Junior Associate (Graduate) First Response
Atmos Australia and New Zealand
Date: 9 hours ago
City: Brisbane, Queensland
Contract type: Full time
About The Role
Graduates within the Atmos First Response team play a crucial role supporting the Partners, senior lawyers and our clients as they navigate all types of cyber, privacy and digital law events.
As first responders, our team makes a meaningful impact, providing our clients with market leading crisis, reputation and legal risk management support.
This role would suit a graduate lawyer with developing cyber incident response data protection and privacy law experience / interest obtained during the course of their studies.
Our work is fast paced, so you will develop core skills and experience at a much faster rate compared to traditional practice areas. Our Graduates have autonomy in a supportive environment and have the opportunity to be directly involved in client work. This gives our people the opportunity to make a significant contribution to successful outcomes.
The Partners encourage all members of the team to foster client relationships and regular opportunities are provided for the team to engage in business development. There is also an opportunity to make a meaningful impact by contributing to the Atmos First Response Pro-Bono Program which provides support and stolen funds recovery for personal scam victims.
You will work with clients large and small across all sectors, as well as partners, lawyers, consultants, crisis communications professionals and threat intelligence consultants across our network of offices in Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne and Auckland.
You Will Also Regularly Work With
Atmos is one of Australia and New Zealand’s leading legal and advisory firms dedicated to providing cyber, privacy and digital risk services.
In a world of looming risks and crises, we are the protective sphere around our clients.
We empower all businesses great and small to move through uncertainty with clarity and confidence, using insight to transform challenges into opportunities.
As a team, we are united by a culture of deep collaboration, working closely together to do what is needed. We act as trusted partners and advisors, offering a full-service approach that enables our clients to build resilience.
A collective force of intelligence and legal expertise, we’re reshaping the very fabric of guidance and protection in a digital age.
Together, we are not only stronger, but also better prepared.
About Our Brand
In a world of looming risks and crises, we are the protective sphere around our clients.
We empower all businesses great and small to move through uncertainty with clarity and confidence, using insight to transform challenges into opportunities.
As a team, we are united by a culture of deep collaboration, working closely together to do what is needed. We act as trusted partners and advisors, offering a full-service approach that enables our clients to build resilience.
A collective force of intelligence and legal expertise, we’re reshaping the very fabric of guidance and protection in a digital age.
Together, we are not only stronger, but also better prepared.
How To Apply
AtmosTM is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Our core values support fairness, celebrate diversity and prohibit all forms of discrimination in the workplace. At AtmosTM we encourage everyone to bring their whole selves to work. We encourage all applications from appropriately qualified individuals, regardless of background or identity.
Take a moment to read our candidate privacy policy carefully. This policy describes how we handle and manage personal information we collect about you as a person who applies to us for a job.
Skills
If you are interested in this position and think you have the right skills and experience for the job, your submitted application must include:
Graduates within the Atmos First Response team play a crucial role supporting the Partners, senior lawyers and our clients as they navigate all types of cyber, privacy and digital law events.
As first responders, our team makes a meaningful impact, providing our clients with market leading crisis, reputation and legal risk management support.
This role would suit a graduate lawyer with developing cyber incident response data protection and privacy law experience / interest obtained during the course of their studies.
Our work is fast paced, so you will develop core skills and experience at a much faster rate compared to traditional practice areas. Our Graduates have autonomy in a supportive environment and have the opportunity to be directly involved in client work. This gives our people the opportunity to make a significant contribution to successful outcomes.
The Partners encourage all members of the team to foster client relationships and regular opportunities are provided for the team to engage in business development. There is also an opportunity to make a meaningful impact by contributing to the Atmos First Response Pro-Bono Program which provides support and stolen funds recovery for personal scam victims.
You will work with clients large and small across all sectors, as well as partners, lawyers, consultants, crisis communications professionals and threat intelligence consultants across our network of offices in Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne and Auckland.
You Will Also Regularly Work With
- our correspondent law firms in 180+ jurisdictions around the world - an opportunity to become well versed in the global regulatory landscape; and
- leading cyber, privacy and digital law event response experts in digital forensics and IT restoration, threat actor engagement and extortion negotiation and data risk assessment and data breach notification support.
- You will provide crucial support to our senior lawyers and other senior staff within the first response team to:
- Be the first point of contact for clients experiencing cyber, privacy and digital law events and provide prompt and efficient support helping them navigate the legal, operational and reputational issues they face.
