Senior Associate / Special Counsel - Employment & Safety - Brisbane

Dentons; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Dentons Australia is seeking a Senior Associate or Special Counsel to join the Brisbane Employment & Safety team. The role focuses on complex employment and industrial relations matters for government and major clients, with opportunities for advocacy, disputes and workplace investigations.

The successful candidate will have strong public sector experience, robust litigation and advocacy skills, and the ability to manage senior stakeholders while actively supporting junior lawyers.

Qualifications

• Experience in employment and industrial relations matters (public sector a plus).
• Demonstrated public sector or government experience.
• Solid litigation, advocacy and dispute resolution skills.
• Ability to manage complex matters and senior stakeholders.
• Autonomous worker who supports junior lawyers.

Responsibilities

• Work on sophisticated employment and industrial relations matters for government and major clients.
• Advocacy and litigation before courts, commissions and tribunals.
• Conduct workplace investigations and handle complex disciplinary matters.
• Manage senior stakeholders and coordinate with junior lawyers.

Skills

Employment IR experience

Public sector/government experience

Litigation & advocacy skills

Stakeholder management

Autonomy in roles

Job description

About Dentons

Dentons is the world’s largest law firm. We’re 20,000+ people globally across 80+ countries including USA; Europe; India and Asia. We are a global polycentric firm which is expanding rapidly in an increasingly globalised legal industry.

Dentons now consistently ranks as one of the five best regarded legal brands in the world according to the Acritas Global Elite Law Firm Brand Index.

Public sector employment expertise? This could be your next move.

We’re looking for an experienced Senior Associate or Special Counsel to join our Brisbane Employment & Safety team.

This is a senior opportunity for an employment lawyer withstrong public sector experience who enjoys complex, contentious work and wants greater autonomy and client exposure.

The Role

You’ll work on sophisticated employment and industrial relations matters for government and other major clients, including:

• complex employment and industrial disputes;
• disciplinary and performance matters;
• discrimination and general protections claims;
• certified agreement and industrial relations matters;
• advocacy and litigation before courts, commissions and tribunals;
• workplace investigations; and
• sensitive, strategically important workplace matters.

About You

You’ll bring:

• strong employment and industrial relations experience;
• demonstrated public sector or government experience;
• solid contentious, litigation and advocacy skills;
• confidence managing complex matters and senior stakeholders; and
• the ability to work autonomously while supporting junior lawyers.

Experience gained withgovernment or a private practice with a strong government employment practice would be highly regarded.

Why Dentons

Dentons Australia offers a wide range of incentives aimed at embracing your authenticity, providing purpose, and strengthening your ongoing development.

We offer:

• Equitable salary packaging, incentive pay and rewards
• Salary continuance insurance (for permanent employees or employees on a 6 month or more maximum term contract basis)
• Salary sacrificing and novated vehicle leases
• 5 days Bonus Leave per year after 12 months of service
• Additional leave options
• Equal family leave for all genders (including kinship groups)
• Floating public holidays for days of cultural significance
• Exclusive retailer discounts
• Offices designed for collaboration on Gadigal, Naarm, Yuggera, Kaurna and Whadjuk land
• Learning & Development opportunities
• Generous health and wellbeing programs
• Agile and flexible working for all
• Social and diversity networks providing year-round events
• Opportunities to undertake pro-bono legal work

Diversity, Equality & Inclusion

Embedded in our people is a passion to help others through the delivery of justice. It is through this that our commitment to inclusion, equity, and reconciliation has evolved. We are proud to say that by design, we have no single headquarters or dominant national culture, this means the unique perspectives, experiences, and identities of our people come together globally under one purpose to create an inclusive and accessible environment where anyone can thrive.