Assistant Legal Counsel - Veet and Intimate Wellness

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose.

Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.
 

About Legal and Compliance

Step into the world of our Legal and Compliance Function and prepare to be challenged and stretched with a combination of impact, innovation, and excellence. Our Legal team is at the forefront of shaping the corporate landscape and redefining the boundaries of what is possible.

We go beyond the traditional realms of a legal and compliance function. Transforming ourselves into strategic partners who help drive business growth, mitigating risks, and championing ethical and sustainable practices. Every day, our team deliver on groundbreaking transactions and navigate complex regulatory landscapes that help our organisation make a positive societal impact.

About the role

This role is an integral part of our Category Development Organisation Legal Health & Hygiene team, providing as part of the team support to the Intimate Wellness and Veet brand teams as well as associated global functions, including the R&D, Medical and Regulatory teams. You will be a partner to the business working collaboratively with both legal and non-legal colleagues and stakeholders, whilst gaining experience on the research and development of medical devices, cosmetics, and general products and devices.

Join us, and you'll be collaborating towards shared goals, solving complex challenges, and leaving an enduring legacy!
 

Your responsibilities

Working in collaboration with the Senior Legal Counsel, Intimate Wellness & Veet, deliver operational legal support to aspects of global product development, marketing, advertising and commercialisation, including: 

• Assisting with approvals of global advertising and marketing claims, on-pack copy and marketing materials including social media posts, trade and conference materials and point of sale, to ensure compliance with laws and guidance relating mainly to medical devices and/or cosmetics, and with Reckitt policies.
• Assisting with tracking challenges to Reckitt advertising and marketing claims in local markets, and other advertising and marketing challenges or adjudications relevant to the medical devices, cosmetics, and general products and devices categories.
• Preparing notes of meeting of Intimate Wellness and/or Veet leadership team meetings.
• Carrying out legal research following enquiries regarding laws or guidance relating to medical devices and cosmetics including any marketing matter.
• Liaising with Reckitt lawyers worldwide and other legal functions such as Global Brand Protection, Patents and Procurement, ensuring regular communication of issues, and seeking or providing advice as needed.
• Provide legal support on commercial contracts, and using Reckitt templates, reviewing and/or drafting simple agreements, including letters of authority, powers of attorney, and statements of work for signed services agreements.
• Working with the cross-functional team, support the business in managing the implications of changes to relevant laws, particularly in relation to products on the market.
• Prepare training materials to educate relevant business units on frequently encountered legal issues.
• Assisting with preparation of contributions relating to Intimate Wellness & Veet to CDO Legal Health & Hygiene forms, templates, policies and practices.
• Provide legal assistance as needed by Senior Legal Counsel, Intimate Wellness & Veet on ad hoc matters including competitor challenges, supply chain matters, product related litigation, M&A and product recalls.

The experience we're looking for

• Legal experience, preferably in a commercial legal department in-house.
• High level of attention to detail.
• Practical and commercial approach to problem solving.
• Review, drafting experience.
• Comfortable discussing/being involved in conversations around intimate wellness.

The skills for success

Integrity, Corporate Governance, Solutions Focused, Excellent Communication Skills, Intellectual property, Teamwork, Fact-based Decision Making, Ability to manage and prioritize workload, Continuous Improvement Mindset, Process Optimisation.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way.

We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don’t always ‘tick all the boxes’. That’s why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don’t meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. Come and join a team whose purpose is to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner and healthier world.

All qualified applicants to Reckitt will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.