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Job Description
Job Description Summary This role will cover labour and employment issues across APAC including, Singapore, Malaysia, India, Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan, Australia, and New Zealand. The role reports direct to the Executive Labour Counsel for GE Aerospace, with strong links to the General Counsels for the countries/regions. Job Description
- employee and union relations; restructuring, redundancies and outsourcing;
- equal opportunities and diversity; employment litigation; mergers, acquisitions and divestitures;
- collective bargaining obligations; employee discipline, performance management, grievances and termination;
- drafting of employment separation agreements and workplace policies;
- reviewing and advising on workplace investigations;
- advising on working time obligations and other minimum statutory benefits.
- Retain and work effectively with outside counsel where required, and manage external counsel to reduce costs,
- Secure value-added services and improve ‘make vs buy’ decisions.
- Drive simplification initiatives and consistent enterprise standards for Labour and Employment support across the covered regions.
- Training for the HR and business teams on key employment and compliance risk areas.
- Keeping abreast of relevant legal developments across the covered regions.
- Qualified lawyer – licensed to practice in Singapore or a major jurisdiction within the covered regions.
- Substantial legal post-qualification labour and employment experience within Singapore and the covered regions, preferably including time spent both with a leading law firm and in-house with a large multinational corporation, that includes:
- extensive “hands-on” labour & employment legal experience, including international experience; and
- substantial experience and success in working with senior management and international environments;
- experience of labor and employment work on each of M&A activity, litigation, advisory work and training.
- Superior advocacy skills, including the ability to effectively and efficiently communicate in writing and orally, an aptitude for practical negotiation
- The capability to think clearly and quickly under pressure, and the composure to satisfy multiple and often competing interests.
- A strong commitment to integrity and professionalism, and passion for excellence.
- A work history that affirmatively demonstrates leadership, and ability to persuade and push others to deliver on commitments.
- Demonstrable fluency in English including ability to draft and negotiate and present legal and business documents in English.
- Superior negotiating skills and ability to work in complex international environment, substantial experience working in different cultures and an open and tolerant mind with respect to diversity.
- Demonstrable computer literacy with specific ability to use Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, Excel, and other software such as redlining tools.
- Strong project management and prioritization skills
- Record of dedicated and successful teamwork, excellent interpersonal and diplomatic abilities.
- Humble: respectful, receptive, agile, eager to learn
- Transparent: shares critical information, speaks with candor, contributes constructively
- Focused: quick learner, strategically prioritizes work, committed
- Leadership ability: strong communicator, decision-maker, collaborative
- Problem solver: analytical-minded, challenges existing processes, critical thinker