Senior Legal Counsel - Employment & Industrial Relations at Origin Energy Services Ltd | AU | Rezi

Senior Legal Counsel - Employment & Industrial Relations at Origin Energy Services Ltd

Senior Legal Counsel - Employment & Industrial Relations

Origin Energy Services Ltd · AU

1 months ago

Senior Legal Counsel - Employment & Industrial Relations

Origin Energy Services Ltd · AU

2 months ago
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About the Role

Partner with Origin's Legal team and People & Culture function, providing strategic legal advice on significant employment and industrial relations matters, including enterprise bargaining, organizational change, workplace investigations, and disputes.

Responsibilities

  • Shape workforce strategy for one of Australia's leading ASX-listed organisations.
  • Influence senior leaders on complex employment and industrial relations matters.
  • Provide strategic legal advice across enterprise bargaining, organisational change, workplace investigations, employment disputes and broader workplace relations matters.
  • Help the business navigate complex workplace issues, manage legal risk and deliver practical solutions.
  • Lead high-impact matters including enterprise bargaining, organisational change, investigations and employment disputes.
  • Help Origin navigate an evolving employment landscape while balancing legal risk and commercial outcomes.

Requirements

  • Australian qualified lawyer with significant employment and industrial relations experience, gained either in-house or in a leading employment practice.
  • 10+ years post admission experience.
  • Deep expertise in employment and industrial relations law, including advising on workplace safety, psychosocial hazards and workplace compliance matters.
  • Experience leading enterprise bargaining and advising on complex workplace matters.
  • Strong commercial judgement and the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
  • A practical, solutions-focused approach and the ability to build trusted partnerships across the organisation.
  • Background checks may be required.

Skills

  • Employment law
  • Industrial relations law
  • Workplace safety
  • Psychosocial hazards
  • Workplace compliance
  • Enterprise bargaining
  • Complex workplace matters
  • Commercial judgement
  • Stakeholder influence
  • Problem-solving
  • Partnership building

Location

  • Melbourne
  • Sydney
  • Brisbane
  • Adelaide

Work Type

  • Flexible working arrangements

Experience Level

  • 10+ years post admission experience

Education Level

  • Australian qualified lawyer

Salary/Compensations

  • Competitive salary + annual performance bonus

Benefits

  • Flexible working arrangements
  • 21 weeks of paid parental leave for primary carers with flexible return options
  • Discounted Origin electricity, gas and internet offers
  • Origin 360 Electric Vehicle subscription offers with flexible month-to-month plans and no lock-in contract
  • Free and confidential counselling for employees and family members
  • Collaborative legal team culture focused on delivering practical, high-impact advice

About the Company

  • Origin is one of Australia's leading ASX-listed organisations.
  • We are powered by people who believe in creating change.
  • We are committed to fostering a diverse, gender equitable workforce, where everyone is welcome, and all applications are evaluated on merit and potential.
  • We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, people living with disabilities, culturally diverse people, any stage in life, people with intersex variations and people within LGBTQ+ communities, including trans and gender diverse.
  • Enjoy a challenging career in an exciting industry where you can grow and explore your potential.
  • Origin recognises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and future.

Equal Opportunity

  • We are committed to fostering a diverse, gender equitable workforce, where everyone is welcome, and all applications are evaluated on merit and potential.
  • We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, people living with disabilities, culturally diverse people, any stage in life, people with intersex variations and people within LGBTQ+ communities, including trans and gender diverse.