Assistant Director Associate General Counsel Specialist-Labour Law

Employment Type: Permanent
Contract Duration:

At IATA, we speak for the airlines of the world, serving and supporting over 300 of them across all continents. We are passionate and knowledgeable about the aviation industry, and we strive to make it safer, smarter, more sustainable and more inclusive. We celebrate diversity and inclusion in our workforce, and we respect and value the different backgrounds, perspectives and skills of our employees. We also care about our employees’ wellbeing, and we provide flexible work arrangements, travel benefits, family-friendly policies, equal pay and a day off on your birthday. We believe in giving back to the community and encourage our staff to participate in volunteering activities that support causes they care about. We encourage you to join our global community of aviation enthusiasts, and we will do our best to make you feel comfortable during the interview process. IATA is more than a trade association; it is a vision of a better future for air travel.

About the team you are joining

The Legal Services and Corporate Secretary (LSCS) team is led by the General Counsel and Corporate Secretary and is made up of two teams – Legal Services and Governance and Membership. This position is part of the Legal Services team which is further divided into three legal workstreams – Advocacy, Standards and Commercial.

What your day would be like

Provide independent, reactive and proactive legal advice on diverse substantive and procedural questions of considerable complexity, which may include those related to labour law, administrative law, litigation, dispute resolution, administration and management, procurement and contracts, through the following activities:

1. Prepare and provide independent legal advice and memorandums on questions concerning the interpretation or application of law, legal instruments, or legal principles across multiple jurisdictions.
2. Draft appropriate responses to correspondence and communication raising legal issues or having legal implications.
3. Work with IATA\’s external counsel to provide advice.
4. Act as primary legal contact for IATA\’s People Performance and Development Division.
5. Be the primary lawyer responsible for providing advice on labour law.
6. Collaborate with other LSCS team members across the work of the LSCS.
7. Lead in-house client relationships on labour law matters.
8. Work collaboratively with Directors and other Associate General Counsel to adapt, change, develop and implement improvements within and across the Legal Workstreams.
9. Manage, instruct, and approve the budget for external counsel in accordance with team processes.
10. Monitor and review performance of external counsel.
11. Maintain strong relationships with specialist legal communities relevant to IATA’s work.

We would love to hear from you if you have:

• University degree in law, (LLB, JD, LLM) from an internationally recognized university.
• Admission to practice law in a relevant jurisdiction, preferably the UK, an EU member state, Canada, US, Australia or New Zealand.
• Fifteen years post legal qualification experience in increasingly responsible positions in an organization, government department or law firm with a significant portion of that experience relevant to labour law.
• Expertise in labour law, administrative law, including labour investigations and dispute resolution.
• Significant legal professional knowledge, skills and experience.
• Superior written and oral communication skills in English.
• Time management skills.

and are:

• Committed to the special confidentiality obligations relating to in-house legal advice on employment.
• Committed to personal development and continued learning including proactively ensuring your continued professional development.
• An effective, confident communicator and a team player.

and can:

• Demonstrate initiative and ownership of tasks.
• Establish strong team relationships.

Travel Required: N

Learn more about IATA’s role in the industry, our benefits, and the team at iata/careers/ . We are looking forward to hearing from you!

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