Deputy General Counsel & Employment Attorney

Description:

What You'll Do
This position is for an attorney with counseling, investigative, negotiation, litigation, and leadership skills who has experience representing employers as employment or labor counsel. The attorney will provide daily legal support and advice to Human Resources professionals and senior business managers on a broad array of employment and labor issues in support of CNS's management and operation of the Y-12 National Security Complex and its 9,000-person workforce. This will include litigation in various forums and both supervising outside counsel and handling matters in-house. In addition, the attorney must be able to deliver real-time legal advice in the context of the company's strategic mission and business objectives and operational concerns. The attorney will also, at appropriate times, assume a supervisory role in the Legal Department and a leadership role in the company.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Defend the company against employment claims
• Prepare responsive pleadings and, when necessary, edit and revise outside counsel drafts of such pleadings
• Represent clients at trials, labor arbitrations, mediations, and depositions
• Direct outside counsel while developing and overseeing litigation strategy
• Review the results of investigations into ethical issues and employee concerns and advise on the appropriate course of action
• Draft responses to EEOC Charges and inquiries by other federal and state agencies
• Develop rapport with Legal Department peers, company leadership, HR, supervisors, managers, and other internal stakeholders to proactively identify risks and strategies to mitigate those risks and avoid formal legal disputes
• Provide proactive representation of CNS to DOE/NNSA
• Review CNS's labor and employment policies and provide recommendations for their enforcement and improvement
• Create and conduct HR training programs
• Assist the General Counsel with projects as needed
• Be prepared to assume a supervisory role in the Legal Department

What you can expect:

• Meaningful work and unique opportunities to support missions vital to national and global security
• Top-notch, dedicated colleagues
• Generous pay and benefits with a stable organization
• Career advancement and professional development programs
• Work-life balance fostered through flexible work options and wellness initiatives

Minimum Job Requirements:

• Juris Doctor from an ABA-accredited law school. Minimum 8 years of relevant experience. Minimum 5 years of relevant supervisory/ management experience.
• Licensed to practice law in at least one state and must be admitted, or able to be admitted, to the Tennessee Bar
• Strong working knowledge of the procedural rules and substantive laws in labor and employment, i.e., familiarity with federal court practice, as well as practicing before the EEOC, DOL, and other federal, state, and local government administrative agencies, and before arbitrators selected under collective bargaining agreements
• Litigation experience, including preparing and filing responsive pleadings, conducting depositions, engaging in discovery with an understanding of and ability to manage electronic discovery, and drafting and opposing motions for summary judgment
• Experience in preparing for negotiations, conducting negotiations, and counseling a client regarding developments and options in a negotiation
• Knowledge of the rules governing the practice of law, the ability to recognize and resolve ethical issues, and a commitment to strictly adhere to the rules of professional conduct
• Excellent analytical and writing skills (candidates who are invited to interview must provide recent samples of their written work product)
• Effective interpersonal, communication, and problem-solving skills

Preferred Job Requirements:

• Familiarity with M&O contracting
• In-courtroom experience with hearings, arbitrations, motions, appeals, or trials
• Experience working in a heavily regulated or audited environment
• Experience providing support to an organization that provides goods and services to the U.S. Government
• Experience actively negotiating in alternative dispute resolution
• Experience developing and presenting briefings and trainings to employees and managers
• Experience delegating to and effectively utilizing legal staff
• Management experience
• Both the ability for, and an interest in, learning new areas of law, taking on other duties as assigned, and demonstrating flexibility
• Ability to work independently as appropriate
• Ability to travel as needed

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