Senior Legal Counsel - Employment

Strategic Business Leader | Connecting Senior Talent with Organisations that Value Culture, Capability & Purpose | Informed by Mindfulness… Senior Legal Counsel 2 month contract – Employment Front Foot Law Melbourne (Hybrid) We're looking for Melbourne-based Senior Legal Counsel to join us and undertake a secondment with one of our clients in the higher education sector!

Senior Legal Counsel – Employment and Industrial Relations

Make your job work for you

Do varied work

About Front Foot: We specialise in in‑house legal secondment roles, working with experienced legal professionals who want to explore the benefits of shorter term work without compromising on professional support and development. Escape the constraints of long‑term employment and take on only the work with organisations and industries that interest you, with the freedom to enjoy life outside the office more. We go the extra mile to look after you because your wellbeing is important to us.

About You: We're looking for an experienced employment lawyer with 8+ years PQE who is ready for a new challenge and take on contract work. Ideally, you've trained with a well‑regarded firm and have worked in‑house. You have strong experience working with employment law issues and you think like an in‑house advisor. Importantly, you enjoy turning your hand to new things that come up. You are commercially‑minded, pro‑active and flexible with strong technical skills.

Your other skills and experience may include but are not limited to:

Industrial relations

WHS/OHS

Appearance work at the Fair Work Commission

General protection and unfair dismissal claims

Bullying claims

Anti‑discrimination/equal opportunity compliance and claims defence

Workplace investigations

And you have proven experience in:

Working collaboratively with colleagues within the legal team and with internal clients

Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills

Exceptional written and verbal communication skills

Why join our team? Our people are everything to us and we're obsessed with helping our team of secondment lawyers to:

Get paid for the time you work

Expand your knowledge and experience

And we do this by:

Offering you work with organisations and industries that interest you.

Connecting you to high‑quality opportunities carefully tailored to your skills, work preferences, and career ambitions.

Ensuring your expertise is valued as it should be – and that you are well remunerated for your work.

Inviting you into our flourishing community with access to live continuous professional development sessions.

Targeting interim placements to advance your career.

Developing skills and discovering unique opportunities to expand into new practice areas and industries.

Want to know more? Apply here or directly contact Jahnna McKeag, Associate Director Resourcing on 0412 340 818 or jahnna@frontfootlaw.com.

Seniority level Mid‑Senior level

Employment type Contract

Job function Legal

Industries Higher Education

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