Float Senior Associate or Special Counsel Solicitor

We bring true purpose, authentic people and a proven path. You bring you.

About the Opportunity :

As a Float Senior Associate or Special Counsel in Melbourne, you’ll manage a volume of TAC and WorkCover files, ensuring tasks across your litigated file load is met. You’ll take ownership of files during your colleagues’ leave, ensuring our clients are looked after by delivering maximum compensation for them.

We’re looking for an autonomous, tech-savvy senior lawyer with strong expertise litigating TAC and WorkCover files, who can get up to speed quickly, managing client relationships effectively and high-quality legal work. And you’ll have experienced paralegal and administration assistant support to assist you in this delivery!

This role offers a high degree of flexibility. We welcome applications from candidates seeking part-time hours, flexible work patterns, and work from home arrangements, with the option to work across any of our Melbourne offices, whilst completing irregular travel to some of our Victorian offices, on an ad hoc basis, to meet our client requirements. Don’t worry – you’ll have the opportunity to discuss with us the work / life harmony you’re seeking, as part of your application.

With compassion, connection and purpose, you’ll truly champion our clients by :

• Providing clients with legal advice and representation to obtain compensation, tailoring guidance to each client’s understanding and circumstances.
• Managing a high-volume caseload, including TAC and WorkCover matters, and progress files efficiently.
• Conducting litigation tasks, including originating motions and submitting WRITs.
• Taking ownership of files during your colleagues’ leave, building trust with our clients quickly and managing their expectations.
• Working across a variety of sensitive client matters, maintaining professionalism and discretion.
• Drafting legal documentation with precision and attention to detail.
• Utilising our practice management software, MatterSphere, and other legal systems effectively to manage a volume practice, with strong commercial and fiscal awareness.
• Working independently while reporting to leadership and collaborating with paralegal support.

What you’ll bring.

To thrive in this role, you’ll have :

Shine Lawyers : A place for you. It means more here.

At Shine, purpose really matters.

We’re an ASX-listed organisation, and we've been standing up for the rights of everyday Australians for more than 45 years. We’ve achieved a lot, but you’ll find no airs and graces here. We’re humble yet relentless. We don’t pretend to be anything other than ourselves. And together, we’ve created a place for you to thrive.

Here are some of the things we hope you’ll love about working with us :

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As part of The Circle Back Initiative, we want you to feel supported through our recruitment process, which means that you will hear back from our friendly team – no matter the outcome.

We are committed to making Shine Lawyers a place for you by encouraging and supporting our people to bring their authentic selves to the workplace, and as a result, we know you’ll put your best self forward while righting wrong for our clients. We’re passionate about maintaining a diverse and inclusive environment here at Shine that celebrates all of our differences with age, disability, ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation, to name a few, and we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates. You bring you.Apply Now