Associate Workplace Relations / Employment

McManus Partners | Legal Search & Consult

Leading Team in Perth.

People Stay.

It is your job not your whole life.

Competitive package.

This will be well suited to someone seeking team-based guidance and development with a defined development path. In a Perth landscape of Workplace Partners and teams, this role will be well supported and team orientated, this isn't a lean or overworked environment. The Partner is genuinely invested in promotion and development of his team and enjoys a balanced life himself because of his long-term investment in people.

The Role

You will work across and be exposed to a variety of sectors and employment matters, including:

  • Executive and board-level advisory across employment, governance and risk
  • Executive advisory documents, sensitive exits and workplace investigations
  • Industrial relations strategy, enterprise bargaining and large-scale workforce matters
  • Cross-sector client exposure including mining, energy, infrastructure, government, agriculture, air and seaports and education
  • Direct involvement with senior stakeholders, contributing to both legal and commercial outcomes - genuine ownership of your own day

The Firm

The Firm operates as a genuinely national practice with a collegiate and positively motivated culture. The Perth Employment team makes up a significant piece of a deep Employment offering across the country. Enjoy that interplay with other like-minded lawyers in WRS in other states.

Lawyers benefit from a true team approach in this group and nominated work from home days, supporting both flexibility, performance and wellbeing. The Firm is known for its pragmatic, commercially focused advice for long-standing clients.

About You

  • 2-4 years’ PQE in employment, workplace or industrial relations law
  • Experience across both disputes and advisory work ideal, but solid exposure to workplace matters on either side it suitable
  • Strong drafting skills, particularly in executive and strategic advisory matters

If you would like to explore the finer details, please feel free to get in contact directly to discuss further. Your details and consult will be held in the strictest of confidence.

Felicity McManus – Director

0405 537 153

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