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About the Role

The Legal & Regulatory Research Director will manage research, develop reports, and provide guidance on the legal and regulatory aspects of contingent work and workforce solutions to SIA's Contingent Workforce Strategies (CWS) Council members and Corporate Members.

Responsibilities

• Develop expertise on how laws and regulations impact organizations involved in supplying or using contingent labor.
• Monitor legislative changes and support clients in understanding implications for their businesses.
• Produce periodic comprehensive written reports communicating key business intelligence and analysis.
• Maintain SIA’s global Contingent Workforce Compliance Database.
• Collaborate with co-workers to develop extensions of current research product offerings and plan new research-related offerings and services.
• Participate in data collection and manipulation of publicly available data to understand attitudes towards legislative and regulatory trends.
• Respond to client queries regarding compliance and risk issues.
• Present or moderate at SIA’s global conferences and webinars, assisting with planning, speaker recruitment, and presentation development.
• Moderate or participate in client-sponsored webinars, particularly those covering legal topics.
• Assist editorial and CCWP training teams with legal content, course material updates, and presenting compliance and risk management modules.
• Develop a network among legal professionals in the staffing industry, collaborating with national staffing associations and third-party legal experts.

Requirements

• Extensive expertise on European legal issues.
• Qualified lawyer with a demonstrated track record of working in, or advising, the staffing industry.
• Deep understanding of the legal and regulatory environment for the workforce solutions ecosystem and its implications for clients and intermediaries.
• Knowledge of compliance with employment law, national and sectoral regulation for contingent labor (including MSP), data protection, AI, tax, health & safety, and immigration law.
• Ability to craft legal research on issues impacting staffing services, such as AI legislation, GDPR, and data protection.
• Passion for legal drafting, writing, and analysis with uncompromising attention to detail.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to identify relevant information for a specific audience from a large volume of data.
• Understanding of the nuances of the political, economic, legal, and technological environment affecting the workforce solutions sector and its evolution.
• Comfort interacting with CEOs and top executives to build relationships and engender confidence.
• Ability to communicate research results both in writing and orally to business executives succinctly and compellingly.
• Confident public speaker with excellent writing skills and experience writing about compliance for an executive-level business audience.
• Ability to convey complex information clearly and concisely.
• Demonstrated initiative, ability to prioritize and manage own work and time.
• Good time management and experience of setting and meeting deadlines.
• Comfort working in a flexible team environment and eagerness to collaborate.
• High level of respect, trust, and recommendation from colleagues and clients.
• Demonstrated qualities of honesty, integrity, and ethical behavior.
• Fluent in English.
• Strong understanding of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint), search engines, generative AI, and other online research tools.

Skills

• Legal research
• Report development
• Client guidance
• Legal and regulatory analysis
• Contingent labor law
• Workforce solutions
• Legislation monitoring
• Business intelligence communication
• Data analysis
• Database maintenance
• Product development
• Data collection
• Client query response
• Public speaking
• Webinar moderation
• Conference planning
• Speaker recruitment
• Presentation development
• Content creation
• Training material development
• Networking
• Legal professional relationship building
• Legal drafting
• Writing
• Analytical skills
• Problem-solving
• Communication skills
• Public speaking
• Time management
• Team collaboration
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Search engines
• Generative AI
• Online research tools

Location

• London

Work Type

• Hybrid
• Full-time

Experience Level

• Mid-level
• Senior

Education Level

• Qualified lawyer

About the Company

• Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA) is the global research and advisory firm focused on staffing and workforce solutions.
• SIA's proprietary research covers all categories of employed and non-employed work, including temporary staffing, independent contracting, and other types of contingent labor.
• SIA provides independent and objective analysis of services and suppliers in the workforce solutions ecosystem.
• SIA offers training and accreditation through its Certified Contingent Workforce Professional (CCWP) program.
• SIA is known for its award-winning content, data, support tools, publications, executive conferences, and events.
• SIA helps suppliers and buyers of workforce solutions make informed decisions to improve business results and minimize risk.
• SIA was founded in 1989 by staffing pioneer Peter Yessne.
• SIA is a brand of Crain Communications, a leading business news and information company.
• SIA is headquartered in Mountain View, California, with offices in London, UK.
• Crain Communications is a leading business news and information company with a portfolio of 24 media brands.
• Crain's brands provide indispensable coverage and data for professionals globally across various sectors.
• Crain's brands are influential media properties in their respective industries.
• Crain Communications has a dedication to deep sector expertise and journalistic integrity.

Equal Opportunity

• Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
• The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.
• Employees who have access to compensation information cannot disclose it unless in response to a formal complaint or charge, in furtherance of an investigation, or consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.
• Federal law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.