Assistant General Counsel, Employment Law (m/f/d)

As a Assistant General Counsel, Employment Law at Honeywell, in Poland,Warshaw, you will be responsible for providing strategic and day-to-day labour and employment law advice across Eastern Europe and META (Middle East, Turkey and Israel).This is a hybrid role, 3 days at the office + 2 days work from home model. 

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Core Accountabilities

•    Lead strategic employment law advice for business and HR leaders, balancing legal risk, employee considerations and commercial objectives.
•    Drive implementation of company initiatives and strengthen compliance with applicable law and internal policies across the region.
•    Prevent and manage employment disputes and litigation, including oversight of external counsel, strategy, cost and outcomes.
•    Advise on mergers, acquisitions, restructurings and post-acquisition integration to identify risk and enable effective execution.
•    Provide legal leadership for national and local consultation, negotiation and collective labour processes.
•    Build capability within HR and the business through clear guidance, training and scalable risk-management solutions.

Qualifications and Experience

Essential

•    Qualified lawyer with at least eight years’ employment law dedicated experience advising multinational organisations, including substantial in-house experience.
•    Strong command of EU employment law and demonstrable experience across Eastern European jurisdictions.
•    Fluent written and spoken English, with the ability to advise and influence senior stakeholders in a multinational environment.

Preferred

•    Experience advising across META jurisdictions and navigating cross-border employment matters.
•    Fluency in an additional language relevant to the region.
Leadership Capabilities
•    Applies strategic judgement while translating complex legal issues into practical, results-focused advice.
•    Works autonomously, prioritises effectively and remains responsive in a fast-paced, multi-jurisdictional environment.
•    Builds trusted relationships quickly and influences business, HR and legal stakeholders with clarity and constructive challenge.
•    Develops creative, balanced solutions that extend beyond narrow legal analysis and support sustainable business outcomes.
•    Collaborates effectively across functions and cultures, and demonstrates strong coaching, training and consultation skills.
•    Demonstrates sound judgement, integrity and consistently high ethical standards.
•    Travels within the region and internationally as business needs require.

We offer : 

• Competitive Salary regularly increased based on your performance
• Enjoy 25 vacation days per year, plus extra days off for life's special events
• We provide meal vouchers
• Flexible benefits basket with monthly budget allocated (top up medical insurance, life insurance, pension, vacation/ cultural/ fuel vouchers)
• Medical Insurance Plan paid by the company
• Christmas and Easter bonuses
• Recognition & referral bonus programs
• Comprehensive induction, ongoing training and development to set you up for success
• In-house and external learning platforms (Udemy) to continue to expand your skills
• Work experience opportunities to help you grow your career with us
• Global employee networks to help you connect and grow
• Employee Assistance Program - Free and confidential service to help with any difficulties regarding work, life and personal or family matters
• In case of unfortunate events, we support you by offering you free days and financial support (handled on a case by case basis) or Family financial aids
• Access Integrity line - Any workplace issues or violations that need to be raised in good faith, can be communicated in a safe, private and confidential environment
• Your family is growing while working at Honeywell? We congratulate you by offering special bonuses
• Frequent Employee Engagement activities fostering an inclusive and diverse work environment