Description:
Job Overview:A Comprehensive Health Care in New Jersey, New Jersey s largest integrated academic healthcare system, seeks an employment law attorney to join its in-house legal department. The ideal candidate will have 4-6 years of experience in both employment litigation and counseling, preferably with a large law firm, healthcare system, or other large employer.
Reports to:
The Associate Counsel, Employment Law reports directly to the Vice President of Legal Affairs, Assistant General Counsel – Employment Law
Qualifications:
- Juris Doctorate degree from a nationally recognized law school and excellent academic credentials required
- Active license to practice law in the State of New Jersey preferred or eligibility for in-house counsel licensure in New Jersey
- 4 – 6 years of experience practicing employment law required
- Extensive knowledge of applicable state and federal employment laws, rules and regulations
- Employment litigation experience, including appearing in state and federal courts as well as before administrative agencies
- Prior experience in a major law firm or legal department of a large corporate organization with healthcare law experience strongly preferred
- Experience drafting employment agreements and other employment-related documents
- Demonstrated professional and interpersonal skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and experience with the ability to convey complex legal concepts to non-lawyers
- Demonstrated time management skills, work organization and ability to manage many projects at one time
Essential Functions:
- Provide practical, executable and accurate employment law advice to stakeholders on a daily basis
- Report on key employment issues
- Provide advice and counseling with respect to numerous employment law related issues, including accommodation requests under the ADA; employee leave requests, including family medical and disability leave requests; wage and hour issues; employment termination, and disciplinary issues
- Assist with administrative agency matters
- Conduct legal research and analysis of complex legal issues with capacity to present to stakeholders regarding the same
- Advise on employment related aspects of acquisitions, dispositions and dissolution of businesses
- Provide training and education to HR professionals and management to ensure understanding and compliance with applicable laws and regulations
- Drafting employment-law related documents.
Other Duties:
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of all activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. This job description does not change the at will nature of employment. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
