Senior Counsel, Legal
Skills
BargainingCollective BargainingEasily AdaptableHearingsJurisdictionLabor RelationsLabor Strategy
What the job involves
The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.
Requirements
- Juris Doctor or international equivalent degree with 6+ years practicing attorney experience in labor law
- Active license to practice law in a jurisdiction and ability to meet admission requirements in a relevant jurisdiction
- Experience with collective bargaining organizing activity agency hearings and labor arbitration
- Ability and willingness to travel to Irvine campus frequently and other locations as needed
- Strong drafting negotiating and interpreting skills for collective bargaining agreements
- Sound judgment with pragmatic business focused legal analysis
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple diverse projects under deadlines
- Strong ethics collaboration and influencing skills
- Commitment to equity inclusion diversity and belonging
Nice to have
- Pragmatic
- Business-oriented
- Detail-oriented
- Collaborative
- Influential
- Adaptable
- Ethical
- Inclusive
Day to day
- Serve as a trusted legal advisor on collective bargaining labor relations and employee engagement matters
- Support negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and help shape negotiation strategies proposals and related litigation or arbitration
- Partner with HR Labor Relations Communications and Microsoft legal teams to build proactive inclusive strategies that improve employee relations and engagement
- Provide clear timely advice on labor law training education communication and day to day business requests