The Opportunity
Join a leading organisation in a role that will strengthen your legal career.
- Duration: 3 months
- Arrangement: Full time (hybrid)
- Location: Brisbane
About You
You are an experienced employment lawyer with a minimum of 5 years' experience, bringing a strong track record from private practice or in-house roles within large organisations.
Your Experience and Expertise:
- Extensive experience in employment and workplace relations law, preferably within the public sector
- Strong understanding of public sector employment frameworks, including the Public Sector Act
- Significant experience managing and advising on disciplinary processes and employment-related decision making
- Expertise in handling employee grievances, complaints and workplace dispute resolution matters
- Demonstrated experience advising on misconduct, integrity and corruption-related issues
- Strong background in performance management and employee conduct matters
- Experience interpreting and advising on industrial instruments, awards, enterprise agreements and employment conditions
- In-depth knowledge of public sector employment legislation and associated regulatory requirements
- Proven experience conducting and advising on workplace investigations
- Expertise in discrimination, equal opportunity, anti-bullying, human rights and workplace behaviour matters
- Experience advising on privacy, information management and confidentiality issues arising in employment contexts
- Ability to provide strategic and practical legal advice to senior executives and key decision-makers
- Experience managing a large and complex caseload while maintaining high standards of client service
- Excellent drafting skills, particularly in relation to disciplinary correspondence, investigation outcomes and grievance responses
- Strong capability to deliver commercially focused and risk-based advice that supports operational outcomes
- Ability to identify legal, reputational and organisational risks and provide pragmatic recommendations
Attributes:
- Exceptional judgment and decision-making skills
- Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building capability
- Highly developed communication and influencing skills
- Ability to engage confidently with senior leaders and executives
- Excellent attention to detail and commitment to accuracy
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Resilient and adaptable in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to manage competing priorities and tight deadlines
Requirements:
- Current Australian practising certificate
- Right to live and work in Australia
About Reach
Reach is the flexible legal resourcing platform of Ashurst Perkins Coie, a global law firm with more than 3,500 legal professionals across 52 offices. Sitting within Advance, the firm's NewLaw division, we place lawyers and professionals where they're needed most — whether our clients need to meet a surge in demand, cover leave, bridge a recruitment gap, or bring in specialist expertise.
Why join Reach?
Reach gives you the flexibility to build a career that fits your life — not the other way around. We work with talented consultants across a broad range of specialties, matching the right people with the right opportunities.
Here's what you can expect as a Reach consultant:
- Flexibility and choice — control over how, when, and where you work, on terms that suit your life.
- A genuine partnership — a dedicated Reach team who will get to know you and actively champion your career goals.
- The backing of a global firm — the resources, reputation, and culture of Ashurst Perkins Coie, including access to clients doing market-leading work and a refreshingly open and inclusive community.
Interested?
Ready to find out more? Apply now or get in touch with Adam Saunders, our Talent Solutions Advisor, at [email protected] — we'd love to hear from you.
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