Senior Counsel, Employment Law

This is a Full Time Job

Role Purpose:

NBCUniversal seeks a bright and capable Counsel or Senior Counsel, Employment Law to provide strategic and practical legal counsel to the Company’s Human Resources professionals and business executives.

Job Duties:
• Advise Human Resources professionals, corporate and production executives, and other NBCUniversal lawyers and business partners on employment law issues, including but not limited to:
• California and other states’ employment laws
• Accommodation and leave of absence requests
• Employee misconduct and performance management
• Employment policy development and application
• Reductions in force
• Wage-and-hour issues
• Oversee, conduct and provide counsel on internal investigations, ensuring that concerns are promptly, thoroughly, and appropriately addressed
• Represent NBCUniversal, including working with other NBCUniversal lawyers and outside counsel as appropriate, at mediations and arbitrations for, as well as in litigation of, employment claims
• Research and analyze complex legal issues
• Draft documents, including correspondence with opposing counsel, EEOC and state agency position statements, mediation statements, and settlement/separation agreements
• Monitor federal, state, and local legal legislative developments, and advise on emerging employment law issues
• Create and deliver employment law-related training programs
• Support Employment Law Department as well as enterprise-wide initiatives

Qualifications

Basic Requirements:
• Juris Doctorate from an ABA-accredited law school, or foreign equivalent
• Member in good standing of the state bar of California, or member in good standing of another state bar and qualified to register as California in-house counsel
• 4 years for Counsel/7 years for Senior Counsel of employment law experience, with a nationally-recognized law firm and/or as in-house counsel

Desired Characteristics
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Outstanding legal research and writing skills
• Self-starter with a strong work ethic, high level of professionalism, and team-oriented approach
• Ability to identify, prioritize and resolve legal issues quickly, practically, and effectively
• Ability to explain complex legal concepts to business partners, provide practical advice, build consensus, and collaborate with clients to address business needs in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to build collaborative relationships across all levels of a large, complex organization

Additional Requirements:
• Must be willing to travel regionally and domestically on occasion

This position has been designated as hybrid, generally contributing from the Universal City, CA office a minimum of four days per week.