Senior Lawyer: Workers Compensation (In-house)

Job Description

Senior Lawyer: Workers Compensation (In-house)

What’s in it for you?

• Move in-house while continuing to specialise in plaintiff workers compensation.
• Work within an established legal team with strong autonomy and ownership of your matters.
• Enjoy a more flexible working environment outside the traditional private practice model.
• Work directly with experienced senior lawyers in a specialist and growing organisation.
• Hybrid working arrangements with genuine flexibility.

About your new employer:

• Our client is an established Australian organisation with an incorporated legal practice specialising in plaintiff compensation matters.
• The legal team provides end-to-end advice and representation to individuals navigating workers compensation claims.
• The organisation offers a collaborative, client-focused environment with a strong emphasis on practical outcomes and high-quality legal support.
• You will join a close-knit team where lawyers are trusted to manage matters autonomously while having access to senior support when required.

About the role:

• Manage a portfolio of plaintiff workers compensation matters with a particular focus on industrial deafness and workplace hearing loss claims from initial instructions through to resolution.
• Providing strategic and practical advice to clients throughout the claims process.
• Drafting legal correspondence, submissions and other documentation.
• Managing negotiations, disputes and settlement discussions.
• Liaising with insurers, employers, medical professionals and other relevant stakeholders.
• Appearing at conferences, conciliations and other proceedings where required.
• Managing your matters with a high degree of autonomy while working collaboratively with the broader legal and operational teams.

The ideal candidate:

• Approximately 5+ years’ PQE in workers compensation or plaintiff personal injury.
• Strong preference for lawyers with plaintiff workers compensation experience.
• Strong matter management and client-facing skills.
• Confidence managing files with a high degree of autonomy.
• Excellent written communication, negotiation and advocacy skills.
• A practical and empathetic approach to working with injured workers.
• An interest in moving into a specialist in-house legal environment.

If this role does not align to your experience and/or career goals, please contact us to discuss other suitable opportunities.

Why work with us?

• We have access to 50% more roles than are publicly available.
• You will receive free CV and content advice as well as interview preparation assistance specific to the role.
• We are intimately aware of market trends including team/firmwide inside information and what salary you can achieve in the current market.
• Naiman Clarke are celebrating 25 years of excellence in the legal recruitment industry this year.  Our team of experienced, legally trained, consultants have over 40 years of combined experience working exclusively in the legal recruitment sector. 

Contact Elvira today!

Please quote reference number EN/58856.

• Call or text: 0480 042 586
• Email: enaiman@naimanclarke.com.au
• LinkedIn message: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elvira-naiman/