Employment Counsel

Company Description
We are a family of brands — H&M, COS, Monki, Weekday, & Other Stories, H&M Home, ARKET and Afound, driven by our desire to make great design available to everyone in a sustainable way. Together we offer fashion, design and services, that enable people to be inspired and to express their own personal style, making it easier to live in a more circular way.
We aim to be the best employer around, looking after and caring for all our colleagues. When you start a career with us, there’s no limit to where it can take you. We will trust you with great responsibility from the start, encourage an entrepreneurial spirit and reward a passionate mindset. Welcome to a dynamic workplace where you contribute by being yourself.


Job Description
Are you ready to find your place in a fast-moving environment where we are offering a job where every day is an adventure and only you set the limits to your career possibilities? Your personal growth and development are just as important as our business.
You will work as an Employment Counsel for the Head Office functions in Sweden. You will work both independently and in our team, but also closely together with other HR's, management and employees within H&M Group, and report to the Manager of the Labor Law Team located in Stockholm.
Your responsibilities
The job as Employment Counsel comes with lots of responsibilities – and lots of fun. This role involves both strategic and operational responsibilities on a central level for the main part of our workplaces in Sweden within the H&M Group Head office. Your to-do list includes
Set and develop processes, guidelines, tools and routines on a central level within the area Swedish Labor Law.
Work with legal requirements.
Contacts with our employer organization (Svensk Handel).
Interact and negotiate/ inform with unions.
Ensure that we have the same Way of Working with Labor Law processes in all our functions.
Be a part and lead different projects within the Labor Law area.
Create and publish documentation, support for HR and Managers.
Train managers and HR in Swedish labor law and collective agreements.
Support with strategic and operational advice to HR and Managers in all kinds of labor law related questions.
Support the organization in transformations
Cooperate in global projects.



Qualifications
We believe you are an open, communicative, and ambitious team player full of drive and optimism.
Education within Labor Law, Degree in Master of Laws.
Skills and experience within the HR area of Swedish Labor law from a similar in-house role, law firm or employer organization.
You have consequence thinking and can see the “bigger picture”.
Being fair, empathetic, communicative and committed to both the business and the well-being of the employees.
An analytic and reflective mind-set.
You have worked closely together with central management team to set central guidelines.
A great drive and an openness to changes.
Being well-organized and able to work independently.
You are an excellent role model
You manage English and Swedish well both in writing and verbally.



Additional Information
This is a permanent full-time position based in Stockholm. If you feel that your experience, skills and ambitions are right for this role, please send your resume in English (no need for cover letter) latest 13th March 2023.
At H&M Group we strive to have a fair and inclusive recruitment process. We kindly ask you to not attach cover letter in your application as they often contain information that can easily trigger unintentional biases.
We look forward to receiving your application!
H&M Group is committed to creating a Diverse & Inclusive environment and we are actively looking for qualified candidates irrespective of race, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, national origin, disability or age.