Legal Advisor - Employment & HR Compliance

Horizons

The main mission will be:

Maintain global HR compliance standards, with specific requirements from an Employment and Compliance perspective, across multiple jurisdictions, including with regards to:

Statutory obligations with regards to employees representation: organization of elections, etc.
Statutory company policies & rules (implementation, monitoring, revision): employment policies (handbook), health and safety policy, additional policies specific to each country (LGTBI, equality, etc.), disciplinary code, grievance procedure, notices of good practice

Your day-to-day:

Conduct researches and monitor local changes in employment laws and regulations
Conduct comprehensive assessments of HR compliance gaps across all Horizons' entities worldwide (40+ countries) and implement effective solutions, including the development of policies and practice
Optimize and standardize company policies and approaches across all Horizons' entities worldwide, with specific emphasis on employees representation and statutory company policies & rules (employment policies, health and safety policy, additional policies specific to each country, disciplinary code, grievance procedure, etc.)
Develop and maintain up to date the company's internal knowledge base on employment law and internal practices
Support for teams:

Operations team: during employees life cycle with Horizons, especially when grievance, discipline, offboarding occurs
HR team: regarding internal Horizons' employment (during full employees lifecycle)

Requirements:

Strong academic background, with a Bachelor degree or higher in Law, with specialization in Labor Law, Contracts Law, Private Law, or Law applied to HR
Experience in a similar role within a fast-growth environment, with deep knowledge and understanding of all types of employment matters and labor relations in general
Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects at once
Excellent time management and organization in order to meet strict deadlines
Ability to analyze problems and come up with a solution
Having lived in or experienced different countries would be a big advantage
Language requirements: fluent in English with excellent writing skills. Fluent French and/or Spanish language will be a plus
Experience in implementing employment policies in Europe or NAM would be a plus.