Counsel - People & Culture Professional

Job Description

Grade GResponsible for providing comprehensive strategic and solution-focused guidance on legal and risk-related matters and projects, to assist BP in minimising its legal and reputational risks. Legal Group Counsel - People & Culture will provide specialist employment law advice to People & Culture (P&C) and the businesses in India, including senior leaders, on a wide range of employment issues, including: Client advice and counsel - provide daily counselling to P&C, managers and other lawyers on a wide range of Indian employment law matters, including labour law compliance issues, disciplinary matters, employee performance concerns, requests for leave, contractor management, and wage payment and working time, etc. Reorganizations - advice on corporate reorganizations and individual and collective redundancies. Policy work - helping to review policies and procedures such as reviewing disciplinary, anti-sexual harassment, leave and working time policies. Employment advice on company mergers, acquisitions and disposals; advice on transfer of undertakings, employee transfers, insourcings, outsourcings and joint ventures. Industrial Relations - advising on any trade union issues International assignment agreements - helping to advise on day to day legal queries from International Mobility and reviewing contracts. Co-ordinating legal advice from a number of different jurisdictions and providing inputs on Indian employment law aspects to support and advise on global projects Employment Tribunal / court claims - reviewing employment tribunal / court claims and involving external legal counsel where vital. Reviewing notices from labour authorities and providing legal and strategic inputs. Coordinating with external legal counsel, where required. Settlement agreements - drafting and negotiating settlement agreements Investigations - advising on (and if part of the disciplinary committee, conducting) internal investigations related to violations of company policies. Training - helping to run training sessions for members of P&C and legal, including quarterly sessions for BP employment lawyers globally. Training - helping to run training sessions for employees on workplace matters, such as anti-sexual harassment. Precedents - helping to review/ update bp s precedents, e.g. offer letters, secondment agreements and writing legal guidance notes for P&C. The job requires a lawyer acting as a trusted advisor and working with minimal direction on multiple complex matters at a time, plus the ability to influence collaborators in achieving the right outcome for the business, in line with our beliefs! Qualification and Experience: Must have at least 3 years employment law expertise and a proven track record of prioritizing multiple complex matters at a time. Must be decisive under pressure, including when operating with limited information. Crucial to focus on material risks only and always be pragmatic in their advice. Need excellent, succinct interpersonal skills.