Associate

Slater & Gordon Lawyers; Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Week of shutdown leave

Paid parental leave

Long service leave

Learning and development opportunities

Job summary

Slater and Gordon Lawyers in Brisbane seeks an experienced Lawyer/Associate to join the Public Liability team. This full-time, permanent role offers flexible work arrangements with a hybrid model that balances time between home and the office.

You will manage a Public Liability practice, provide practical legal and commercial advice, and build strong client relationships while delivering exceptional service.

Qualifications

• Previous practising experience in personal injury law with a passion for Public Liability.
• Exceptional negotiation skills and ability to communicate effectively and compassionately.
• Demonstrated ability to network and manage client relationships.

Responsibilities

• Management of a Public Liability practice
• Provide clear, practical and concise legal and commercial advice
• Providing a tailored approach to clients to understand the context of their matter
• Identifying practical and innovative solutions for clients
• Maintain and build new client relationships for the practice
• Providing exceptional service to clients

Skills

Public Liability

Legal Negotiation

Client communication

Autonomy

Job description

Slater andGordon Lawyersare a leading personal injury and class actions law firmwhere every member of our team has a shared passion for our clients: we arepeople caring for people.

Ourcommitment to our people includes offering genuine work-life balance, with ahybrid work environment allowing them to split their time between home and theoffice. We recognise and reward high performance and have outstanding employeebenefits including a week of shutdown leave, paid parental leave, extra-longservice leave, together with various ongoing learning and professionaldevelopment opportunities.

What are we looking for?

Our Public Liability team is growing, and we are now seeking an experienced Lawyer/Associate to join our Brisbane team. This is a full time, permanentroleand flexible work arrangements will be considered. Your energy anddrive will be integral in achieving successful outcomes along with yourpositive approach to your work. This is an opportunity for an experienced Lawyer to work with some incredibly talented and likeminded team members.

Our Public Liability team support clients that have been injured in a public place such as a shopping centre, carpark or footpath. This could also include dog attacks, physical assaults or sporting accidents.

In addition to taking on a wide range of challenging legal matters, this role will also see you manage and strengthen existing community relationships along with initiating and building new networks. Your responsibilities will include:

• Management of a Public Liability practice


• Provide clear,practical and concise legal and commercial advice


• Providing a tailoredapproach to clients to understand the context of their matter


• Identifying practicaland innovative solutions for clients


• Maintain and build newclient relationships for the practice


• Providing exceptionalservice to clients

What will you bring?

Working within acollegiate and highly regarded team, the successful candidate will be acommitted and enthusiastic individual who possesses the following:

• Previous practisingexperience in personal injury law with a passion for Public Liability


• Exceptionalnegotiation skills and an ability to communicate effectively andcompassionately


• Demonstrated skills ineffective network and relationship management


• Ability to workautonomously as well as within a team environment


• Ability to listen to,and empathise with clients and their families


• Ability to exercisejudgement & resolve problems expeditiously & satisfactorily


• Superiororganisational skills

What next?

To beeligible for this position, you must be an Australian citizen, a permanentresident, or hold a valid visa with full and unrestricted working rights inAustralia. Proof of work rights will be required as part of the Slater andGordon application process.

Acknowledgement of CountrySlater and Gordonacknowledges the TraditionalCustodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, seaand community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extendthat respect to all First Nations peoples today.

Diversity + InclusionSlaterand Gordonis committed to creating an inclusive workplace that valuesdiversity and ensures equal opportunities for all. Slater and Gordon is anequal opportunity employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race,national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age,or other legally protected attributes.We understandthat everyonehas different needs. If you require reasonable adjustments throughout therecruitment process, please let us know in your application.