Senior Associate

6 days ago


Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Avant Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Associate to join our team at Avant Law in Sydney, Australia. As a Senior Associate, you will play a critical role in delivering high-quality legal advice and services to our members and clients.

Key Responsibilities
  1. Deliver Expert Legal Advice: Provide timely and effective legal advice to our members and clients on professional conduct matters, including medical board investigations, coronial inquests, and Medicare reviews.
  2. Represent Members in Legal Proceedings: Represent our members in legal proceedings, including court, tribunals, and inquiries, and advocate for their interests.
  3. Provide Medico-Legal Advice: Provide general medico-legal advice to our members and clients on a range of matters, including professional conduct, medical negligence, and criminal law.
  4. Participate in Roster: Participate in a roster for providing telephone medico-legal advice to our members and clients, including occasional after-hours availability.
Requirements
  1. Relevant Qualifications: Hold relevant tertiary legal qualifications and be eligible to hold an unsupervised practising certificate as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of NSW and the High Court of Australia.
  2. Post-Admission Experience: Have demonstrated post-admission experience (ideally over 5 years) in medical negligence, professional conduct-related litigation, and criminal law.
  3. Excellent Communication Skills: Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to express ideas effectively.
  4. High-Level Prioritisation and Time Management: Demonstrate high-level prioritisation, time management, and self-management skills.
  5. Mentorship and Support: Have the ability to mentor and support junior team members.
  6. Computer Literacy: Possess good computer literacy and competency to work in an electronic document management environment.
About Avant

Avant is Australia's leading medical defence organisation, protecting Australian medical professionals for over 125 years. We represent 80,000 health practitioners and medical students across every state and territory, delivering market-leading products and services to meet their professional, personal, and practice needs.

We value our people and offer a range of benefits and opportunities to enable you to make a difference, learn, and grow in your career. Our flexible working arrangements are designed to enable genuine work-life balance, and we have a diverse and connected work environment where your contribution and ideas will be valued and respected.


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