Legal Counsel Collective Employment Law (DACH)
Just Eat Takeaway.com
Job Description
Ready for a challenge?
Then Just Eat Takeaway.com might be the place for you. We’re a leading global online food delivery platform, and our vision is to empower everyday convenience.
Whether it’s a Friday-night feast, a post-gym poke bowl, or grabbing some groceries, our tech platform connects tens of millions of customers with hundreds of thousands of restaurant, grocery and convenience partners across the globe.
About this role
As a Legal Counsel, you'll become part of the group Legal Commercial - People, Supplier & IP Team and work with regional and global teams on individual and collective employment law matters, mainly for our German market. These matters are critical to our continued growth as a busienss, and are the key to our ability to offer a best in class experience to our couriers, staff and customer. You’ll be part of a fantastic team but will also need to be comfortable working independently, drafting and negotiating agreements and working with key stakeholders to get the deal done. As a good communicator, you’re able to answer questions and present information in an easy-to-understand way. Balancing legal risk with commerciality and pragmatism is key to success.
These are some of the key ingredients to the role:
Provide advice on individual and collective employment law matters, including independently conducting and attending a variety of different court proceedings
Manage external counsel and cases with employer associations
Close cooperation with and provide legal advice to a team of labour relations experts and other stakeholders on a broad variety of collective employment law matters, including regarding (negotiation) strategies
Advice to implement global concepts and vision in a locally compliant manner
Develop and implement a variety of legal policies and procedures on works council handling to reduce external spend
What will you bring to the table?
German qualified lawyer
5+ years of experience in collective employment law topics and procedural law, preferably from a combination of private practice and in-house roles
In-depth knowledge of employment law, co-determination legislation and jurisprudence
Confident working across multiple teams and locations on an international scale
Fluent English and German language skills (written and spoken)
Strong communication and organisational skills
At JET, this is on the menu:
Our teams forge connections internally and work with some of the best-known brands on the planet, giving us truly international impact in a dynamic environment.
Fun, fast-paced and supportive, the JET culture is about movement, growth and about celebrating every aspect of our JETers. Thanks to them we stay one step ahead of the competition.
Inclusion, Diversity & Belonging
No matter who you are, what you look like, who you love, or where you are from, you can find your place at Just Eat Takeaway.com. We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture, encouraging diversity of people and thinking, in which all employees feel they truly belong and can bring their most colourful selves to work every day.
What else is cooking?
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