Employment & Safety Senior Associate

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Österreich
EUR 50 000 - 90 000
Sei unter den ersten Bewerbenden.
Vor 7 Tagen
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With extensive experience in contentious and non-contentious employment and industrial matters, our workplace relations team is highly regarded. Our industry experience includes the retail and service sectors, finance, professional services, healthcare, education, construction, engineering, and manufacturing, with our clients ranging from small privately owned businesses to large companies with several thousand employees, being a mixture of professional, executive, managerial, trade, administrative staff, and contractors.

Key Responsibilities Include:

  • Providing clients with legal advice
  • Assist in managing matters, ensuring all deadlines are met
  • Regularly reviewing applicable case law and legislative changes
  • Conducting effective legal research and analysis to produce timely, commercial, and legally accurate advice
  • Managing a robust workload, including prioritising work and delivering services effectively
  • Developing an understanding of client operations and strategy
  • Managing prospective client relationships
  • Mentoring and developing junior staff
  • Continual professional development and managing CLE requirements

The successful candidate:

You will be supported in this close-knit team. You will need to be self-motivated, energetic, and adaptable in this dynamic environment.

Ideal background and skills include:

  • Experience in industrial relations practice and management and enterprise bargaining from a well-regarded employment and IR practice will be particularly valuable.
  • A minimum of 4+ years' PQE with a background in employment
  • Previous exposure to Business Development and a natural ability to build strong client relationships
  • Ability to manage client expectations and run matters autonomously
  • Interested in establishing a long-term successful career with Colin Biggers & Paisley
  • Ability to relate to people at all levels and effectively work in a team
  • A strong focus on turnaround time
  • Commercial acumen
  • Practical and client-focused problem solving skills
  • A strong, plain language communication style

About us:

At Colin Biggers & Paisley, our workplace culture focuses on excellence without losing sight of work/life balance.

We established the Colin Biggers & Paisley Foundation, which brings together our entire community offering, underpinned by a central strategy of promoting and protecting the rights of women and children in Australia and abroad through pro bono legal services, volunteering, and charitable contributions.

We offer an environment where our values of Balance, Respect, Loyalty, and Integrity guide all our actions. We continually invest in our people, providing training, learning and support, a formal mentoring program, and promoting a social and connected environment. We also offer other benefits such as social and sporting functions, rewards and recognition, casual Fridays, massages, and professional memberships.

Inclusion and Diversity are priorities at Colin Biggers & Paisley. We welcome applications from all backgrounds regardless of gender identity, age, sexual orientation, disability, or ethnicity.

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Starting from humble beginnings over a century ago, Colin Biggers & Paisley has established itself as one of the leaders in our chosen fields of expertise. Today we have over 500 staff and growing, with offices in Sydney, Brisbane, and Melbourne, and a track record of excellence and great leadership.

We are proud of our long-standing relationships with many of Australia's most respected and successful companies. We are the lawyers of choice in the construction, property, and insurance industries and also have a strong and growing presence in banking and finance, education, agriculture, and mining, as well as providing legal services to all levels of government.