Lawyer - Employment, Safety & People

2 weeks ago

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Maddocks Full time

Legal - Employment Safety & People | Melbourne

About us

We are a modern Australian law firm with a leading reputation. We focus on exceptional service, operational excellence and being at the forefront of employee experience. We work closely with Australian and international businesses, organisations and governments.

About the role

Our Melbourne Employment, Safety and People team are currently looking for a Lawyer with approximately 1-3 years' experience to join their team.

Our Employment, Safety and People team service the full spectrum of employment, industrial relations and safety requirements for private and public sector clients. In this role, you will have the opportunity to work across a broad range of workplace relations matters, including industrial relations and bargaining, union disputes, termination of employment and general protections claims, anti-discrimination matters, employment contracts and corporate support work for M&A deals.

Some of the benefits of joining our valued team include:

  • The opportunity to form part of one of Australia's largest workplace relations teams, with a widely-recognised and award-winning, genuine team culture.
  • Contribute to a rapidly expanding practice with exposure to a full spectrum of interesting and varied work.
  • Access to excellent learning, mentoring and development initiatives, including a focus on personal development and close working relationships with Partners who are progressive leaders in the field, and who collaborate to work with each other and with their senior lawyers to lead and develop the team.
  • A team that is genuinely excited about working collaboratively with clients to find solutions in a complex regulatory environment, applying both first-rate technical knowledge with practical client-focused thinking.

About you

You will have approximately 1-3 years' experience in an employment/workplace relations practice and you are looking for your next challenge. You are a team player dedicated to helping our clients meet their objectives. Furthermore, you will have strong attention to detail, excellent analytical & drafting skills, excellent communication skills and a passion for employment and workplace relations law.

Maddocks is simply a great place to do great work. We foster a culture of collaboration, learning and engagement where you will experience:

A diverse and inclusive workplace: We have been named an employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workforce Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) every year since 2004 along with being named a Silver Employer at the Australian Workplace Equality Index's 2024 LGBTQ Inclusion Awards. We promote diversity internally through our Maddocks Gender Equality Network, Maddocks CALD, Maddocks Disability Inclusion and Maddocks Pride groups.

Career Development: Learn and develop through structured learning and development programs at each stage of your career and study support programs.

Community involvement: Give back to the communities in which we operate through our thriving pro bono and grants programs and staff volunteering initiatives.

Work flexibly: Work in a hybrid way with part of your week in the office and support to set up your home office.

Wellbeing & Benefits: Access to up to 20 weeks paid parental leave, discounted gym memberships & health insurance, salary continuance insurance, Employee Assistance Program and parents and carers wellbeing programs.

Our people are our greatest advocates and we believe this is a result of our inclusive culture and focus on complex and interesting work.

To be eligible for this role you must be legally permitted to work in Australia. Please note that unsolicited applications from agencies will not be considered at this time.

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