Hybrid Director, Assistant General Counsel – Labor Law

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About the role

  • Providing guidance to the Company, Senior Executives, and the Company’s Labor Relations team including, labor relations and law, union campaigns, and matters before state agencies and the NLRB
  • Manage outside counsel on unfair labor practice proceedings, including managing costs to ensure effective use of resources
  • Conducting management training regarding labor relations and federal and California workplace issues
  • Advising senior management and DaVita business units on labor compliance and risk management to accomplish business objectives without undue risk
  • Keeping the Company’s senior management abreast of significant NLRB decisions, legislation and rulings that may affect the Company’s business or policy
  • Developing a thorough understanding of and familiarity with the Company's business, its people, markets, facilities, customers and competitors in order to identify trends and formulate appropriate structures and strategies
  • Establishing a rapport and working relationship with teammates at all levels in order to encourage and continue the proactive use of in-house legal counsel
  • Performing special assignments or projects
  • Depending on location, must be able to travel a minimum of 25%.

Requirements

  • J.D. Degree with minimum 10 years of legal experience
  • 7-10 years of traditional labor experience, including labor relations and law, union campaigns, and matters before state agencies and the NLRB
  • Experience working with healthcare clients and unions (i.e., SEIU-UHW, NNU, etc.) is a plus, but not required
  • A State bar qualification and good standing
  • Law firm experience required; additional in-house experience a plus
  • Strong alignment with DaVita’s Mission and Core Values
  • Strong communication skills, both written and oral
  • Unquestioned integrity and ethics.
  • Assertive and a self-starter
  • Maturity and strong interpersonal skills; one whose counsel and judgment are actively sought
  • Keen understanding of business and commerce, the ability to diagnose legal problems, and present positive, creative solutions and alternatives for management
  • Bright individual who is a “quick study” and grasps issues quickly
  • Not hindered by an overly bureaucratic and structured approach to solving problems
  • Possesses good stamina and humor
  • Able to work well under pressure in a fast moving, dynamic company.
  • Maturity and flexibility to work effectively with senior management, subordinates and operations personnel
  • Interpersonal skills to be team participant with legal background rather than just the lawyer to the team
  • Key ability to accomplish tasks of both a recurring nature up to complicated analysis in a high volume, fast-paced environment.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, paid time off, PTO cash out
  • Support for you and your family: Family resources, EAP counseling sessions, access Headspace®, backup child and elder care, maternity/paternity leave and more
  • Professional development programs: DaVita offers a variety of programs to help strong performers grow within their career and also offers on-demand virtual leadership and development courses through DaVita’s online training platform StarLearning.

Job title

Director, Assistant General Counsel – Labor Law

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

$161,000 - $236,000 per year

Degree requirement

Postgraduate Degree

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