Legal Specialist
Oyster
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Right now, the best jobs are limited to people in a handful of the world’s wealthiest cities, yet brilliant people are everywhere. Driven to overturn the status quo and distribute opportunities equally around the world, Oyster launched its global employment platform to help companies hire, pay, and care for talent anywhere.
When it comes to global employment, we walk the walk. We’re proof that companies don't need an office to create a highly-engaged culture. Since the company’s inception in January 2020, Oyster has:
Our momentum speaks to the power of global employment—and we’re just getting started! If you want to change the world with Oyster and be empowered to work remotely while doing so, we’d love for you to apply!
👩💻 The Role
Location: While this position is posted in a specific location, all of Oyster’s positions are fully remote, and you can work from home. Forever. To create the best experience for our new hire (you?!), this role does require that you be based within UTC +2 to UTC -4.
Oyster is growing fast, and its Legal team needs help! We are looking for a high-performing Legal Specialist to join our team who can assist in keeping up with the demands of a growing global HR/tech company. In this role, you will be working with members of the Legal Team’s Employment Pod, primarily handling all things related to the creation and maintenance of employment templates as well as employment compliance, which will require critical thinking, innovation, and integrity. You will also work cross-functionally on projects to help Oyster reach its goals.
Being a fully distributed company, the Legal Specialist will work synchronously and asynchronously with team members all over the world. We are looking for someone with wonderful attention to detail, strong multi-task skills, high energy, a positive attitude, and no camera shyness.
What you'll do…
PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS NOT A PRACTICING ATTORNEY POSITION.
Reporting to the Managing Counsel of the Employment Standards team, the Legal Specialist will be tasked with:
- Contributing to processes for maintaining compliant employment-related templates and policies and assisting the Legal staff members in this process.
- Tracking compliance requirements and assisting Legal staff members and other relevant stakeholders in finding appropriate solutions.
- Assisting Legal staff members in developing knowledge materials and supporting cross-functional stakeholders to promote knowledge transfer.
- Collaborating with internal stakeholders to ensure finalized documents are available for use, including being automated in Oyster’s contract management system.
- Creating and maintaining legal team projects in Asana and other platforms.
- Supporting employee relations escalations received via Oyster’s intake system, Zendesk, which will include responsibilities such as:
- Assigning escalations to the appropriate Legal team member within the Employment Pod for handling based on internal guidance.
- Working with our analytics team to support Zendesk data reporting.
- Assisting with improving processes, sharing best practices, and increasing efficiency in the Legal department's operations, systems, and technology.
- Working cross-functionally to fulfill Oyster's Mission and Vision.
- Build and maintain solid relationships within the Legal department and with cross-functional departments.
Core Requirements
We are looking for someone who is bright, dynamic, and driven. The successful candidate will be able to handle any responsibility assigned and can work independently but is also not afraid to ask for help.
- 1-2 years of experience as a paralegal, legal assistant, or in a corporate or HR environment.
- Bachelor's Degree (or its equivalent).
- Knowledge and experience with human resources, employment law and/or compliance-related matters.
- Organized and detail-oriented, with excellent communication skills.
- Ability to work in a dynamic, high-output environment.
- Proactive and uses independent judgment.
- Demonstrates zeal for solving problems and adding value to the company.
- Establishes priorities amongst the team by speaking up and setting actionable project management objectives.
- Be competent. Be unquestionably ethical. Have humility. Work hard. Celebrate wins. Be a team player.
- [BONUS] Experience working with Product teams on automation.
- [BONUS] Prior experience in a corporate/employment legal department.
- [BONUS] Experience with tech start-ups.
- [BONUS] Working in Notion and Asana.
- [BONUS] Experience with remote work.
- [BONUS] Proficient in Google Suite of products (Gmail, Google Doc, Google Sheets).
- [BONUS] Experience with a client relationship management system or other intake systems (Zendesk, Salesforce, ServiceNow).
You'll also need
- A reliable home internet connection (or be able to get one).
- Fluent English language skills.
🦪 How we work together at Oyster
Our values guide the work we do, the decisions we make, and the culture that makes us special. We elevate talent. 🙌 We build trust. 🤝 We thrive together. 🌍
Our mission is to create a more equal world—one global hire at a time. Everything we do ladders up to our mission—and that doesn’t just mean building software. We develop programs, participate in workshops, and create dedicated teams to ensure we successfully support companies and knowledge workers in this new world of work.
We embrace asynchronous communication and collaborative work—and we share how we work in the Oyster Public HQ —to help other global teams learn from our experiences.
💌 How YOU work
Different countries have different statutory benefits, different cultures have different norms, and different people have different needs! In order to best support and encourage our diverse team, we’ve created How YOU Work; a program of policies, practices, and perks to support your whole human experience as an employee at Oyster.
- Work from anywhere: Oyster is a borderless, HQ-less company. As long as your work gets done on time, your team has the support they need, and you're authorized to work where you live, the world is truly your Oyster.
- Paid time off: We’re all about taking breaks—we all need it. Oyster provides employees with 40 days off each year, which includes public/bank holidays and vacation/holiday leave (unless your country mandates more).
- Mental health support: We consider your mental health a top priority. We offer access to Plumm, a mental well-being service, to support your mental health.
- Wellbeing allowance: Each month, Oyster will top up your ThanksBen wallet with a wellbeing allowance. You can get pretty much anything that your heart desires! ThanksBen offers a wide array of options for spending your wellbeing allowance. Check out their benefits catalogue here for inspiration.
- Flexible parental leave: Families are created in lots of different ways. Our parental leave policy applies to all employees who are becoming parents, regardless of how they become a parent. Oysters are eligible for a minimum of three months of paid parental leave and your job will be held for 12 months (or longer if required by local jurisdiction).
- WFH stipend: $3000 stipend to spend on your laptop and any other equipment you need for your home office; we'll get you up and running in no time!
✨ The best jobs should be available to everyone
At Oyster, we celebrate a variety of perspectives and experiences and we’ve intentionally built our product and our company with an inclusive, global mindset. We know from experience that people from underrepresented groups often don’t apply for roles they don’t feel they meet all the criteria for. We’re committed to elevating talent by creating a trust-based environment where we can all thrive together. So if you think you have what it takes, but don’t necessarily check every single box, please consider applying. We’d love to hear how you might contribute to our mission and our team.
Oyster is committed to ensuring equal opportunity of employment for qualified persons with disabilities and actively fosters an inclusive work environment. If you require reasonable accommodations throughout the recruiting process, please email jobs@oysterhr.com with the subject line: Interview Accommodations.
Our available positions are published on our careers page and should you be invited to interview with us, our recruitment team will only ever contact you directly from an @oysterhr.com email address. We will never ask you to send us money as part of a job offer. If you receive a suspicious email relating to opportunities at Oyster from any other email domain where someone is claiming to be a part of our recruitment team, or are directed to anywhere other than www.oysterhr.com/careers to view our available jobs we encourage you to submit a report through our Compliance and Ethics Helpline.
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