MinterEllison is one of Australia's largest independent law and consulting firms. With a heritage of almost 200 years, we are known for our excellence, and our authentic and enduring relationships with our clients, our people and our communities.
MinterEllison helps our clients to solve complex problems every day. We do this by our full-service legal offering and complementary advisory offering, MinterEllison Consulting, where clients seek out our industry-informed independent advisors who understand where strategy meets risk, and how to unlock opportunities.
We offer opportunities to work on industry-leading mandates for top-tier clients, while being part of a high-performing and collaborative team that values excellence, diversity of thought, curiosity, and inclusion. We value our people and empower them to achieve their ambitions – with the support, trust and autonomy to grow their careers in meaningful ways.
At MinterEllison, we're leading the way with AI and other emerging technologies, powering innovation right across our firm. You will have the opportunity to engage with AI tools we've built, and other external AI tools, to enhance efficiencies and excellence internally and with our clients.
We support sustainable ways of working regarding how, when and where you work and offer a wide range of social, financial and health benefits.
About the Role
We're seeking a Legal & Consulting Project Manager to support our firm's objectives of delivering an excellent end-to-end client experience whilst acting as financial stewards of the partnership. This role will play a pivotal role in transforming how we deliver legal and consulting services. You'll work at the intersection of law, consulting, and technology, driving innovation and excellence across high-profile matters while building strong relationships with senior stakeholders.
What You'll Do
* Provide hands-on project management and advice to legal and consulting teams.
* Advise on project planning, scoping, budget preparation, and fee and scope management.
* Generate revenue through engagement on complex and high-demand matters by working with stakeholders to agree on scope, timelines and budget for matters.
* Develop matter plans and create and deliver client and team communications.
* Track and monitor scope, budget and progress.
* Anticipate and manage risks to project success.
* Drive stakeholder relationship management and reporting.
* Identify improvements to increase efficiency and effectiveness of legal and consulting service delivery, leveraging artificial intelligence, automation, and other digital technologies.
What We're Looking For
Essential skills and experience
* Strong stakeholder influencing and relationship building skills.
* Strong client‐facing skills and experience, preferably within a legal or consulting environment.
* Demonstrable interest and/or experience in project management.
* Capacity to manage varying levels of tasks – from thinking strategically to troubleshooting detail where needed.
* Excellent organisation, communication and presentation skills.
* Ability to work collaboratively whilst maintaining focus on internal efficiency.
* Superb time management, judgement, decision-making and problem-solving skills.
* Excellent IT skills, particularly Microsoft Excel.
Personal attributes
* Proven ability to establish best practice methodologies with a continuous improvement focus.
* High level of resilience and the ability to respond to client and project changes and work under pressure and tight timeframes.
* Innovative thinker with strong people skills.
* Self‐motivated and results‐driven.
* Strong written communication skills with high attention to detail.
We encourage applications from people of all ages, abilities, cultural backgrounds, genders (including trans or gender diverse), LGBTQ+ people and those with carer responsibilities. We particularly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply.
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