Reach Legal Consultant | Employment lawyers | Brisbane

Description The Opportunity Join a leading organisation in a role that will strengthen your legal career.

• Duration: 3 months
• Arrangement: Full time (hybrid)
• Location: Brisbane

About You You are an experienced employment lawyer with a minimum of 5 years' experience, bringing a strong track record from private practice or in-house roles within large organisations.

Your Experience and Expertise:

• Extensive experience in employment and workplace relations law, preferably within the public sector
• Strong understanding of public sector employment frameworks, including the Public Sector Act
• Significant experience managing and advising on disciplinary processes and employment-related decision making
• Expertise in handling employee grievances, complaints and workplace dispute resolution matters
• Demonstrated experience advising on misconduct, integrity and corruption-related issues
• Strong background in performance management and employee conduct matters
• Experience interpreting and advising on industrial instruments, awards, enterprise agreements and employment conditions
• In-depth knowledge of public sector employment legislation and associated regulatory requirements
• Proven experience conducting and advising on workplace investigations
• Expertise in discrimination, equal opportunity, anti-bullying, human rights and workplace behaviour matters
• Experience advising on privacy, information management and confidentiality issues arising in employment contexts
• Ability to provide strategic and practical legal advice to senior executives and key decision-makers
• Experience managing a large and complex caseload while maintaining high standards of client service
• Excellent drafting skills, particularly in relation to disciplinary correspondence, investigation outcomes and grievance responses
• Strong capability to deliver commercially focused and risk-based advice that supports operational outcomes
• Ability to identify legal, reputational and organisational risks and provide pragmatic recommendations

Attributes:

• Exceptional judgment and decision-making skills
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building capability
• Highly developed communication and influencing skills
• Ability to engage confidently with senior leaders and executives
• Excellent attention to detail and commitment to accuracy
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Resilient and adaptable in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to manage competing priorities and tight deadlines

Requirements:

• Current Australian practising certificate
• Right to live and work in Australia

About Reach Reach is the flexible legal resourcing platform of Ashurst Perkins Coie, a global law firm with more than 3,500 legal professionals across 52 offices. Sitting within Advance, the firm's NewLaw division, we place lawyers and professionals where they're needed most — whether our clients need to meet a surge in demand, cover leave, bridge a recruitment gap, or bring in specialist expertise.

Why join Reach? Reach gives you the flexibility to build a career that fits your life — not the other way around. We work with talented consultants across a broad range of specialties, matching the right people with the right opportunities.

Here's what you can expect as a Reach consultant:

• Flexibility and choice — control over how, when, and where you work, on terms that suit your life.
• A genuine partnership — a dedicated Reach team who will get to know you and actively champion your career goals.
• The backing of a global firm — the resources, reputation, and culture of Ashurst Perkins Coie, including access to clients doing market-leading work and a refreshingly open and inclusive community.

Interested? Ready to find out more? Apply now or get in touch with Adam Saunders, our Talent Solutions Advisor, at adam.saunders@ashurstperkins.com — we'd love to hear from you.