Job Description

Latham & Watkins, a global law firm consistently ranked among the top firms in the world, is seeking a Human Resources Specialist to join our dynamic Human Resources team in Paris.

About Latham & Watkins

Latham & Watkins is dedicated to hiring and developing the best and brightest. A key to Latham’s success and our continued ability to deliver the highest quality service to our clients is our “one-firm” culture – a spirit of teamwork and shared commitment to quality across our offices worldwide that has long distinguished Latham from other law firms.

About The Role

This is an exciting opportunity for an innovative Human Resources Specialist, to be responsible for ensuring all employee lifecycle administration and payroll activities are completed and delivered in a timely manner. Other key responsibilities include:

• Personnel administration:
• preparing employment contracts and amendments, conflict checks, employment formalities, etc.
• staff recruitment, integration, orientation, transfer and terminations.
• ensuring annual reviews are carried out.
• learning and development.
• Payroll:
• coordinating the local payroll process, preparing payroll submissions and meeting required deadlines.
• Reporting and analytics:
• preparing reports and analysing HR data, follow up on HR dashboards.
• helping with preparation of annual budget and follow up.
• Relations with Works Council and other HR projects
• preparing relevant documentation for the periodic Works Council meetings.
• participating in survey and various local and global HR projects.
  

About You

Join our team if you have:

• Wide ranging knowledge of Human Resources functions and French payroll processing requirements.
• Well-developed and professional interpersonal skills; and an ability to interact effectively with people at all organisational levels of the firm.
• The ability to work in a team environment with a customer service focus.
  

And have:

• A degree level education.
• Previous Human Resources Administration experience.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Strong communication skills and are fluent in verbal and written French and English.
  

We encourage you to apply!

Successful candidates will not only be provided with an outstanding opportunity, but will also be provided with a generous total compensation package with bonuses awarded in recognition of both individual and firm performance. Eligible employees can participate in Latham’s comprehensive benefit program which includes:

• Lunch vouchers
• Health insurance as well as group income protection and life assurance
• A profit sharing plan
• A pension plan
• Wellness programs
• Employee discounts
• And more!
  

Latham & Watkins is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our commitment to diversity, equal opportunity and sustainability enables Latham & Watkins to draw from a remarkable wealth of talent to create one of the world's leading law firms.

Latham & Watkins' lawyers, paralegals, and professional staff worldwide comprise a rich mixture of different races, ethnic backgrounds, religions, sexual orientations, cultures, and primary languages. Our diversity makes us who we are.

What sets Latham & Watkins apart is our commitment to our pro bono work and sustainability initiatives. Latham's dedication to pro bono work is a source of pride and reflects a fundamental part of the firm’s culture. For more information about our pro bono work, please click here.

Latham & Watkins is committed to supporting the long-term sustainability of the environment, you can find more information on our sustainability programs by visiting our Latham Sustainability webpage.