• Job Description

  Req#: R23027539

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  Job Description:

  UPS is seeking a talented and motivated Associate General Counsel to join its global legal team in Atlanta, GA. The primary responsibility of this position is to oversee and manage single-plaintiff employment litigation. This position reports to a Deputy General Counsel, who reports to the Company’s General Counsel.

  Job Description

  The Associate General Counsel will manage a broad array of employment-related disputes, involving both unionized and non-unionized employees. The individual in this role manages outside counsel to oversee the defense of matters in federal and state courts and with administrative agencies throughout the United States; draft and negotiate settlement and separation agreements; and supervise internal Case Managers and Administrative Assistants.

  Responsibilities and Duties

  • Coordinates with outside counsel in the representation of the Company’s position to ensure a consistent, accurate, and complete explanation and defense of UPS’s legal position
  • Collaborates with outside counsel in developing strategies for cases to ensure matters are defended and resolved appropriately and in a cost-effective manner
  • Reviews invoices from outside counsel to ensure accuracy and to contain legal costs
  • Tracks outside counsel expenditures against financial targets and provides forecasts of future expenditures
  • Manages resources and people processes (e.g., Performance Management, Career Development, Succession Planning, Salary Administration, Training, Staffing, etc.) to ensure the day-to-day administration of processes and formal procedures
  • Identifies individual and team skill gaps and developmental opportunities to facilitate individual and team development

  Knowledge and Skills

  • Strong knowledge of federal and state employment and labor laws
  • Significant experience managing employment litigation matters in federal and state courts
  • Ability to effectively manage a large litigation docket and outside counsel
  • Experience advising clients on employment-related matters and risks
  • Ability to use multiple strategies to remove barriers to agreements, persuade others, and win concessions effectively
  • Strategic and analytical thinker who works collaboratively internally and externally
  • Prioritizes complex, material, and/or multi-functional risks to the enterprise; provides guidance regarding risk treatments
  • Ability to learn and apply processes, procedures, and methods within UPS’s operations in detail

  Qualifications

  • Minimum of six years at a law firm and/or in-house with employment law and employment litigation experience in federal and state courts
  • Traditional labor law experience – Preferred
  • Experience managing employees – Preferred
  • Must be a member of a state bar in good standing, with an active license
  • Must be currently located in the geographic area of the position or willing to relocate yourself

  Employee Type:

  Permanent

  UPS is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation.

  Other Criteria:

  Employer will sponsor visas for specific positions. UPS is an equal opportunity employer. UPS does not discriminate on the basis of race/color/religion/sex/national origin/veteran/disability/age/sexual orientation/gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

  Basic Qualifications:

  Must be a U.S. Citizen or National of the U.S., an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, or an alien authorized to work in the U.S. for this employer.

• About the company

  United Parcel Service is an American multinational package delivery and supply chain management company. Along with the central package delivery operation, the UPS brand name is used to denote many of its divisions and subsidiaries, including its cargo airline, freight-based trucking operation, and its delivery drone airline. The global logistics company is headquartered in the U.S. city of Sandy Springs, Georgia, which is a part of the Greater Atlanta metropolitan area.

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