Corporate Counsel (Litigation)
About the role
Who We Are:
We’re an $8+ billion dollar, rapidly growing workforce solutions provider in the healthcare industry. We deliver tech-enabled services that help healthcare organizations meet and manage their contingent labor needs. We build and manage tech-enabled marketplaces for national and local healthcare talent and deliver contingent labor management solutions through our proprietary software platform.
At Aya, we’re obsessed with creating exceptional experiences for our clients, clinicians and employees. In fact, we put employee satisfaction above all else. Our team members are responsible for incomparable customer experience and we know that happy employees are critical to maintaining happy clients. We foster an entrepreneurial, high-energy, low-bureaucracy culture and value innovative thinking and creative problem solving. We embrace diversity in thought and backgrounds unified by a commitment to high achievement. When you join Aya, you’ll be surrounded by teammates who care about you as an individual and leaders who will help you grow both personally and professionally.
Responsibilities:
- Counsel internal clients on various nationwide employment matters, including wage and hour issues, reasonable accommodations, internal investigations, benefits, and employee classification;
- Draft, review and provide guidance on employment and HR-related policies and procedures;
- Provide counsel and guidance for the successful defense of lawsuits, claims, charges, filed against the Company; provide informed cost benefit analysis when identifying risks; and select and recommend alternative methods of dispute resolution, when appropriate.
- Monitoring new developments and emerging issues in various employment and wage and hour laws, assessing related legal risks, and advising various business departments on these
- Provide timely, business-focused advice to all departments, including compliance, human resources, marketing, and IT to achieve business objectives, mitigate risks, and meet legal
Required Qualifications:
- Must be admitted to the State Bar of California and in good standing
- Must have J.D. from ABA-accredited law school
- 5+ years' experience in employment and wage and hour matters
- Strong research and project management / implementation skills
- Experience in healthcare, staffing, or services industry a plus
- Preferred prior experience at a mid to large sized law firm, in-house legal department or some combination thereof
- Ability to work accurately in fast-paced environment and maintain a sense of urgency
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Strong negotiation skills
- Excellent interpersonal relations
What We Offer:
- Competitive compensation and benefits package