Junior Counsel

Posted:
8/6/2024, 3:14:39 AM

Location(s):
London, England, United Kingdom ⋅ England, United Kingdom

Experience Level(s):
Junior ⋅ Mid Level

Field(s):
Legal & Compliance

Workplace Type:
Remote

Who we are

Omnipresent is a global employment platform that enables organisations to compliantly hire, onboard, pay, and manage their employees and contractors worldwide. With our team of global HR, legal, payroll, and benefits experts, we offer premium Employer of Record services in over 150 countries, which includes legal support and streamlined employee onboarding and offboarding. Our services ensure compliance with tax obligations and local labor laws, timely and accurate payroll, and competitive global benefits, including pensions, health insurance, and family leave to ensure a great experience for both the employer and employee.

We enable our clients to be able to employ anyone, anywhere, any way.

Your role

This role will be responsible for providing essential legal advice and support to our members across the Employer of Record industry on employment matters. Reporting to the Head of International Employment the role enhances our reputation and brand as a specialist and expert provider of Employer or Record services. As part of the employment team you will support to guide and implement the legal strategy for our Employer of Record product in support of various functions in the organization, including operations, expansion, product, customer success, sales among others.

 Responsibilities:

  • Provision of high quality, up – to – date and professional legal advice on the application of employment law;
  • Development of legal articles for bulletins and preparation of FAQs aimed at educating clients and prospects on legal matters and developments;
  • Provision of advice on employment compliance and any employment disputes;
  • Provision of employment legal advice to internal stakeholders;
  • Collaborate with the Product team to advise on new solutions for our EOR product;
  • Support the Sales team with the resolution of complex employment or contractual requests from potential or existing clients;
  • Support the HR team with the resolution of complex employment requests from existing clients or employees.

What We Are Looking For:

  • Essential: Must be a qualified legal practitioner.
  • Essential: Minimum 1 year post qualification experience.
  • Post qualification experience in international employment law is desired but not essential.
  • Ability to communicate and build rapport and strong trusting relationships with key stakeholders, internally and externally.
  • Ability to deal with and resolve complex problems and relationships.
  • Strong legal research skills.
  • Detail–oriented, exercises extreme attention to detail, is thorough, accurate, organized, productive and seeks to understand both, the cause and effect of a situation.
  • Ability to multitask and meet deadlines.

 You're The Kind Of Person Who:

  1. Is Ambitious - is able to act fast and with ambition. Sets ambitious goals and then asks how we can beat them?
  2. Customer Centric – puts the customer at the heart of everything you do. Anticipates their needs, listens to their feedback, and goes the extra mile to deliver an exceptional service.
  3. Takes Ownership – embraces responsibility and takes initiative. Owns your work, follows through on commitments, and proactively solves problems to drive success for the team and the company.
What's in it for you?
  • Shared ownership: Being a part of our journey means you'll own a piece of Omnipresent.
  • Flexible working: Work from anywhere in the world! We are genuinely as flexible as the work allows.
  • Development: Training, coaching, and an environment that promotes career ambition and progression.
  • Work environment: We are fully remote, allowing you to work from wherever you live in a flexible manner.
  • Wellbeing: Mental health and wellbeing support and services through Plumm
  • Home office setup: We will provide you with the equipment you need to work from home: laptop, monitor and we will also cover your internet costs.
  • Additional benefits: We offer additional benefits that vary from region to region, such as medical, life insurance, pension/retirement funds and more!

We believe remote working is a great equalizer and we practice what we preach. Inclusivity is fundamental to our mission and we are committed to conscious inclusion. We believe in the potential of everyone; regardless of race, religion or belief, ethnic origin, different physical ability, family structure, socio-economics, age, nationality or citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, or gender identity.

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Omnipresent

Website: https://www.omnipresent.com/

Headquarter Location: London, England, United Kingdom

Employee Count: 101-250

Year Founded: 2019

IPO Status: Private

Last Funding Type: Series B

Industries: Employment ⋅ Human Resources ⋅ Management Information Systems ⋅ Recruiting ⋅ SaaS