Senior Associate or Special Counsel | Employment & Workplace Relations

Location: Melbourne

Team: Employment / Workplace Relations & Safety

Position Type: Full-time, Permanent

We are seeking a high-calibre Senior Associate or Special Counsel to join a well-established and growing Workplace Relations & Safety team in Melbourne.

This is an opportunity to work closely with experienced practitioners and advise a diverse client base across a broad range of employment, workplace relations and safety matters.

The role would suit a senior employment lawyer who enjoys being close to clients, takes ownership of their matters and is motivated by providing clear, practical and commercially focused advice across both contentious and non-contentious workplace issues.

Key Responsibilities:

- Advise clients across a broad range of employment, workplace relations and safety matters throughout the employment lifecycle
- Advise on employment contracts, workplace policies, performance management, disciplinary matters, terminations and workplace restructures
- Manage and advise on workplace investigations, disputes, employee claims and other contentious employment matters
- Represent and assist clients in employment and workplace proceedings before relevant courts, commissions and tribunals
- Provide advice on industrial instruments, enterprise agreements and broader workplace relations issues
- Work directly with clients and senior stakeholders, developing trusted and commercially focused relationships
- Manage matters with a high degree of autonomy while working collaboratively with Partners and the broader team




- Contribute to the development of the practice through mentoring junior lawyers, knowledge sharing and business development initiatives

Ideal Professional:

- Senior Associate or Special Counsel level with strong employment and/or workplace relations experience
- Strong technical capability across both advisory and contentious employment matters
- Experience independently managing matters and advising clients on complex workplace issues
- Confident dealing directly with clients and able to provide pragmatic, commercially focused advice
- Strong drafting, negotiation and advocacy skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Commercially minded, solutions-focused and able to exercise sound judgement
- Able to work collaboratively within a team while taking ownership and operating with a high degree of autonomy
- Experience with workplace investigations, industrial relations or safety matters would be advantageous

Why Join?

- Join an established and growing Workplace Relations & Safety practice
- Work on a diverse range of sophisticated employment, workplace relations and safety matters
- Gain direct exposure to a broad client base across a range of industries
- Enjoy meaningful client contact and responsibility for matters from an early stage
- Work alongside experienced practitioners in a cooperative and supportive environment
- Play an active role in mentoring junior lawyers and contributing to the continued growth of the practice
- Develop your technical, client-facing and business development skills
- Genuine opportunity for continued skilled and career development

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📌 Special Counsel | Employment & Workplace Relations (Melbourne)
🏢 Commercial Law Firm
📍 Melbourne