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Slater and Gordon —Melbourne VIC
- Full-time
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- Parental leave
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BESIX Watpac —Melbourne VIC
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- In-person
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Mills Oakley —Melbourne VIC
- Full-time
- Analysis skills
- Employee assistance program
- Referral program
Senior Associate/Special Counsel - Life Insurance
Moray & Agnew Lawyers —Melbourne VIC
- Full-time
- Organisational skills
- Communication skills
- Parental leave
- Employee assistance program
Property Insurance Lawyer, Associate, or Senior Associate
Hall & Wilcox Lawyers —Melbourne VIC
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Parental leave
- Free food
Employment Senior Associate
CBP Lawyers —Melbourne VIC
- Full-time
- Research
- Analysis skills
- Communication skills
- Gym membership
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Insurance Senior Associate / Special Counsel (Government & Institutional)
Barry Nilsson —Melbourne VIC
- Office
- Parental leave
Senior Paralegal
Coles Group —Hawthorn East VIC
- Full-time
- Organisational skills
- IT
- Associate degree
- Free parking
- Employee stock purchase plan
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Senior Associate - Family Lawyer
The Family Lawyer —Glen Iris VIC
- $120,000 - $150,000 a year
- Full-time
- Organisational skills
- In-person
- Communication skills
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Senior Associate – Property Recovery & Personal Injury
Hall & Wilcox Lawyers —Melbourne VIC
- Full-time
- Remote
- Supervising experience
- Parental leave
- Free food
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Block, Inc. —Melbourne VIC
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Capital Transport Group —Laverton North VIC
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- Communication skills
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Practice Leader

Slater and Gordon -
Melbourne VIC

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Job Details

Permanent | Full-time

Benefits

Parental leave
Opportunities for promotion

Qualifications

Leadership
Communication skills

Full Job Description

Practice Leader - Superannuation & Disability Insurance

About the role

As a Practice Leader, you’ll play a vital role in supporting the Head of Practice to deliver on the group’s strategic, financial, operational, and people objectives. You'll lead and supervise a high performing team of dedicated professionals, managing complex legal matters while also fostering a culture of collaboration, performance, and excellence in client experience.

We are offering a unique and rare career opportunity for an experienced and driven lawyer to join our well-established National Superannuation and Disability Insurance team in Melbourne as a Practice Leader. This full-time, permanent position is ideal for a driven superannuation disability insurance lawyer or personal injury Lawyer with 7+ years post-admission experience who is ready to take the next step in their career.

Reporting to the Head of Practice, you will:

Mentor and support team members to strengthen technical capability, manage performance effectively, contribute to enterprise initiatives, foster engagement and development, and role model behaviours aligned with firm values.
Demonstrate specialised legal expertise, manage complex matters effectively, support delivery of high-quality legal advice and client outcomes, and ensure compliance with legal requirements, firm governance, practice standards, and supervision models.
Demonstrate strategic leadership by effectively managing practice operations, financial performance, and business growth initiatives. Collaborate to improve processes, support change management, strengthen client conversion, and build trusted relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, including regulators, courts, insurers, government bodies, counsel, and health professionals.

What will you bring?

As a Practice Leader with our firm, you will be required to make regular complex decisions that will impact directly on your client matters and your team, in consultation with your Head of Practice and practice leader peers. You will also bring the following skills and attributes:

Proven post admission experience (7+ PAE) as a Personal Injury Lawyer, with a strong preference for expertise in superannuation and disability insurance claims
Sound legal technical expertise with a commitment to high standards of professional practice
Proven ability to foster strong relationships across all levels of an organisation, including direct reports, peers, clients, and stakeholders
Demonstrated leadership experience with a track record of motivating and guiding legal professionals (highly regarded)
Taking a systematic and structured approach, ensuring work is completed efficiently and accurately
Proactive with the ability to take initiative and drive client matters forward independently
Superior written and verbal communication skills, tailored to a diverse audience
Strong technical and functional skills to support and mentor others
A collaborative mindset, committed to contributing to a positive and high-performing team environment

Why join Slater and Gordon

This role offers a unique opportunity to expand your legal expertise by exposure to new areas of law including insurance law, equity and trusts, administrative law as well as litigation.
Leadership capability will be highly valued but is not essential to be considered for this opportunity. A proactive mindset and willingness to grow into leadership will be equally regarded. For those with demonstrates leadership capability, it affords an opportunity to accelerate your career progression with a pathway to Senior Practice Leader.

Our commitment to our people includes offering genuine work-life balance, with a hybrid work environment allowing them to split their time between home and the office. We recognise and reward high performance and have outstanding employee benefits including a week of shutdown leave, paid parental leave, extra-long service leave, together with various ongoing learning and professional development opportunities.

What next?

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply directly to Slater and Gordon. We prefer to talk with you personally and are not accepting applications from recruitment agencies.

To be eligible for this position, you must be an Australian citizen, a permanent resident, or hold a valid visa with full and unrestricted working rights in Australia. Proof of work rights will be required as part of the Slater and Gordon application process.

Acknowledgement of Country

Slater and Gordon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all First Nations peoples today.

Diversity + Inclusion

Slater and Gordon is committed to creating an inclusive workplace that values diversity and ensures equal opportunities for all. Slater and Gordon is an equal opportunity employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, or other legally protected attributes. We understand that everyone has different needs. If you require reasonable adjustments throughout

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Practice Leader

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Senior Associate/Special Counsel - Life Insurance

Property Insurance Lawyer, Associate, or Senior Associate

Employment Senior Associate

Insurance Senior Associate / Special Counsel (Government & Institutional)

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Senior Associate - Family Lawyer

Senior Associate – Property Recovery & Personal Injury

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