At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage employment law cases, represent members, and supervise a junior lawyer.
- Company: Join a historic union advocating for workers' rights since 1886.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible hours, generous leave, and mentoring from experienced lawyers.
- Other info: Dynamic role with pathways to senior positions and a supportive team culture.
- Why this job: Make a real difference for working people while growing your legal career.
- Qualifications: Admitted lawyer with 3-5 years experience in employment law or litigation.
The predicted salary is between 82800 - 101200 $ per year.
Our client is the Western Australian branch of a national union with a history dating back to 1886. The union represents more than 100,000 working people and their families, standing up for fair pay, conditions, safety and respect at work, and campaigning for a better deal for all working Australians. The branch is growing, and its legal and industrial team is expanding to support more members and worksites across a broad range of industries.
This is a senior role in the branch’s legal and industrial team, based in the Perth office. You will manage your own file load of employment and industrial matters, advise and represent members, and help supervise a junior lawyer. In this role, you will:
- Manage your own file load of employment law and industrial matters, seeing each matter through to the appropriate outcome for the member.
- Supervise the junior lawyer, giving timely support, guidance and advice.
- Represent members in Fair Work Commission, tribunal and court matters, working with barristers where needed.
- Negotiate with employer representatives on behalf of members and work groups.
Your work will include unfair dismissal and general protections matters, enterprise agreement disputes, claims for unpaid entitlements and underpayment of wages, and bargaining applications such as good faith bargaining and majority support determinations. You will research and deliver advice to branch officials, members and work groups, prepare correspondence, and draft Court and Commission applications.
About you: You are an admitted lawyer with a solid grounding in employment law or litigation, and you want your work to make a difference for working people. To be successful in this role, you will have:
- An unrestricted legal practising certificate.
- A Bachelor of Laws (LLB) or Juris Doctor (JD).
- 3 to 5 years post-admission experience, working autonomously.
- A good understanding of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) and associated legislation.
- Demonstrated court or tribunal advocacy experience.
- Strong communication skills and a collaborative approach.
- The ability to prioritise competing tasks and meet all deadlines.
- A current driver’s licence.
What’s on offer: A salary package that includes annual leave loading, a company car and fuel card, and the option to negotiate additional superannuation. This is a permanent role, and applicants must have working rights that align with long-term employment requirements in Australia. Sponsorship will not be provided.
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