First Nations Legal Graduate (Identified Role)

Employment Type

Permanent

Closing Date

27 Nov 2026 11:59pm

Job Title

First Nations Legal Graduate (Identified Role)

Job Summary

Job Description

First Nations Statement
At Telstra, our vision for reconciliation is an inclusive Australia where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are connected and empowered to thrive. We honour the unique and enriching contributions of these communities and commit to harnessing the strength of our organisation to build digital futures with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, providing employment opportunities to lift economic participation, and creating a culturally inclusive and engaged organisation. Learn more about our RAP here.

First Nations – Identified

We are specifically seeking applicants who identify as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person who have demonstrated strong cultural knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander traditions, protocols and histories and is recognised as such by their community. 

 

What We Offer

• Performance-related pay
• Access to thousands of learning programs so you can level-up
• Global presence across 22 countries
• Purchased annual leave scheme
• Additional Telstra day off
• Additional 30% off Telstra products and services
• Toolkit provided (laptop + mobile phone + plan paid for)
• 12-month secondment to award-winning corporate law firm

 

About our team

Telstra’s Corporate Affairs, Risk & Legal (CARL) function guides, counsels and provides direction across the business on a range of matters to protect, enhance and shape Telstra’s reputation, influence outcomes and help deliver on our strategy. Within CARL, the Legal & Regulatory Chapter provides legal and regulatory services to Telstra, including commercial and strategically focused legal support, proactive management of regulatory and legal risk, and practical advice that is simple to understand and prepared with the reader front of mind. You’ll be joining us at a dynamic and exciting time for the company, as we evolve what our business is, and how we work.

A career at Telstra means you’ll be part of a team that respects each other and welcomes new and different ideas.

We are enriched by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ contribution to our organisation, and we are committed to creating opportunities for First Nations Peoples to pursue thriving careers with Telstra.

Role Purpose

As a First Nations Legal Graduate (Identified Role), you thrive on working closely with an experienced team of legal advisers who have the judgment and passion to deliver brilliant legal advice, solutions, and outcomes. You enjoy assisting your team with legal matters by performing activities to an excellent standard. Your exceptional attention to detail and accuracy, combined with your ability to manage competing demands from multiple stakeholders is what makes you outstanding in your role.

As part of your role, you will participate in a 12-month secondment with Gilbert + Tobin, an award-winning corporate law firm, working in one or more of their dynamic and fast paced legal groups. The secondment is designed to give you a private practice experience whilst developing your technical legal skills. Once you return from your secondment, subject to meeting performance criteria, you will be converted to legal counsel with the CARL team where you will begin your in-house legal career! 

 

Key Responsibilities:

• Undertaking legal research and analysis
• Drafting and reviewing various legal and commercial documents, including contracts and marketing
• Giving support that is clear, commercial, fit-for-purpose and tailored to the audience
• Being well organized and delivering on agreed commitments
• Developing proficiency in technology tools and agile ways of working
• Working well in a team and being flexible to support other teams in peak periods of demand or business priorities
• Building strong, trusting relationships with the lawyers and clients you support and being able to deliver difficult messages whilst maintaining an effective relationship
• Reinforcing with clients the appropriate ways of engaging with the legal team to drive adoption
• Identifying opportunities to stop or more efficiently manage work of low strategic priority to Telstra and support the implementation of necessary solutions
• Attending internal and external training seminars.

 

About you:

• You must identify as an Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person to be eligible to apply for this role.

To be successful in the role, you'll have:

• A high level of organisational and communication skills (written and oral)
• An ability to multi-task and work within designated timeframes
• A demonstrated ability to build and maintain strong relationships, along with strong stakeholder management skills
• The ability to work well in a team in a highly collaborative way
• Quick thinking and enthusiastic problem-solving abilities
• Experience with Microsoft products Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Strong attention to detail
• Proactive approach
• Legal research

Education:

• Bachelor of Laws (LLB) or Juris Doctor (JD)
• Admission to practice in the relevant jurisdiction (or working towards)
• Undergraduate studies in Arts, Commerce, Business, Economics or Science (desirable but not essential)

 

Location

The Gilbert + Tobin secondment is Sydney-based, but when you return to Telstra, you will have the flexibility to work where, when, and how you are most engaged, safe, and productive – wherever in Australia that may be.

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As part of your application with Telstra, you may receive communications from us on +61 440 135 548 (for job applications in Australia) and +1 (623) 400-7726 (for job applications in the Philippines and India).

As part of the hiring process, all identified candidates will undergo a background check, and the results will play a role in the final decision regarding your application.

We work flexibly at Telstra. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you. When you apply, you can share your pronouns and / or any reasonable adjustments needed to take part equitably during the recruitment process.

We are aware of current limitations with our website accessibility and are working towards improving this. Should you experience any issues accessing information or the application form, and require this in an alternate format, please contact our Talent Acquisition team on DisabilityandAccessibility@team.telstra.com or via the additional contact options found at www.telstra.com.au/careers/diversity-equity-and-inclusion/disability-employment

‘The filling of this position is intended to constitute a special/equal opportunity measure under section 8(1) of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth), and: s 27 of the Discrimination Act 1991 (ACT) / s 57 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1996 (NT) / s 105 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (Qld) / s 65 of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 (SA) / ss 25 and/or 26 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1998 (Tas) / s 12 of the Equal Opportunity Act 2010 (Vic) / s 51 of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 (WA)]. The position is therefore only open to Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander applicants.’