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Workplace Relations – Senior Associate / Special Counsel

• Lawyer with 5 + years’ experience
• Excellent mentoring and opportunities for quick career progression
• Part time applicants welcome
• Hybrid work model – working from the home and office each week (car parking provided when working in the office)

Moores is a values-driven law firm that is committed to making a difference for our clients, our people and the communities in which we operate.

We are looking for a talented Senior Associate/Special Counsel who wants to work collaboratively and flexibly in a high-performing, friendly and collegiate team.

You will be mentored by award winning Practice Leaders, who will invest in your growth and development.

Moores is known for its innovative, proactive and pragmatic approach to dispute resolution and workplace relations. Recent awards indicate that our clients love partnering with us too. To read more about our values, work-types and sectors, please go to our website:

About the role

Working closely with our highly-regarded Practice Leader, Skye Rose, you will provide advice and representation to clients on an interesting, diverse and complex range of workplace relations matters. Our team provides representation in all courts, commissions and tribunals.

There is a high degree of autonomy in the role, and you will work closely with our clients in the education, housing, disability, health and NFP sectors. The is no shortage of quality work on offer, but the opportunity to step into a leadership role and develop your practice and profile is something that we are keen to support.

About you

You will have approximately 5 + years’ experience as a workplace relations/employment lawyer, and be available to work a minimum equivalent of four days per week. We are open about how you might want to work and we welcome a mutually supportive and flexible approach to the delivery of tasks.

We value the following skills and experience:

• Advising on a broad range of workplace relations matters (including enterprise bargaining, wage compliance and underpayments);
• Litigation and alternative dispute resolution;
• Providing advice in relation to workplace investigations and complex employment disputes;
• Mentoring and supervising more junior members in the team.

You must have:

• An ability to work in a collaborative and collegiate manner as part of our team;
• Excellent research, drafting, communication and project management skills;
• A commitment to building strong client relationships and building your profile and practice.

About us

Moores is not a traditional law firm. We are unique because:

• We actually innovate – we were the first law firm to ditch time sheets in favour of value pricing. We price value, not time.
• Our staff love working here – Moores recently ranked in the top 25% (SR1) of Australian organisations surveyed by In Sync in relation to employee engagement.
• We are truly flexible – a large proportion of our staff and practice leaders work flexibly or part time.
• We are proudly inclusive and committed to equality – our CEO and more than 50 percent of our practice leaders and senior leadership team are female.
• We pride ourselves on being professional, but we don’t wear suits unless we have to.
• We value work-life balance, so we focus on working smarter.
• We have a strong commitment to social impact. We focus on working with purpose aligned clients to deliver great outcomes that benefit the community.
• We keep it real - we’re a down to earth bunch who listen and are open with each other. We don’t take ourselves too seriously.
• We do it with heart – people are the heart of Moores. We care about each other, and we are proud of the culture we have created.

Other benefits of joining our team include:

• Opportunities to work on multi-disciplinary teams.
• Access to interesting, challenging and varied work.
• Supportive Practice Leaders who are committed to your professional development and provide training.
• Tailored learning and development initiatives.
• A supportive and enthusiastic team, which thrives on working collaboratively with clients to find solutions to complex problems.
• Leave purchase options, a wellbeing program and community based activities.(SR2)

We do prefer to deal with you directly so please submit your application by clicking on the link below to apply: Only applications submitted via the Moores online application system will be accepted. We do not accept unsolicited agency resumes.

Please note we will only contact you if your application is successful for interview.

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Are you a WPR lawyer looking for excellent mentoring, career progression, and a hybrid work model. Apply now to Moores, no time recording & value pricing.

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