Senior Employment Counsel - Payroll Remediation

NAB; Darwin; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

NAB is seeking a highly experienced employment law specialist to provide technical guidance on a major payroll remediation programme in Australia. You will be the principal legal partner to a remediation squad, navigating complex employment matters with precision and practical risk management.

Join a collaborative legal team and contribute to frameworks, guidance and post‑matter reviews while supporting senior stakeholders across Legal, HR and business functions.

Qualifications

• Admitted legal practitioner with a current Australian practising certificate.
• Strong post‑qualification experience in employment and industrial relations law.
• Proven ability to provide highly technical legal advice on complex and sensitive matters.
• Experience working within large, regulated organisations or complex programmes (e.g. remediation, transformation, compliance).
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to partner closely with multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to deliver clear, pragmatic advice while balancing risk, customer and business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Deliver highly technical employment law advice to support a large, complex payroll remediation programme
• Act as the key legal partner to a dedicated remediation squad, resolving nuanced and sensitive employment matters
• Identify, assess and manage legal risk while enabling timely and practical remediation outcomes
• Provide clear, commercially pragmatic advice to senior stakeholders across Legal, HR and the business
• Support continuous improvement by contributing to legal frameworks, guidance and post‑matter reviews
• Coordinate effectively with internal legal colleagues and external advisers as required

Skills

Employment law

Industrial relations

Regulated organisations

Stakeholder management

Admitted in Australia

Job description

NAB is seeking a highly experienced employment law specialist to provide technical guidance on a major payroll remediation programme in Australia. You will be the principal legal partner to a remediation squad, navigating complex employment matters with precision and practical risk management.

Join a collaborative legal team and contribute to frameworks, guidance and post‑matter reviews while supporting senior stakeholders across Legal, HR and business functions.