Senior Associate - Workplace & Safety at Wotton Kearney

The role

Wotton Kearney is seeking a Senior Associate for their Workplace & Safety team in Sydney, Australia. This role focuses on employment law and workplace relations, advising clients on contentious and advisory matters.

What you'll do

Advise on a broad range of employment and industrial relations matters, including unfair dismissal, general protections, discrimination, bullying and harassment claims
Support clients across sensitive and complex workplace issues, including disciplinary processes, performance management, restructures and regulatory risk
Work closely with government and private sector clients on strategic advisory matters, including award interpretation, enterprise agreements and workforce changes
Manage and defend employment litigation and disputes across state and federal jurisdictions
Provide practical, commercially-minded advice on day-to-day employment risks, compliance and investigations

What we're looking for

Senior Associate with strong experience in employment law, industrial relations and/or workplace disputes

Confidence advising on both contentious and advisory matters

Ideally with exposure to government or large institutional clients

Strong drafting, analytical and problem-solving skills with a practical, solutions-focused approach

Ability to take ownership of matters and build trusted relationships with clients

A collaborative style and genuine interest in developing your career in a leading insurance and risk practice

Benefits

Generous parental leave up to 26 weeks

Purchased annual leave

Home office allowances

Health and wellbeing benefits

Education assistance

FLEX for all - allowing for part-time work, irregular hours or working from home

Hiring contacts

join.us@wottonkearney.com

Senior Associate - Workplace & Safety