Associate or Senior Associate - Workplace

Location: Brisbane

Contract Type: Permanent

MinterEllison is one of Australia’s largest independent law and consulting firms. With a heritage of almost 200 years, we are known for our excellence, and our authentic and enduring relationships with our clients, our people and our communities. Clients seek out MinterEllison to help them solve complex problems every day. We do this by our full-service legal offering and complementary consulting offering.

We offer opportunities to work on industry-leading mandates for top-tier clients, while being part of a high-performing and collaborative team that values excellence, diversity of thought, curiosity, and inclusion. We value our people and empower them to achieve their ambitions - with the support, trust and autonomy to grow their careers in meaningful ways.

At MinterEllison, we're leading the way with AI and other emerging technologies, powering innovation right across our firm. You will have the opportunity to engage with AI tools we've built, and other external AI tools, to enhance efficiencies and excellence internally and with our clients.

We support sustainable ways of working regarding how, when and where you work and offer a wide range of social, financial and health benefits (see https://www.minterellison.com/-/media/Minter-Ellison/Files/Careers/MinterEllison-Employee-Benefits-Dec_2025.pdf)

The Team

The Workplace practice group is a key strategic focus for the firm and is one of the most successful employment law practices in Australia. We hire industry leaders and experts to bring a wealth of knowledge and extensive experience across the full spectrum of employment law and industrial relations advice. We align with a broad range of major clients across the public and private sectors in Australia and we remain at the forefront of emerging developments in technology and innovation within Human Resources.

Our team is client focused and we leverage our understanding of each workplace's unique culture and organisational development to deliver high level quality service and advice that is useful, practical, commercial and easily implemented. Our solutions are efficient, innovative and cost effective.

We are now looking for a high-performance individual to join our specialist team in Brisbane.

Your Role

In this role, you will join a first-class team of talented and supportive law professionals who will challenge you to develop and enhance your capabilities in the employment law space.

You will be responsible for advising and providing strategic assistance to both clients and internal/external stakeholders on a varied mix of workplace matters. This will include:

• Providing strategic legal advice on complex employment law and industrial relations matters including employee claims, enterprise bargaining, interpretation of industrial instruments
• Drafting employment contracts, policies, and procedures
• Representing clients in tribunals and courts
• Managing client relationships and business development activities
• Mentoring junior lawyers and contributing to team knowledge sharing

We welcome applications from admitted lawyers who have:

• 3+ years' post admission experience in employment law
• Experience working within a leading tier law firm, and/or within the legal team of a large-scale Department or organisation.
• Eligibility to work and to practice law in Australia.
• Strong research, technical drafting and advisory skills.

• Demonstrated ability to form enduring relationships with peers, clients and industry experts.

• Resilience and a commitment to provide exceptional levels of service to our client base.
• A positive attitude and a "can do" approach.
• Strong initiative and ability to work autonomously and efficiently.

How to apply

We encourage applications from people of all ages, abilities, cultural backgrounds, genders (including trans or gender diverse), LGBTQ+ people and those with carer responsibilities. We particularly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply.

We prefer to connect with people directly, so please submit your CV by clicking on the 'Apply' button. We encourage all applications, including if you do not meet all the criteria listed for the role. Your application will also enable us to consider you for other opportunities that may be available at MinterEllison.

If you are currently a MinterEllison employee, please apply through the internal careers page.

If you would like further information, require any adjustments throughout the recruitment process or for a confidential discussion, please contact Jess.Brown@minterellison.com.