Senior Employment Counsel

POSITION SUMMARY

The Senior Legal Counsel, Employment is responsible for providing in-house legal support to the Hope Utilities, Inc. family of companies (“Hope”) as part of the Hope Legal Team, specifically in the areas of labor and employment law.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

- Assist the Deputy General Counsel and General Counsel in representing and advising the Company on all manner of legal matters, including litigation and transactional matters

- Conduct legal research

- Represent Hope before administrative, regulatory, and judicial bodies

- Lend primary legal support to the Hope Human Resources team on labor and employment matters

- Draft, review, and update contracts

- Assist in mergers and acquisition activities

- Support regulatory filings

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

The team member in this role will:

- Serve as an Individual Contributor with minimal supervisory responsibilities.

- Support and contribute towards team goals and objectives.

REQUIRED SKILLS & ABILITIES

- Be a member of a state bar in good standing and able to practice in-house in WV

- Employment law expertise

- Labor law knowledge

- Ability to strictly maintain confidentiality and be trusted with sensitive information

- Excellent written and oral communication skills

- Excellent legal research and writing skills

EDUCATION & WORK EXPERIENCE

- A JD is required

- A minimum of 8 years of experience in house or at a reputable law firm in the field of employment law is required

- Labor law experience is strongly preferred

- Utility experience preferred

- WV law license preferred

WORK CONTEXT

- This is a full-time exempt salaried position based out of the Morgantown, WV headquarters with travel to Jane Lew and other Hope locations, including occasional out-of-state travel, required

- Employee must work a minimum of four days in person per week (and may work remotely one day each week only in accordance with Company policy).