Main purpose of the role:
Simmons Adaptive is currently seeking for experienced employment and compliance Lawyer for a 2-3 months live client assignment. This role will be supporting the end-to-end recruitment and employee onboarding process to align with employment best practice in each jurisdiction.
You will be responsible for:
- Work in collaboration with Simmons & Simmons partners to design a questionnaire/survey and identify gaps and room for improvement in their employment and recruitment related processes.
- You will do this by leading internal conversations in the form of interviews with teams such as HR, Recruitment and Payroll.
- You will in collaboration with Simmons & Simmons will produce a report or traffic light system with the identified gaps and recommendations for changes and additional policies to put in place.
Person specification:
- You are a qualified lawyer with 6-10 PQE.
- You are an employment lawyer or compliance specialist with deep understanding of employment laws and regulations from an HR perspective.
- You have excellent stakeholder management experience and ideally experience delivering on similar projects in HK or SG.
Why you should join Simmons Adaptive:
- You will have access to high-quality roles and work within Simmons & Simmons’ market-leading clients.
- You’ll have support from a Simmons & Simmons ‘sponsor Partner’ whilst on external assignment.
- You will be given access to the Firms’ resources and Know-how when on assignment.
- We will invite you to our in-person and virtual networking events exclusively for Adaptive consultants, along with firmwide webinars and events.
- You’ll be given flexibility to work where and when you want.
- You will have the backing of a leading international law firm.
Equal opportunities:
- We are committed to promoting equality and diversity in the firm and to equal opportunities in employment.
- We believe in equality of opportunity regardless of race or racial group (including colour, nationality, ethnicity, national origins), religion or belief, age, disability, sexual orientation, sex, gender re-assignment and gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy, maternity and paternity. This also includes any incidents of perceptive or associative discrimination and harassment.
- At Simmons & Simmons we seek to attract and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures, to create an exciting and rewarding place to work. We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us, should this be something you are interested in.
Background screening:
All recruits of Simmons & Simmons will be required to go through our background screening process. Depending on the position you apply for this may include a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) certificate. We undertake not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a DBS certificate on the basis of a conviction or other information revealed. The firm's policy on the recruitment of ex-offenders is available on request.
