Employment & Industrial Relations Lawyer

Elevate is seeking an experienced Employment & Industrial Relations Lawyer to support a leading Australian energy firm on a 6+ Month assignment. The successful candidate will join a high-performing in-house legal team and work closely with senior stakeholders across the business, providing strategic employment, industrial relations, and workplace relations advice in a dynamic and complex environment.

Key Responsibilities

- Provide strategic legal advice on employment, industrial relations, and workplace relations matters.
- Advise on complex people-related issues arising across the business.
- Support the management of psychosocial risk and workplace conduct matters.
- Manage and advise on employment-related disputes, claims, and litigation.
- Conduct and support workplace and internal investigations.
- Provide legal guidance on whistleblower matters and associated risk issues.
- Partner with HR, People & Culture, and business leaders to deliver commercially focused legal solutions.
- Support compliance with applicable employment and workplace legislation.

Required Experience

- Minimum 8 years' Post-Qualification Experience (PQE).
- Strong experience in:
- Employment Law/ Industrial Relations / Workplace Relations / Employee Relations
- Demonstrated experience managing employment litigation, disputes, and claims.
- Experience conducting or advising on workplace investigations.
- Experience advising on whistleblower matters and workplace conduct issues.
- Ability to provide pragmatic, commercially focused legal advice in a quick-paced corporate environment.

Ideal Candidate Profile

Candidates from the following backgrounds would be particularly relevant:

- Employment & Industrial Relations teams within top-tier or mid-tier law firms.
- In-house Employment Counsel, Senior Legal Counsel, or Workplace Relations Counsel positions.




- Workplace Relations specialists with significant corporate advisory experience.
- Lawyers with experience in Fair Work matters, enterprise bargaining, workplace investigations, and employment disputes.

To Apply:

If you are qualified, interested, and available, please send the following to

Jerome Dupuy- [email protected]

- Your updated/ most recent resume *please ensure it has your email address and phone number.
- An email stating how your experience relates to the requirements above.

About Elevate

Elevate’s global Community of Talent is made up of highly qualified lawyers and legal professionals with solid technical training and experience drawn from leading law firms and law departments. We provide an unparalleled platform for talent to work with innovative companies and law firms around the world in a variety of exciting and challenging roles. We pride ourselves on respecting your individuality and choice of career, allowing you to bring your very best to each role, to continue to develop your experience, expertise, professional network, and voice, and be supported with a package of benefits tailored to your needs!

Join a world where legal and business teams achieve incredible outcomes, together.

Diversity and Inclusion Policy

Equitability and Inclusion are critical to ElevateFlex’s success. As The Law Company, changing the legal business landscape, we know a diverse, inclusive work culture is at the heart of attracting, retaining, and celebrating the industry’s most talented people. We empower our employees to bring their whole selves to work because we know that diversity of experience and perspective drive innovation and is simply good business.

As a strong proponent of diversity, equitability, and inclusion, ElevateFlex is committed to hiring diverse candidates from all backgrounds. We invite you to apply to become part of the ElevateFlex Team – help us change the legal business landscape.

📌 Employment Lawyer (Sydney)
🏢 Elevate
📍 Sydney