Senior Associate, Workplace & Safety – Canberra
Permanent / Full Time.
What You'll Do:
* Work closely with partners and special counsel on complex employment, industrial relations and work health & safety matters, with a solid focus on public sector work.
* Manage a broad range of workplace investigations, including APS Code of Conduct matters, Public Interest Disclosure investigations, reviews of action and other sensitive factual enquiries, from commencement through to reporting.
* Act for clients in unfair dismissal, general protections and discrimination proceedings, managing matters end‐to‐end including drafting pleadings, preparing evidence, briefing counsel and participating in dispute resolution processes.
* Provide strategic, practical advice across the full employment lifecycle, including employment contracts, executive arrangements, policies and compliance frameworks.
* Advise on enterprise bargaining, industrial relations disputes and matters arising under the Fair Work Act and enterprise agreements.
* Support clients in relation to WHS incidents, regulator engagement, investigations and prosecutions, including incident response and ongoing risk management and compliance improvement initiatives.
What We're Looking For:
* 5+ years' PQE in employment, industrial relations and/or work health & safety law.
* Strong experience managing complex investigations, disputes and advisory matters, including advocacy experience.
* Demonstrated ability to run matters autonomously while supervising and mentoring junior lawyers.
* Experience advising Commonwealth Government clients (highly regarded).
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a practical, solutions focused approach.
* Alignment with WK's values and a collaborative, team-oriented mindset.
Benefits:
* Generous parental leave up to 26 weeks.
* Purchased annual leave.
* Home office allowances.
* Health and wellbeing benefits.
* Education assistance.
* Other benefits.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace at Wotton Kearney. As part of our dedication to accessibility, we strive to support candidates with disabilities throughout the interview process. If you require any accommodations or assistance during the application and interview stages, please contact us at join.us@wottonkearney.com.
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