Who You Are

You enjoy connecting and engaging with people beyond just advising on legal requirements. Your presence fosters reassurance from others and people know they can depend on you. You are a collaborative, team player with superior communication skills.

As part of the Legal team, Counsel will provide legal services to Justworks in support of various functions in the organization. This role will report to Senior Counsel and involve working with people throughout the organization to offer legal guidance and support.

Your Success Profile

What You Will Work On

• Work with other Justworks teams, including Product, Engineering, Customer Success, People, Payments & Tax, Risk & Insurance, Marketing, and Sales relating to various legal matters
• Educate stakeholders on legal matters, policies, and changes in relevant laws and regulations that impact our business 
• Prepare, maintain, and update Justworks policies and standard operating procedures
• Prepare and conduct training, as necessary  
• Assist Senior Counsel with various legal matters and perform other tasks as assigned from time to time, including, assistance with development and coordination of Justworks’ internal legal program
• Work closely with and manage outside counsel relating to various matters, including domestic and international employment matters
• Provide legal support to People and HR Consulting teams on a variety of matters throughout the employee life cycle 
• Provide thought leadership and support for DEIB initiatives
• Negotiate commercial contracts and assist with corporate matters and transactions 
• Review customer-facing content, including content generated by the Marketing and HR Consulting teams
• Help drive legal program awareness and handle other related responsibilities  
• Other duties as needed based on department and/or organizational needs

How You Will Do Your Work

As a Counsel, how results are achieved is paramount for your success and ultimately result in our success as an organization. In this role, your foundational knowledge, skills, abilities and personal attributes are anchored in the following competencies:

• Clear communication - the ability to articulate thoughts and express ideas effectively using oral, written, visual and non-verbal communication skills, as well as listening skills to gain understanding.
• Ethical practice - the ability to integrate core values, integrity and accountability throughout all organizational and business practices.
• Detail-oriented - exercises extreme attention to detail; is thorough, accurate, organized, and productive and seeks to understand both the cause and effect of a situation.
• Risk assessment - applying a logical step-by-step process to protect, and consequently minimize risks to, the organization, interests and employees.
• Manages complexity - making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.

In addition, all Justworkers focus on aligning their behaviors to our core values known as COGIS. It stands for:

• Camaraderie - Day to day you can be seen working together toward a higher purpose. You like to have fun. You’re an active listener, treat people respectfully, and have a strong desire to know and help others.
• Openness - Your default is to be open. You're willing to share information, understand other perspectives, and consider new possibilities. You’re curious, ask open questions, and are receptive to thoughts and feedback from others.
• Grit - You demonstrate grit by having the courage to commit and persevere. You’re committed, earnest, and dive in to get the job done well with a positive attitude.
• Integrity - Simply put, do what you say and say what you'll do. You’re honest and forthright, have a strong moral compass, and strive to match your words with your actions while leading by example. 
• Simplicity - Be like Einstein: “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” 

Qualifications

• JD degree from an accredited law school
• NY Bar admission or NY in-house counsel registration required
• Minimum of 5 years of substantive legal experience in employment matters with a corporate legal department and/or a nationally recognized law firm
• Must possess litigation experience and a superior knowledge and application of contract and business law with strong legal analysis skills
• Sound judgment in managing contractual risk and exposure
• Committed to being a solution oriented legal business partner to internal clients
• Experience in counseling clients on wage and hour matters, preferred
• Superior written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent time management, organizational and analytical skills
• Ability to multitask and meet deadlines
• A collaborative, team player with a positive attitude
• Occasional travel may be required

The base wage range for this position based in our New York City Office is targeted at $175,500.00 to $193,050.00 per year.

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