel - Leatherhead, United Kingdom - KBR

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We are KBR

When you become part of our KBR team, your opportunities are endless. Through internal collaboration, and with our partners and customers, we're defining tomorrow's challenges, then providing the innovative solutions to overcome those challenges, always maintaining our commitment to Zero Harm and Sustainability Platform.

At KBR, we partner with clients to provide purposeful and comprehensive science, technology and engineering solutions to governments as well as the top tier commercial clients in green hydrogen and green ammonia. With a full portfolio of services, proprietary technologies and expertise, our almost 30,000 employees are ready to handle projects and missions throughout their entire lifecycle, from planning and design to sustainability and maintenance. Whether at the bottom of the ocean or in outer space, our clients trust us to deliver the impossible on a daily basis.

Working at KBR means being rewarded for your contributions. In addition to competitive benefits and professional development, our people are empowered to use all their potential, creating meaningful change for themselves and our clients. We attract the best minds in the world because our expertise thrives on creativity, resourcefulness and collaboration. That is how we supply our clients with cutting-edge solutions.

As the needs of the world change, we're ready to respond and guide the way forward with strategic, sustainable, and technological advancements grounded in more than a century of practical application and execution.

We Are Legal

We take on any legal or related task. Every day we work across many different jurisdictions and interface with many different cultures. Our versatility is reflected in our strong commercial awareness and ability to adapt to the circumstances at hand, to provide solid practical legal and commercially focused solutions.

About The Role

Reporting to the Vice President of Global Labor & Employment Law, you will provide labor & employment legal support to KBR's businesses primarily in the UK, with support in the rest of EMEA as well as APAC on an as needed basis. You will partner with the People team and various business stakeholders to provide practical advice on a broad range of employment law issues (dispute and non-dispute), including all aspects of the employment relationship.

About You

Accountability: You will be responsible for the day-to-day management of labor and employment issues that arise within the business while also helping drive the overall strategy of the Labor & Employment function by proactively assessing and managing risk.

Collaboration: You will need to be comfortable working with a wide variety of departments and personalities on matters of sensitivity. You will need to be keen to collaborate and build and maintain strong relationships and partnerships.

Adaptability: You will need to learn on the fly and be comfortable working in a fast-paced work environment. Whether you are responding to time-sensitive requests from the business, presenting to leadership, or facing a deadline, you are rarely flustered, always professional and polished in your approach.

Business Acumen and Financial Awareness: You will continuously assess the needs of the business as you assist in navigating labor and employment challenges with them.

Specific Duties, Responsibilities And Requirements Include

• As a trusted advisor, provide expert labor & employment law advice and counseling to our People team and other stakeholders on a broad range of issues, including recruiting, hiring practices, employee relations, performance management, leaves of absence, accommodations, terminations, internal investigations, compensation, workplace harassment, benefits, privacy, and immigration.
• Collaborate in the drafting, reviewing, and updating of employment contracts, localized handbooks, offer letters, compensation plans and other policies as needed to ensure they align with current laws and best practices.
• Use your UK and global employment law expertise and sound judgment to inform KBR's global employment policies and practices, while balancing legal compliance, best practices and the company's business needs.
• Oversee and/or provide support regarding employment-related litigation, claims, charges, investigations, audits, and subpoenas.
• Advise on employment-related privacy issues.
• Keep abreast of developments in employment law globally and advise on potential impacts to the business.
• Help to implement employment best practices by leading strategic employment law projects, such creating and leading trainings on global employment requirements and best practices.

Experience & Skills

• UK employment law experience in private practice with a highly regarded international law firm and/or a global corporate legal department.
• Global employment law experience required.
• Proven ability navigating UK employment law issues, including experience with tribunals, ACAS, legal consultation obligations, global investigations, global mobility issues, and HR compliance issues
• Experience handling employment litigation matters, including retaining and managing outside counsel to ensure that all aspects of the company's legal representation are of the highest quality, and representing multi-national companies involved in employment disputes with successful outcomes
• Demonstrated judgment, personal integrity, and interpersonal skills. Strong ability to work as a team player who can effectively collaborate with colleagues from the global Legal team and business stakeholders
• Familiar with ediscovery tools and processes.
• Ability to analyze and evaluate complex issues and provide practical, business focused legal advice.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills including the ability to communicate and interact effectively at all levels and across all functions within an organization and the ability to convey complex legal concepts clearly and succinctly.
• Proficient in use of business tools such as Microsoft 365, Microsoft Office products, OneDrive, Sharepoint, etc.
• Successful organizational, leadership and people management skills
• Self-driven, operates with a sense of urgency and resourcefulness.
• Foreign language skills a plus
  

Additional Requirements

• Some travel may be required
• Qualified UK Solicitor
  

Location:

This position is based in Leatherhead, UK. That said, KBR strives to maintain a global, flexible, diverse, and sustainable working environment for our people. KBR currently offers flexible working arrangements, including hybrid, remote working and virtual delivery, to help reinforce our strong commitment to becoming a more socially sustainable company and allow us to provide greater work-life balance and flexibility.

KBR Benefits

We offer challenging opportunities, competitive salaries, and a comprehensive benefits package that includes Private Medical Insurance, Employer Pension Contributions, Life Assurance, Personal Accident cover, Income Protection and much more. We also offer flexible working arrangements and the opportunity to make a real difference in the world.

Inclusion and Diversity at KBR

At KBR, we are passionate about our people, sustainability, and our Zero Harm culture. These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a more inclusive and diverse company. That commitment is central to our team of team's philosophy and fosters an environment of real collaboration across cultures and locations. Our individual differences and perspectives bring enhanced value to our teams and help us develop solutions for the most challenging problems. We understand that by embracing those differences and working together, we are more innovative, more resilient, and safer. We Deliver – Together.

KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.