Associate General Counsel - Labor & Employment

at  Asante Health System

Associate General Counsel - Labor & Employment
Additional Position Details: This position is not remote and would require relocation to southern Oregon for out of area candidates.

POSITION SUMMARY

Our dynamic and growing organization is seeking a skilled and experienced Labor and Employment Attorney to join our legal team. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in supporting our organization’s employment practices and maintaining positive labor/union relations. This is an opportunity to work in a collegial environment where you can work as a trusted legal advisor, serve as a member of a high-performance legal team, act as a driver of first-class labor and employment legal processes and practices within a dynamic organization, and serve as a key member of various cross functional project teams.

EXPERIENCE

• Minimum of five (5) years of meaningful, sustained traditional employment and labor law experience advising management either in a law firm or in-house.

EDUCATION

• Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Highly agile with solid business acumen, sound and confident judgement, professional courage, and unquestionable integrity with discretion in dealing with highly sensitive information.
• Able to simplify legal technicalities into pragmatic recommendations and is fluent translating legal advice into appropriately risk adjusted, business-oriented advice.
• Ability to engage and communicate comfortably and effectively with individuals across a wide range of functions and levels.
• Tenacious, initiative-taking, and resilient with ability to perform with a good blend of operational experience and flexibility.
• Strong knowledge of federal, state, and local labor and employment laws.

• This position will report to and work closely with the SVP, Chief Legal Officer, and will also collaborate with Associate General Counsels, compliance leaders, HR professional and Asante leadership team, providing labor and employment legal counsel.
• This position will serve as a key stakeholder for any union negotiations.
• As a key member of the legal team, the attorney will provide strategic guidance, legal expertise, and proactive solutions to ensure compliance with labor and employment laws and regulations, mitigate risks, and foster a fair and inclusive work environment.