Employment Law Counsel
Bel
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Suresnes • France
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About the role
- Prepare, secure and support employee representative bodies: Works Council (CSE), committees, collective bargaining, etc.
- Prepare, negotiate and support the implementation of company agreements.
- Actively contribute to the social relations strategy in a multi-site/multi-establishment context.
- Participate in the preparation and monitoring of major projects (e.g., reorganizations, organizational changes, establishment creation, M&A transactions, etc.).
- Proactively propose methods, approaches and best practices for social dialogue at Bel.
- Provide ad hoc legal advice on sensitive individual cases, in close collaboration with HR Business Partners (HRBPs).
- Ensure HR decisions are legally secured by proposing pragmatic, operational solutions adapted to the business context.
- Maintain continuous legal monitoring and contribute to promoting a clear, accessible employment law culture.
Requirements
- Master’s degree (Master 2) in Employment/Social Law.
- Minimum 6 years’ experience in employment law, gained in-house and/or in a law firm, within a complex, multi-site environment.
- Experience or exposure to transformation projects, restructurings or M&A transactions is highly valued.
- Proven experience contributing actively to employee representative bodies and company-level negotiations.
- Strong English skills, with a genuine interest in working in an international environment.
- Strong sense of confidentiality and professional ethics.
- Partner-oriented approach focused on support and co-construction.
- Intellectual curiosity, ability to take a strategic view and understand business challenges.
- Excellent active listening, analytical and synthesis skills.
- Pragmatic, solution-oriented approach.
- Strong interpersonal skills, ability to adapt communication to diverse stakeholders and to demonstrate appropriate assertiveness.
Benefits
- Fixed salary paid over 13 months
- Performance bonus
- Profit-sharing/participation (employee savings plan - PEE)
- RTT (additional paid time off days)
- Supplementary health insurance and provident cover
- Access to a wide range of Works Council (Comité Social et Économique) benefits
- Remote work/teleworking policy
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
employment lawsocial lawlegal advicenegotiationproject managementM&A transactionsorganizational changecollective bargaininglegal monitoringemployee representative bodies
Soft Skills
confidentialityprofessional ethicspartner-oriented approachintellectual curiositystrategic thinkingactive listeninganalytical skillssynthesis skillssolution-oriented approachinterpersonal skills
Certifications
Master’s degree in Employment/Social Law