Employment Legal Counsel

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Careem is building the Everything App for the greater Middle East, making it easier than ever to move around, order food and groceries, manage payments, and more. Careem is led by a powerful purpose to simplify and improve the lives of people and build an awesome organisation that inspires. Since 2012, Careem has created earnings for over 2.5 million Captains, simplified the lives of over 70 million customers, and built a platform for the region’s best talent to thrive and for entrepreneurs to scale their businesses. Careem operates in over 70 cities across 10 countries, from Morocco to Pakistan.

About the role

The Careem and Uber Legal and Employment Legal Team is a diverse group of talented legal professionals working in a fast-paced environment and focused on solving some of the most exciting, cutting-edge legal challenges in the world.

This is a once-in-a-career opportunity to join a global legal team integral to a company engaged in cutting edge technology and focused on solving some of the biggest challenges in the world - including changing the way regulators, courts and legislators think about the future of work. This role will be based in Dubai, with their direct report in Dubai and will work closely with the MEA Legal and EMEA Employment Legal Team.

What you'll do

• Advise local teams of the Careem Rides business in the MEA region on Employment Legal issues.
• Be part of the broader Careem Rides and Uber Employment Legal Team to help optimize the synergies for the business.
• Advise on employment legal aspects of contracts, business development agreements, and acquisitions.
• Advise on employment legal issues during development of new products and initiatives.
• Do research on new legislation, advise on impact for the business, and work with policy teams to minimize impact and identify opportunities to improve the quality of independent flexible work in the region.
• Handle and advise on litigation disputes and employment litigation.
• Advise our HR team on the full range of employment matters relating to recruiting, hiring, training, performance management, compensation, benefits, and terminations in MENAP. Prepare and conduct training for HR and the business on various employment related topics such as conducting investigations, performance management and award related matters.
• Draft, review and negotiate a wide range of employment documents, including employment contracts, restrictive covenant agreements, assignment letters, separation agreements and policies and handbooks.
• Partner closely with HR and internal audit on a variety of projects, initiatives, investigations and risk management.

What you'll need

• 3 - 6 years of employment law experience at a top tier mid to large size law firm and/or in-house with a focus on employment law.
• Knowledge and experience in employment law in at least two or more of the following jurisdictions: Morocco, Pakistan, UAE, Kuwait, Iraq, KSA, Bahrain, Jordan and Egypt.
• Strong business judgment, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Inquisitiveness, along with the ability to spot issues, get to the heart of the matter, and articulate plans to address them.
• History of driving efficient and strategic use of resources, including other support functions, in-house counsel, vendors and external counsel.
• Collaborative approach with both business and legal groups, with a strong ability to build relationships, gain credibility and partner with others.
• Able to work in an extremely fast-paced environment under direction of manager, collaboratively, and autonomously.
• Enthusiasm for taking on new responsibilities, even if outside areas of expertise.
• Written and spoken fluency in English required; spoken fluency or basic knowledge of Arabic is highly preferred.
• Enthusiastic about Careem Rides and Uber!

What we’ll provide you

We offer colleagues the opportunity to drive impact in the region while they learn and grow. As a full time Careem colleague, you will be able to:

• Work and learn from great minds by joining a community of inspiring colleagues.
• Put your passion to work in a purposeful organisation dedicated to creating impact in a region with a lot of untapped potential.
• Explore new opportunities to learn and grow every day.
• Work 4 days a week in office & 1 day from home, and remotely from any country in the world for 30 days a year with unlimited vacation days per year. (If you are in an individual contributor role in tech, you will have 2 office days a week and 3 to work from home.)
• Access to healthcare benefits and fitness reimbursements for health activities including gym, health club, and training classes.