Senior Associate - Workplace Relations, Employment & Safety

Senior Associate - Workplace Relations, Employment & Safety page is loaded Senior Associate - Workplace Relations, Employment & Safety Apply locations Sydney time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday job requisition id JR-101499 The role Working with Partners Saul Harben and Amanda Lyras , we currently have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Associate to join our Sydney Workplace Relations, Employment & Safety (WRES) on a permanent, full time basis.

The WRES team successfully represents a strong client base, acting in high profile and high quality matters across both private and public sectors, on all aspects of workplace relations. The matters you will be working on are varied and interesting from general employment law, advising on the employment aspects of corporate transactions, compliance and regulatory matters, discrimination, work, health and safety, whistleblowing, modern slavery, industrial relations advice and disputation and litigation across most Courts and Tribunals.

Skills & Experience

To be successful in this role, you will have:

At least 5 years' post admission experience as a lawyer

Proven experience working across a diverse range of employment matters

Demonstrated a capability to work autonomously as well as a team member to manage a robust and diverse workload

Experience in supervision and developing junior staff

A high degree of initiative, dedication and organisational ability with a strong client and commercial focus

Strong communication skills and practical problem solving skills

A desire to develop and participate in business development initiatives, including seminars and publishing articles

A proactive attitude towards personal development to expand your skills and knowledge to meet client needs

Litigation experience and experience advising public sector (as well as private sector) clients is desirable but not essential

The WRES team

Our WRES team boasts some of Australia's leading workplace lawyers and are the go-to team for large organisations with challenging workplace needs.

Our group works with clients across the full spectrum of the employment relationship; from recruitment through to management, and termination. Our work spans all facets of employment law, industrial relations, discrimination, work health and safety, executive remuneration and diversity.

 

Our clients include many international and ASX 200 listed companies, governments and private sector organisations including Apple, Australian Institute of Company Directors, Alinta Energy, Ausgrid, Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, DHL, Fair Work Ombudsman, Federal Government, icare, Infosys, L'Oreal, NSW Government, Qudos, Rest Industry Super, Teradata, Volkswagen, Wipro and Woolworths.

For further information, please visit our Workplace Relations, Employment and Safety showcase page on LinkedIn.

Benefits Supporting you to be at your best:

Hybrid working arrangements.

Competitive, annually reviewed total rewards package.

Annual bonus scheme plus additional rewards for significant contribution.

Tuition assistance to support further study.

Learning, training and development opportunities.

Up to 26 weeks' paid parental leave.

Purchase up to an extra 4 weeks' additional leave each year.

Health & wellbeing support services.

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How to Apply? We prefer to work directly with candidates, if you are interested in this role, please click the 'Apply' button or contact the consultant, details below, for more information. Clayton Utz is an inclusive employer that supports flexible work arrangements, please feel free to discuss your flexibility needs with the recruiter for this role.

Consultant Contact Details

Carissa Bartels, (02) 9353 4635Accessibility and Inclusion We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to provide a positive, barrier-free recruitment process. Do you require any support or reasonable adjustments to complete your application? If so, please contact the recruiter via the above telephone number or via email to ****** .

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