Hybrid Senior Legal Counsel, Labor and Employment

at Circle K

• Job title: Senior Legal Counsel, Labor and Employment
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Professional Certificate
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Charlotte, United States

About the role

• Senior Legal Counsel providing legal counseling on labor and employment issues for Circle K. Collaborating with HR and legal teams across United States locations.

Responsibilities

• On a daily basis, provide legal advice and counseling on a wide range of employment law issues and legal support to the business unit and operations HR teams
• Support ranges from explaining human resource fundamentals to HR employees to providing detailed analysis of legal risk of proposed actions or inactions
• On a routine basis, provide tactical and strategic legal advice and counseling to HR leadership, including advice on handling performance or conduct concerns of high-level employees
• Review and provide guidance on HR or employment related contracts and agreements to ensure that vendors and partners are required to comply with relevant employment law and Circle K requirements
• Draft, review, and provide advice on a host of employee agreements, including severance and separation agreements, offer letters, and accommodation agreements
• Partner with business units and HR teams to internally handle employment law claims, including demand letters, administrative charges, and administrative investigations
• When appropriate, develop strategies to resolve the claim through settlement
• Retain and manage outside counsel for lawsuits and employment law claims that business units and HR teams are unable to handle internally
• Ensure that outside counsel handles employment litigation matters in compliance with the outside counsel guidelines, adheres to approved budgets, and focuses on achieving the best outcome for Circle K
• Provide legal guidance to HR and operations on business reorganizations, reductions in force, and outsourcing employees and teams to vendors

Requirements

• JD required from an accredited law school
• Bar admission and license to practice law in the U.S., member in good standing
• Minimum of eight (8) years of experience, specifically in labor and employment law area of practice
• Prior experience working in a large law firm preferred
• Experience with employee health and welfare
• Ability to draft documents and policies in a concise manner for non-lawyers
• Must have advanced breadth and depth of practical and academic knowledge of federal, state, and municipal labor and employment laws/regulations
• Substantial experience with delivering advice and counsel to business clients such as Human Resources
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Self-motivated and able to quickly troubleshoot issues and provide solutions
• Ability to effectively collaborate in a team environment, take ownership of projects, and demonstrate independence needed to effectively and timely complete projects
• Extremely organized, strong ability to focus on details, demonstrate accuracy, maintain a high level of confidentiality, and excellent time management skills
• Adaptable to changing priorities and ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high output environment
• Ability to travel as needed

Benefits

• Complete benefits packages (medical, dental, etc.)
• Possibility of enrolling in a defined contribution plan with employer contributions or a stock purchase plan
• Employee discounts in stores and with multiple of our partners
• Paid time off plan including vacation, sick days and personal days
• Scholarship program available to the employee and the employee's children
• Work in a collaborative, dynamic and high performing team
• Learning opportunities to develop new skills and to evolve professionally in a fast-growing company