Associate / Senior Associate - Employment, Industrial Relations & Safety

Your role

You'll be a part of our Employment, Industrial Relations team and work closely with our clients to manage employment, industrial relations and safety risks, protect corporate reputation and promote our clients as employers of choice. Working with our Partners and the wider team, you will gain exposure to interesting and complex advice and litigation.

At Allens, our structure means you'll get exposure to a number of different Partners within the team and a wide variety of work. We encourage our lawyers to find their niche and specialise in areas they're interested in, while building a strong foundation across their field.

As an Associate in our Employment, Industrial Relations & Safety team you may:

• Play a leading role on employment, industrial relations & safety matters, managing and supporting junior lawyers

• Manage disputes and litigation in tribunals and courts

• Advise on employment, industrial relations, discrimination and safety matters

• Manage large underpayment and other employment compliance reviews and regulatory matters

• Assist clients with enterprise bargaining and managing industrial disputes

• Advise on restructuring and the employment aspects of corporate transactions

• Advise on safety compliance and response to safety incidents

• Conduct or advise on workplace investigations

This is a permanent, full-time opportunity. At Allens we have a hybrid working structure, typically 60% in the office and 40% from home. We would be happy to discuss any other flexible working arrangements that best support you.

About you

You will have:

• Experience working in an employment, industrial relations and safety team, ideally at a large law firm, international law firm, or a combination or private practice and in-house legal work 

• The ability to lead and manage matters and other lawyers

• An interest in business development and growing a practice

• A desire to learn, grow, network, mentor others

Your development

At Allens, you’ll be supported to grow through meaningful work, stretch opportunities, feedback, coaching and access to high-quality learning. You’ll work with experienced leaders and colleagues across the firm, building your capability, judgment and influence through the work you do every day.

Our perks

Our benefits include:

• Financial: market competitive fixed remuneration; generous incentive plan that recognises both billable and broader contribution, employee recruitment referral program, discounts at hundreds of suppliers including retail outlets, health and travel insurance, charity matched funding program.

• Health and wellbeing: fully subsidised gym memberships, annual flu vaccinations, skin checks, in-house snacks and catered meals, subsidised sporting and social activities, Employee Assistance Program including confidential counselling, wellbeing coaching and financial coaching for employees and their families.

• Flexibility: hybrid and flexible working arrangements to support you in your work and life commitments and passions, equipment to support working from home.

• Leave: ability to purchase additional annual leave, access to an enhanced, inclusive and flexible parental leave policy – 26 weeks paid parental leave with no minimum service for permanent employees and high quality executive coaching to support the transition.

• International opportunities: our alliance with Linklaters ensures possible secondments to many of their overseas offices.

• Recognition: team based recognition including social activities and contribution based recognition activities, and annual Allens Values Awards to nominate and recognise the incredible contributions of our people.

Allens is also proud to invest in our communities, giving you the opportunity to make a difference through our work on reconciliation, the environment and other social justice issues as well as our workplace giving and volunteering programs.

How to apply?

We'd love to hear from you so please click "apply now"! If you would like to find out more, please visit "This is Allens" or listen to our Allens Confidential podcast to hear real stories from real people about life at Allens. Alternatively, for a confidential discussion, please phone Priyanka Krishnan-D'Souza (she/her), Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant on +61 3 9613 8835

At Allens, our culture is made up of unique backgrounds and varying life experiences. We celebrate our people's differences across gender and gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, cultural backgrounds, First Nations communities, and family and caring arrangements. If you require adjustments to fully participate in our application process, please contact us at [email protected]. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align, please express your interest by emailing us at [email protected]. The right role for you might be just around the corner!