Junior Employment Lawyer

Mahlab; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Mahlab is a specialist employment and industrial relations law firm seeking a senior lawyer to advise on all aspects of workplace law, including disputes and advisory matters. You will work with a quality client base across diverse industries, handling entitlements, contracts, and investigations while mentoring two mid-level associates and junior lawyers.

You will bring strong commercial and technical legal skills, with a focus on litigation development and training in employment and industrial

Qualifications

• Senior lawyer with practical, commercial approach in employment law.
• Experience with employment disputes, advisory matters and investigations is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Advise on employment entitlements and contracts; workplace relations and discrimination issues.
• Handle investigations by regulators and provide training on employment and industrial relations matters.
• Manage own matters and mentor two mid-level associates and junior lawyers.

Skills

Employment law

Litigation

Mentoring

Job description

Our client is an award winning, specialist employment and industrial relations law firm. Established for more than 20 years, this well-regarded firm provides its lawyers with high-quality work in a flexible, balanced environment.

About the role

Our client is seeking a senior lawyer to advise on all aspects of workplace law including employment disputes and advisory matters. You will have exposure to a quality client base of both employers and private clients across a wide range of industries which makes for an interesting and varied and practice.

You will enjoy a range of work including advising on employment entitlements and contracts, workplace relations, discrimination, harassment and bullying and, termination, unfair dismissal, redundancy and other breach of contract claims. You will advise on investigations by regulators and participate in providing training in relation to employment and industrial relations matters.

In addition to managing your own matters, you will mentor and supervise two mid-level Associates and a number of junior lawyers.

About you

This is a great opportunity for a junior lawyer with a practical, commercial approach to make a career move and to work for a specialist firm.

You will have experience in employment, workplace relations, work safety or advice/audit and compliance matters; the ability to think commercially and strong technical legal skills, drafting and advisory. You will be keen to develop your litigation skills/

What this role offers you

This role offers you the opportunity to work with a highly regarded specialist founder in a small firm environment with large law firm clients.

• The firm also offers collegiate environment with strong work/life balance and low billable hour targets.