Solicitor, Work, Health & Safety

The role

This is a Solicitor role within the Work Health & Safety team at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer in Melbourne, Australia. The position is ideal for a lawyer with experience in Health Law, focusing on advising clients across the full spectrum of WHS issues for large businesses, including proactive risk management, regulatory compliance, and high-consequence investigations and prosecutions.

What you'll do

• Advise clients on work health and safety obligations, safety regulation and risk management strategies
• Support clients in responding to serious workplace incidents, providing practical and timely guidance in the immediate aftermath of an event, including attending site and managing interactions with regulators and other investigators
• Conduct or oversee workplace investigations
• Advise on the strategies available to respond to regulatory investigations
• Work on safety-related litigation, including criminal prosecutions, coronial proceedings, inquests and public inquiries
• Partner with clients to develop and implement health and safety compliance frameworks, contractor engagement models and governance systems aligned to their operational needs
• Collaborate closely with clients' executive teams, legal counsel, operational leaders and stakeholders to navigate complex workplace and regulatory challenges
• Contribute to thought leadership, client training and presentations on developments affecting workplace health and safety regulation
• Support the firm’s pro bono work, advising NFPs on a range of WHS matters

What we're looking for