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.
