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Legora is an AI-native legal workspace serving 2,100+ customers across 80+ countries, including top law firms like Cleary Gottlieb, Goodwin, and Linklaters. The company has scaled to $200M+ ARR and operates teams across Europe, North America, and APAC.
As People Advisor, you will be the local HR expert for the New York market, providing hands-on operational support to employees and managers on employment practices, policies, and people matters. This is a judgment-driven role sitting within People Operations, acting as an escalation point for People Operations Specialists and the primary local resource for HR casework.
Key responsibilities include:
- Providing practical advice to employees, managers, and People Operations colleagues on local employment practices and policies requiring interpretation or judgment
- Running local cases from start to finish (absence management, performance concerns, restructuring conversations) within your certification scope, ensuring proper documentation and closure
- Handling intake for leave, accommodation, and absence requests, resolving routine matters and escalating appropriately
- Building out local processes and policies to ensure people programs land effectively in the New York market
- Identifying opportunities to improve local processes and employee experiences
- Applying jurisdictional playbooks accurately and flagging misalignments with local reality
- Recognizing when matters become formal, contested, or legally sensitive, and handing off immediately with complete documentation
- Maintaining current certification and calibration standards
- Collaborating with People Business Partners and Employee Relations & Compliance to share local trends, recurring issues, and emerging risks
Success means employees and managers receive fast, consistent, local support; every case is well-documented and defensible; handoffs are clean and immediate; patterns are flagged early to Employee Relations & Compliance and relevant People Partners; and you become a trusted, visible presence in the market.
You'll work in Legora's Union Square office, designed for ambitious builders, with company-provided lunch daily. You'll partner closely with teams across Europe, APAC, and North America.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Experience in an HR, People Operations, or HR generalist role, ideally with exposure to employee relations casework
- Good understanding of local employment practices, employee relations, and HR policies, with ability to apply these in real-world situations
- Ability to stay neutral and steady under pressure, including with senior stakeholders
- Sound judgment on when to act and when to escalate
- Organized and detail-oriented, with documentation clear enough for handoff
- Motivated by career growth and genuine interest in developing professionally
- Comfortable working within a defined playbook while applying independent judgment
