Employment Counsel, Notion

• Irish qualified solicitor, with 8+ years of combined experience practicing employment law at a law firm and in-house
• Significant experience counseling on the full spectrum employment law issues, including recruiting and hiring, worker classification, compensation and benefits, people policies and programs, employee relations, and HR best practices
• Deep subject matter expertise in Irish employment law and experience advising on employment matters across Europe, with a sense of practical application of the law
• Data privacy expertise and experience advising on employment-related data privacy matters
• Ability to draft and review approachable and scalable global employment documentation, including agreements, policies, and handbooks
• Demonstrated interest in artificial intelligence solutions in a work setting
• Excellent drafting, written and verbal communication skills and ability to provide pragmatic, creative, and fast-paced guidance in ambiguous scenarios
• Resilience, resourcefulness, and the ability to develop trusted relationships and work highly cross-functionally
• We hire talented and passionate people from a variety of backgrounds because we want our global employee base to represent the wide diversity of our customers. If you’re excited about a role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every bullet point listed in the job description, we still encourage you to apply
• If you’re a builder at heart, share our company values, and enthusiastic about making software toolmaking ubiquitous, we want to hear from you

Desirable

• Notion is looking for an experienced and practical employment attorney to join its Legal team
• As Employment Counsel, you will partner closely with the People Team to provide day-to-day legal advice, support people programs, and drive our strategic approach to legal compliance for a global employee population
• You will be the primary driver of the Employment Legal team's work in EMEA, as well as manage global initiatives
• Partner with Notion’s global People team - with a heightened focus on EMEA - to provide day-to-day and strategic advice on a range of employment issues including recruiting and hiring, worker classification, compensation and benefits, people policies and programs, employee relations, data privacy, and HR best practices
• Advise during and guide outcomes for employee relations matters, including investigations, leaves and accommodations, performance management, and terminations; manage employment-related disputes and litigation; support non-employment related disputes and litigation
• Draft, revise, and update global employment and benefits documentation and agreements
• Identify and operationalize compliance-based requirements and build scalable policies, playbooks, templates, and tools in collaboration with partner teams
• Highlight and drive practical solutions to existing and evolving employment law requirements and potential legal risks to the business
• Collaborate with other cross functional teams including legal, stock administration, payroll, accounting, procurement, revenue operations, security, and communications