Solicitor

Dentons; City of Brisbane; Sur place; AUD 120 000 - 170 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Salary packaging

Salary sacrifice & novated leases

Bonus Leave 5 days per year

Additional leave options

Equal family leave

Résumé du poste

Dentons Australia’s Employment & Safety practice is a full-service employment relations team focused on advising and resolving disputes across the employment lifecycle. This role emphasizes public sector employment law for the State of Queensland, with opportunities to handle advisory and litigious matters, including discipline, work health and safety, industrial relations and anti-discrimination.

You will join a national, inclusive team with mentors and a culture of collaboration, growth, and

Qualifications

• Experience in employment law and advisory work, with a focus on the lifecycle of employment.
• Strong ability to provide pragmatic, innovative advice to clients.
• Experience in dispute resolution and related proceedings is desirable.

Responsabilités

• Advise on employment law matters across the employment lifecycle.
• Involvement in advisory and litigation work, including discipline and safety matters.
• Support public sector employment law matters for state-level clients.

Connaissances

Employment law

PQE 1-3 years

Pragmatic thinking

Dispute resolution

Description du poste

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.

About the Role

Dentons’ Employment & Safety practice is a full-service employment relations practice specialising in providing advice and dispute resolution on matters arising from all aspects of the employment lifecycle. This particular role has a focus on public sector employment law, acting for the State of Queensland. It will also involve all areas within the jurisdiction, including advice/litigation, including discipline, work health and safety, industrial and anti-discrimination.

You will be part of a national practice that is defined by an inclusive, supportive, and high performing team environment, led by Partners who will mentor and support you. Our diverse team has a common passion to be the best employment law specialists in the industry who embrace a “challenge accepted” mindset.

This is a social team that works collaboratively and in support of each other. The team is in a growth phase and your career trajectory is open and unfettered, so now is the perfect time to join us!

About You

We look forward to connecting with technically astute, ambitious lawyers who have demonstrable experience in this practice area and 1-3 years of PQE, are pragmatic and innovative thinkers and who are driven to be the best employment law specialists in the industry.

We cannot wait to connect with you to learn about you and share more information about the role, the firm, Dentons’ Benefits, our Learning and Development Programs and much more.

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 continuous insurance (for permanent employees or employees on a 6 month or more maximum term contract basis)
• Salary sacrificing and novated 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
• Offices designed for collaboration on Gadigal, Naarm, Yuggera, Kaurna and Whadjuk land
• 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.