Senior Employment Counsel

Job Position: Senior Employment Counsel – Asia Pacific
Function: Legal
Reports to: Chief Employment Counsel

Location: Singapore
Scope: Asia Pacific region

Business Context

The Employment Legal function sits within the Corporate Centre and provides employment law support to enable Unilever to deliver its business objectives while appropriately managing risk. We are looking to hire an expert Senior Counsel who can lead the provision legal support for the full range of employment law issues which impact Unilever's business across Asia Pacific.

Main Purpose

This is an exciting new role where the successful candidate will be expected to establish strong relationships with Human Resources colleagues and support them across the full range of contentious and non-contentious work. The individual will be expected to operate with a high degree of autonomy and work with minimal supervision. The individual will also have the opportunity to help shape the future of the Employment Law team.

Detailed role description

• Lead employment law legal support across Asia Pacific
• Partner with HR teams and other stakeholders to provide support for all contentious and non-contentious employment law work.
• Work with the IR/ER team to provide advice on employee relations matters, including issues related to works councils and trade unions.
• Provide expert advice and input in relation to global projects, policies and other initiatives.
• Support the Business Integrity team in relation to employment related investigations and other compliance issues.
• Engage and manage outside counsel across the region, including budget management.
• Proactively identify, address and manage legal risk issues related to employment law.
• Keep up to date on employment law developments and provide thought leadership as to the impact on Unilever.
• Conduct training and build know-how as required for both HR and non-HR colleagues.

Note: The roles and duties are not exhaustive and may change according to business requirements.

Essential Skills & Relevant Experience:

• Qualified lawyer in a jurisdiction within the region with significant experience advising organisations on employment law issues across Asia Pacific.
• Deep experience advising on the full range of employment issues, including trade union and other collective issues, on a cross-border basis.
• Experience in working in a complex multinational organisation – either directly or on a secondment basis.
• Demonstrable experience of driving change.
• Ability to operate and exercise judgement independently.
• Ability to influence and manage multiple internal and external stakeholders. Ability to deliver through others and with limited resources.
• Ability to engage on technical topics and communicate them clearly.
• Experience in preparing executive briefings and presentations.
• Ability to translate global strategies locally.
• Comfortable with uncertainty, able to exercise judgement in a fast-moving environment.
• Fluent in English; a second language is an advantage.
• This role is based in our office in Singapore.

Please apply online by clicking on the "Apply" button. Your application will be reviewed against our requirements. If you do not meet immediate requirements, your profile will be registered in our talent pool system, and we will match your profile to suitable future vacancies. You will be able to access your status update through the candidate tracking link.

In line with Singapore Government regulations, we are committed to giving priority to local Singaporean candidates during our hiring process. Applications from foreign candidates will be considered if suitable local talent is not available.

Thank you for your interest and application.

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