Senior Associate Special Counsel - Work Health Safety Hybrid

The role

Were looking for a Senior Associate or Special Counsel to join our Work Health & Safety team. The team is currently based in Sydney although we would consider those working from any of our Australian offices and we run as a national practice. You will have the opportunity to work alongside Australias leading health and safety practitioner Michael Tooma. Michael advises on safetyrelated matters for his clients particularly work health and safety antiterrorism product safety and security compliance issues including assisting in the development and implementation of compliance systems. Michael regularly investigates psychosocial incidents and workplace culture and proactively implements mental health and wellbeing programs.

A chance to truly work with a collaborative and inspiration leader Michael has spoken at United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) conferences including presenting to the General Assembly and being on the taskforce for the development of the Global Manifesto for Industrial Safety. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Health and Safety and in 2019 Michael was awarded a lifetime achievement award by the Australian Institute of Health and Safety for his contribution to safety.

Were looking for someone:

• experience as a Senior Lawyer or Special Counsel;
• who has had some Work Health & Safety law experience;
• with a genuine passion for Work Health & Safety;
• who wants a fantastic team culture; and
• with an entrepreneurial and innovative mindset.

The firm

Hamilton Locke is evolving the traditional approach to corporate and commercial legal services. We are constantly removing the layers of bureaucracy reacting quickly to change providing exceptional service and finding creative solutions to deliver smart advice.

We have offices in Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Perth Newcastle and Auckland with our clients located across Australia New Zealand and Internationally.

We are an exciting rapidly growing firm and have consistently been recognised as Australias fastest growing law firm.

Our people experience

Hamilton Locke is a law firm with a difference working to evolve the traditional business model. We have built a highgrowth peoplecentric business that maximises our people experience (PX) and believe this delivers the best client experience (CX). We foster a vibrant culture putting our people at the forefront of everything we do.

We are agile and flexible in our approach with innovative stateoftheart systems and technology that frees up our team from bureaucracy and administration. We actively develop a culture that supports employee health wellness and development.

Put simply we have created a work environment based on respect trust development collaboration and innovation. This allows our people to grow and be the best version of themselves. In turn this enables our people to do their best work which ultimately makes our clients is a winwinwin.

We put our peoples experience at the centre of everything we do.

We are more than just a law firm.

How do we do this Find out more here: in it for you

• Be mentored by leading practitioners in a supportive environment with access to quality work great clients and professional development opportunities.
• A fun collaborative and highperforming team environment with regular social events training days and team retreats.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• A clear and transparent performance bonus scheme.
• An extra weeks leave as part of our employee personal development program.
• A day birthday leave.
• Support in building client relationships.

How to Apply

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Accessibility and Inclusion

At Hamilton Locke our culture is made up of unique backgrounds and varying life experiences. We celebrate our peoples differences across gender gender identity sexual orientation age ability cultural backgrounds and family and caring arrangements.

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