SATIC - Employment Lawyer

Job description: 

The PwC South Africa Technology and Innovation Centre (SATIC) are a service delivery centre serving PwC UK LLP and is an independent member of the PwC international network of firms.

By joining SATIC you will be based in Johannesburg, South Africa, and you will be part of the 30+ employment law solicitors based in the UK to support with their client facing work. You will be responsible for supporting UK lawyers with undertaking workplace investigations, drafting reports and undertaking research. You will combine strong technical excellence with commercial judgement, project leadership and a collaborative approach to cross-disciplinary delivery. This is an opportunity to advise high-profile clients on strategically significant matters in a dynamic, non-traditional legal environment.  

Key Responsibilities  

You will be involved in a broad range of contentious and non-contentious employment work, including high-value and complex mandates. In particular, you will:  

• Be part of workforce change projects, including restructuring and redundancy programmes, transfers, changes to terms and conditions, and intra-group workforce moves, often across multiple jurisdictions.  

• Help to project manage high profile non-financial misconduct investigations.  

• Help to provide strategic ER advisory support, investigations guidance and risk management advice, partnering with HR, Reward, Compliance and senior leadership stakeholders.  

• Provide strategic ER advisory support, investigations guidance and risk management advice, partnering with HR, Reward, Compliance and senior leadership stakeholders. 

• Support transactions by running the employment workstream on domestic and cross-border deals, collaborating closely with our Tax, Deals and Workforce colleagues. 

• Design and deliver client training, thought leadership and horizon scanning on employment law developments and workforce regulatory change. 

• Support pitches and proposals, contribute to go-to-market campaigns, and identify and convert new opportunities, both within PwC and externally. 

• Manage matters profitably and efficiently, with disciplined scoping, budgeting, resourcing and risk management, and effective use of technology-enabled delivery. 

• Coordinate multi-jurisdictional projects, leveraging our international network to deliver consistent, timely and compliant outcomes.

Skills and Experience  

We are seeking a commercially minded lawyer with employment law experience that has a strong attention to detail, strong work ethic, is collaborative and enjoys working as part of a team. 

The ideal candidate will have: 

• Qualified Lawyer status in South Africa (or equivalent employment law jurisdiction) with 1+ years’ PQE gained in a reputable employment law practice. 

• Demonstrable experience across some of the following: redundancy and reorganisations; changing terms and conditions; investigations and ER advisory; managing litigation; and cross-border projects. 

• Experience of the employment workstream on transactions and large-scale change programmes, including project management of multi-jurisdictional matters. 

• Proven client relationship skills and providing clear, outcome-focused advice. 

• Evidence of business development capability, including cross-selling and thought leadership. 

• Excellent communication, drafting and presentation skills. 

• Strong matter management discipline, including scoping, budgeting, profitability and risk management. 

• A collaborative, entrepreneurial mindset and enthusiasm for working within a multi-disciplinary, technology-enabled environment. 

What You’ll Work On 

You will engage in technically challenging, strategically significant projects for high-profile clients, avoiding repetitive cycles of identical deals. You will collaborate closely with non-lawyers across PwC, gaining a deep understanding of business drivers and bringing integrated solutions to clients.