Part Time Employment Lawyer (Senior Associate) – Work From Home Position
- Predominately employer clientele.
- Wednesday to Friday, 10am to 6pm (due to client demands).
- Ability to meet with clients in Melbourne fortnightly.
About Us
WestmoreJacobs is a boutique employment law firm that punches above its weight.
Most of the firm’s clients are employers with around 200 to 600 staff. Small business clients are generally limited to professional services such as IT, accounting and legal services. WestmoreJacob’s focus is performing “quality work for quality clients”.
Benefits
Benefits include:
- PA support until late (7pm, if needed), shared with the Principal;
- strong operational support (you won’t be saving emails, saving client documents to matters, or setting up new matters);
- genuine work/life balance; and
- interesting work for great clients.
There is a certain ease to working at WestmoreJacobs that is hard to match!
The position
You can expect to provide advice in both contested and advisory matters, including complex potential dismissals, enterprise agreements, and employment disputes.
Requirements of the role include:
- at least 4 years’ post admission experience;
- strong attention to detail and accuracy;
- experience leading and appearing at conciliations and mediations;
- confidence presenting at seminars, both in-person and online;
- flexibility to perform a broad range of work, including caselaw research as required; and
- a love for the technical legalese of employment law is a must.
Other requirements include:
- a working-from-home environment that allows you to meet with corporate clients on Teams and focus on completing complex advice;
- fast home internet speed for conference calls. You’ll need at least 50 mbps download and 12 mbps upload (you can test this at https://speedtest.telstra.com/); and
- ability to meet clients and potential clients in-person in Melbourne, expecting to be no more than once a fortnight (travel at own expense).
How to apply
To apply please submit your resume and a very brief half-page cover letter with 3 dot points addressing the following (one dot point per topic):
- why working from home and the above hours would suit you;
- your salary expectations (including super) for working the above days and hours;
- why working for a boutique firm appeals to you.
Kindly send your applications to ops@westmorejacobs.com.au
While we thank all applicants for their interest, only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
