Ashurst Reach Legal Consultant – Employment - Sydney

The Opportunity:

• 6 months
• Full time (hybrid)
• Sydney
• This is an opportunity to join an organisation in the education sector
• Build your portfolio legal career with this well-known business

About You:

• You are an experienced employment lawyer with specific experience in employee relations.
• You are familiar with safety law including disciplinary issues, termination of employment, complex staff complaints, industrial disputes, enterprise bargaining and grievance handling.
• You are experienced in advising on compliance with Work Health Safety laws and anti-discrimination matters.
• You are experienced dealing with employment regulators including the Fair Work Ombudsman and IR Commission.
• You have experience in relation to regulatory submissions, industrial updates, working on wage compliance, advising in relation to Enterprise Ag reements and Fair Work Act and experience advising in relation to record keeping obligations .
• You have the ability to provide technically sound legal advice in a solution-focused, timely, practical and effective manner.
• You have experience dealing with and providing legal support and advice across various workstreams.
• You have experience in the development and maintenance of templates and a legal advices databases.
• You have the ability to assist with the development and delivery of legal training programs and projects.
• You have a proactive and collaborative mindset and are willing to actively share knowledge and experience, contributing at team meetings, supervise legal interns and support specific team projects as required.
• You have the ability to provide advice in relation to accountabilities and compliance requirements under relevant laws, including in relation to regulators and a range of external stakeholders.
• You have excellent organisational and time management skills including accuracy and attention to detail.
• You have demonstrated ability to respond to changing priorities, managing multiple tasks and meeting competing deadlines.
• You have the ability to use judgement and initiative.
• You have a strong customer focus, a flexible and adaptable attitude and an ability to build effective relationships at all levels.
• You have excellent written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• You have the ability to work autonomously and prioritise.
• You have the ability to hit the ground running and work closely with a fast paced team.
• You have a minimum of 8 years' experience.
• You have a current practising certificate.
• You have the right to live and work in Australia.

Ashurst Reach:

Ashurst Reach is Ashurst's dedicated flexible legal resourcing platform which provides the firm's clients and Practice Groups within the firm with access to a high quality talent pool of lawyers and paralegals. We understand that our clients need access to highly qualified lawyers and paralegals, often at short notice and/or for short periods, whether that be to meet internal client demands, backfill leave, provide cover during recruitment or to assist with specialised projects. We deliver a seamless, fast and trusted solution to these issues.

Ashurst Reach is an integral part of the firm's NewLaw division, Ashurst Advance. Our focus is solving our clients' business problems through optimal efficiency, cost effectiveness and digitally innovative legal service delivery.

Why join Ashurst Reach?

Ashurst Reach offers our alumni, clients and other top-tier lawyers and paralegals the flexibility to choose how they work. Together we realise your professional goals in a flexible and supportive environment, providing you with career ownership and rewarding opportunities both in-house and within the firm.

We work with a pool of talented, Reach Legal Consultants, across a broad range of specialties. We strive to engage with legal consultants who are technically-savvy and commercially-focused while also being creative and adaptable, thriving in new environments.

There are several benefits of working as a consultant with Ashurst Reach:

• Flexible career options - receive greater variety, choice and control over how and when you work, balancing career goals and lifestyle.
• Personalised service - collaborate closely with Ashurst Reach to realise your professional goals.
• Top-tier support - have the backing of a truly global firm with a reputation for high performance, a wealth of industry experience and a refreshingly open and diverse culture.
• Opportunities to work with a variety of world-class clients on challenging, interesting and career enhancing matters.
• Access to an Ashurst partner where appropriate, Ashurst's knowledge resources, invitations to events and training programs, client newsletters and seminars.
• Welcomed as a member of the Ashurst team and part of our community of Reach Legal Consultants.

We work with clients in all major cities in Australia. Most roles are hybrid and we can work with you to find a role that suits you in terms of numbers of days/hours worked.

What to do now:

If you have the skills and experience for this role please apply and we will be in touch to discuss your application. If you want to find out more about this role or working with Ashurst Reach generally, please email Fiona Craig, our Talent Manager, at [email protected]

Due to the volume of applications received, we will only respond to successful applicants.

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