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About the Role

As Senior Legal Counsel – Employment, you will play a pivotal role in helping Serco navigate complex employment and industrial relations matters across Australia and the Asia Pacific region. You will provide expert legal guidance that supports strategic business outcomes while minimizing risk. This role involves leading enterprise bargaining activities, representing Serco in employment-related proceedings, and contributing to workplace relations strategies.

Responsibilities

Leading enterprise bargaining negotiations and industrial relations initiatives
Representing Serco in conciliations, mediations, hearings and employment disputes
Advising stakeholders on complex employment law, workplace relations and compliance matters
Developing and implementing workplace relations strategies aligned to business priorities
Partnering with operational, People & Culture and leadership teams to manage workplace issues
Coaching and supporting stakeholders to build employment relations capability across the business

Requirements

Significant senior-level experience in employment law, industrial relations or workplace relations
Proven experience negotiating Enterprise Agreements and managing industrial negotiations
Strong advocacy experience before tribunals, commissions or decision-makers
Excellent commercial judgement with the ability to balance legal risk and business outcomes
Outstanding relationship-building and stakeholder engagement skills
A current practising certificate with at least seven years' post-qualification experience in employment law

Experience Level

Senior-level

Education Level

Practising certificate

Benefits

Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance
Career development and professional growth opportunities
Access to wellbeing and employee assistance programs

About the Company

Serco serves governments all over the globe, with work that has touched the lives of millions in Australia and New Zealand.
The company offers unique opportunities to leverage skills across core capabilities in Health, Defence, Maritime, Justice, Immigration, and Community Services.
Serco focuses on bringing together the right people, the right technology, and the right partners to create impactful solutions that address some of the world’s most urgent and complex challenges.

Equal Opportunity

Serco seeks and celebrates diversity and encourages applications from all backgrounds and cultures including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTQI+, veterans and people with disability.
Employee Networks led by colleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion and belonging are available.