Lawyer/Associate: Employment (2-5+ PQE)

What's in it for you?

- High-quality matters across employers and senior executives
- Strong mentoring from well-respected employment partners
- Market-competitive salary determined by experience, not pre-determined bands

About your new employer:

- National firm with a leading employment law team, doing high-value work employers (including international businesses) and senior executives
- Strong pipeline of both advisory and litigious work; employees can elect what work they prefer to do
- The team is highly regarded for its work across novel aspects of employment law, industrial relations, discrimination, workplace investigations and work health & safety
- CBD location with WFH arrangements available
- Career progression and salary is directly corelated with merit and performance, not pre-determined bands or PQE

About the role:

The firm is seeking a 2-5+ PQE lawyer or associate (title commensurate on experience) to join its employment practice. This is not a replacement role, but a growth role given the increased volume of employment law work.

You will be responsible for:





- Advising employers on a variety of advisory, contentious and strategic workplace matters in employment law, industrial relations law, work health and safety law, and discrimination law
- Preparing documents for and attending proceedings in the Fair Work Commission and the Australian Human Rights Commission
- Drafting Federal Court and Federal Circuit Court documents, including affidavits, concise statements, witness statements, and interlocutory applications
- Working with and instruct counsel for matters running to the Federal Court and Federal Circuit Court
- Advising high net worth clients regarding their employment law issues
- Conducting legal research into the latest updates in employment and discrimination law

The ideal candidate:

- 2-5 years PQE in employment, workplace or industrial law, or a related field
- Confident and able to communicate with clients
- Empathetic and strong-willed
- Wants ownership of their work and advice

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📌 Lawyer/Associate: Employment (Sydney)
🏢 Naiman Clarke
📍 Sydney