- Manage the client facing response to the incident through the full lifecycle of the event, taking instructions and maintaining client files.
- Coordinate the initial response to the event, including the client, the internal team locally (or globally in collaboration with our correspondent law firm partners) and third-party vendors in accordance with the client’s incident response plan.
- Assist with advising clients on potential regulatory obligations, investigations and corresponding notification requirements.
- Complete event reports outlining the status of the incident, remediation activities recommended and conduct post event reviews (where needed).
- Ensure the event is fully communicated, recorded and tracked in accordance with Atmos best practice frameworks.
- A passion for cyber, data protection and privacy and developing understanding of corresponding client regulatory obligations.
- Strong academic credentials and excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Developing experience dealing with escalated, client-facing issues, as well as introductory experience handling a high caseload.
- An ability to thrive in a fast-paced rapidly changing environment with a critical mind and demonstrated problem-solving abilities.
- Excellent time management skills and an ability to effectively manage competing priorities.
- Teamwork and collaboration skills, as well as the ability to be a self-starter that effectively manages assigned tasks independently.
- Graduate or recent graduate in Bachelor of Laws Degree.
- A remuneration package that meets the market - benchmarked against Australia and New Zealand’s most comprehensive legal salary survey.
- A generous bonus scheme rewarding our people for periods of hard work, including an automatic bonus for achieving budget, early bonus access for team members that meet our continuous service requirements and an innovation bonus to reward hard work on initiatives that improve the Atmos client and/or employee experience.
- Career progression and promotion based on merit not just PQE. Where possible, we promote from within, rather than bringing in senior laterals. Access leading performance coaching, online training and development and one-on-one career development support.
- Competitive parental leave benefits among the best on offer in Australia.
- Flexibility to work around personal commitments, that only requires you to work from the office 3 days per week.
- No compulsory shutdown period over Christmas and the New Year, giving our people the opportunity to take annual leave when it suits them.
- AI enabled best in class IT software and hardware taking the friction out of doing your day job. Comprehensive operational support, reducing the administrative burden on our lawyers, allowing them to focus on their day job.
- Tech company like office perks for team members based out of our Sydney HQ, including an on-site café, gym (with Peloton) and golf simulator, outdoor beer garden with BBQ, podcast studio, weekly breakfast, arcade machines, weekly wellness events (including pilates, stretch, meditation and run club) and community social functions. Our other locations also have a mix of innovative engagement spaces, experiences and community events. All locations give you an opportunity to mix with a broad range of other entrepreneurs and other creative organisations.
- Access 1,000+ exclusive discounts and automatic cashback offers and a range of financial wellbeing resources through the Atmos employee benefits partner.
Atmos is one of Australia and New Zealand’s leading legal and advisory firms dedicated to providing cyber, privacy and digital risk services.
In a world of looming risks and crises, we are the protective sphere around our clients.
We empower all businesses great and small to move through uncertainty with clarity and confidence, using insight to transform challenges into opportunities.
As a team, we are united by a culture of deep collaboration, working closely together to do what is needed. We act as trusted partners and advisors, offering a full-service approach that enables our clients to build resilience.
A collective force of intelligence and legal expertise, we’re reshaping the very fabric of guidance and protection in a digital age.
Together, we are not only stronger, but also better prepared.
About Our Brand
In a world of looming risks and crises, we are the protective sphere around our clients.
We empower all businesses great and small to move through uncertainty with clarity and confidence, using insight to transform challenges into opportunities.
As a team, we are united by a culture of deep collaboration, working closely together to do what is needed. We act as trusted partners and advisors, offering a full-service approach that enables our clients to build resilience.
A collective force of intelligence and legal expertise, we’re reshaping the very fabric of guidance and protection in a digital age.
Together, we are not only stronger, but also better prepared.
How To Apply
AtmosTM is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Our core values support fairness, celebrate diversity and prohibit all forms of discrimination in the workplace. At AtmosTM we encourage everyone to bring their whole selves to work. We encourage all applications from appropriately qualified individuals, regardless of background or identity.
Take a moment to read our candidate privacy policy carefully. This policy describes how we handle and manage personal information we collect about you as a person who applies to us for a job.
Skills
If you are interested in this position and think you have the right skills and experience for the job, your submitted application must include:
- A cover letter demonstrating your passion for cyber, which illustrates the relevant skills and experience you would bring to the role;
- A copy of your CV/Resume; and
- A copy of your official academic transcript.
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