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Hybrid in Zaandam·Added 3 days ago (last checked 11 Nov)
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Our summary
- Salary
- €70,762 - €80,713 a year
- Work mode
- Hybrid, Zaandam
- Languages
- Dutch
- Experience
- 4+ years




Skills
This job advert was originally written in Dutch.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- A completed legal education, preferably in the field of employment law.
- Excellent knowledge of Dutch employment law.
- At least 4 years of relevant work experience as an in-house counsel, legal aid lawyer, or attorney in the field of employment law.
- Strong analytical, oral, and written communication skills.
- Team spirit, organizational sensitivity, and accessibility.
Nice to have
- Experience with litigation is a significant plus.
- A good command of the English and Dutch languages, both spoken and written.
Pay & benefits
What you'll get
- We repay your commitment with a gross annual salary between € 70,761.60 and € 80,713.15 (depending on your experience). This amount includes 8% holiday allowance.
- You contribute to our growth and therefore receive a guaranteed profit sharing.
- You can take 45 (yes, forty-five) days of holiday: you receive 25.5 fixed holiday days and 19.5 ADV days.
- An excellent pension scheme with the Ahold Delhaize Pension Fund.
- A travel allowance or NS travel pass for commuting to and from Zaandam.
- 10% discount on your groceries at Albert Heijn, up to a maximum of €300 per year.
- A free Mijn Albert Heijn Premium subscription, with many benefits.
- Through our Albert Heijn Deals, you receive exclusive discounts on fun outings and products from major brands.
The role
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As a Legal Counsel Employment Law, you are responsible for internally advising and supporting HR colleagues in the field of employment law. Through your sharp, proactive attitude and negotiation skills, you make an impact on the organization, from stores and logistics to commerce and Tech. A great opportunity to further develop yourself as an employment law lawyer within our organization!
As Legal Counsel Employment Law, you make a direct contribution to realizing the strategy of Albert Heijn. You do this not alone, but together with your colleagues from Legal. A challenging role, because you advise on employment law aspects within all parts of Albert Heijn. It is up to you to ensure that HR colleagues are well supported in employment law issues and that employment law legislation is properly implemented in the organization. This amounts to a mix of advising and managing disputes, where you must call upon your analytical skills and employment law expertise.
What you'll do
- Support our HR Operation Support organization and HR Business Partners regarding employment law as a first-line advisor and sparring partner, also with more complex cases.
- In collaboration with other employment law lawyers, advise in the fields of works council law, collective labor agreement (CAO) law, policy issues, and employment law in the broadest sense.
- Contribute to the overall objectives of the department by maintaining and developing processes, standardizations, and creating Legal awareness.
- You are involved in identifying employment law legislation and contribute ideas regarding its implementation in the organization.
- You act as the legal point of contact in case of disputes and manage them, including contact with opposing parties and any management of external lawyers.
This is what we offer you.
How you'll work
In this position, you work 32-40 hours per week, partly from our head office in Zaandam and partly from home.
This is what you will do as Legal Counsel Employment Law with us.
Together we make room for difference
With our 125,000 colleagues, we fill more than seven million plates every evening. And if it were up to us, we will soon do that together with you as our new Legal Counsel Employment Law. Especially if you bring a sharp proactive attitude and negotiation skills to Albert Heijn. You also have:
Additionally, you are:
- Flexible, solution-oriented, pragmatic, and a cheerful, pleasant colleague with a can-do mentality.
- A true connector; you interface with the business and make the translation between legal and commercial aspects.
- Practical, persuasive, and able to advise independently at all levels, from the shop floor to the MT.
- Someone with a sense of responsibility who identifies and schedules recurring matters.
- Able to oversee and manage a large number of cases simultaneously.
Hiring process
Click the application button to apply. Would you rather know more first? Contact us! Because we are starting selection interviews immediately, we encourage you to respond quickly.
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About Ahold Delhaize
- Industry
- Retail
In their own words
About the company & team
With 125,000 colleagues, spread across more than 1,250 stores in the Netherlands and Flanders, nine home shop centers, six distribution centers, a flower center, and our head office, Albert Heijn fills more than seven million plates every evening.
Your new job and workplace.
The AH Legal & Compliance team supports Albert Heijn, Etos, Gall & Gall, and Ahold Delhaize Coffee Company from two legal expertise teams: "People, Locations & Expansion" and "Customer, Product, Data, Health & Sustainability". In this role, you will be part of the People, Locations & Expansion team. This team is responsible for advice regarding HR, real estate, franchise-related matters, and expansion. In addition to providing employment law advice, you have contact with stakeholders and are part of multidisciplinary project teams. When necessary, you manage employment law disputes.
We believe it is important that everyone with us can be themselves and feels welcome and valued. We are open to different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds and actively work on inspired teams in which there is room for that diversity. We believe that different perspectives help us to make better choices and achieve better results together.
We look at your talents, knowledge, experience, and personality. Do you not meet all the requirements, but do recognize yourself in the position? Apply! We are open to candidates with different backgrounds and experiences and are curious about what you can and want to contribute.
This is what you bring.
Making better food accessible together. For everyone.
At Albert Heijn, we believe that food and drink play an essential role in the great challenges in society. It makes an important contribution to a healthy lifestyle, connects people, and contributes to a better climate and thus a sustainable society. Our mission is therefore: Making better food accessible together. For everyone.
Albert Heijn Netherlands is B Corp certified. This certification underlines our mission, through which it makes a contribution to a healthy, social, and sustainable society. The B Corp certification is awarded to companies that meet high standards for social and environmental performance, transparency, and legal accountability.
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