Senior Legal Counsel - Employment

Nab; Darwin; Presencial; AUD 120 000 - 180 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

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.

Qualificações

• 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.

Responsabilidades

• 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

Conhecimentos

Employment law

Industrial relations

Regulated organisations

Stakeholder management

Admitted in Australia

Descrição da oferta de emprego

• Contract position
• Provide highly technical employment law advice supporting a large, well‑established payroll remediation programme
• Partner closely with a dedicated remediation squad to resolve complex and nuanced employment matters
• Join a collaborative, supportive legal team offering meaningful work and genuine work–life balance

Our people are customer obsessed. They prioritise the needs and satisfaction of the customer above all else. Our mindset fosters innovation and creates strong, lasting customer relationships as we strive to be the most customer centric company in Australia and New Zealand.

Each day, you’ll go above and beyond to:

• 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

We’re looking for the best and brightest to deliver for our customers. You’ll need:

• 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

A diverse and inclusive workplace works better for everyone

We know that our people make us who we are. That’s why we have built a culture of equity and respect - where everyone feels valued and appreciated for being their authentic selves. In partnership with our multiple Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), we continue to foster an inclusive environment, where all NAB colleagues’ unique backgrounds and identities are understood, respected and celebrated. We are committed to providing an environment where you can work your way.